This may be the best translation of The Odyssey yet

4/5

Imagine the fall of imperial China, as directed by Quentin Tarantino

3/5

Features

Author Sergei Lebedev: ‘Trump is a huge gift to Putin’s Russia’

The exiled novelist on Russia’s ‘state terrorism’, whether he’ll ever return home – and the dark history behind his latest book

Best books of 2024

The 50 best books of 2024 – ranked

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024, from Elizabeth II’s life to Rushdie’s near-death

Non-fiction

I went looking for the founder of England – and discovered him alive and kicking in Oxfordshire

This may be the best translation of The Odyssey yet

4/5

Fiction

Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-winning novelist and ardent Thatcherite who nearly became Peru’s president

The truth about Norway’s drug-infested underbelly

3/5

Children

Buy your grandchildren this masterful tale of Blitz Britain

5/5

Need Shakespeare cut down to size? Ask Michael Rosen

4/5

Poetry

How a nightmarish film trailer made Rudyard Kipling a Gen Z hero

The best poetry books of 2024 so far

How the fearless John Milton foresaw our age of chilling censorship

Crime

Peter Lovesey, novelist who pioneered the historical whodunnit with his Victorian detective Cribb

Harrogate – the ideal place for a killing spree

4/5

Books

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