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From historian Serhii Plokhy on the war in Ukraine to a fresh take on the Cultural Revolution and the latest by Paul Auster and Salman Rushdie, a preview of this year’s titles
Laura Battle selects her must-read titles
Judges praise ‘hilarious audacity’ of Sri Lankan’s ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’
Writer, 82, is best known for works exploring female sexuality and the lives of women
Ahead of October 17’s announcement, this year’s shortlist showcases novels based on real-life events, from Mugabe’s dictatorship to the Magdalene Laundry abuses
Can agriculture solve the problems it helped to create? Three books suggest ways to sustain humanity without destroying the planet
Laura Battle selects her best mid-year reads
The award’s first Indian-language winner is a triumph for independent publishing
From scientists to teenage amphibian breeders, photographer Jo Metson Scott meets the people restoring Britain’s natural ecosystems
From Covid’s consequences to the House of Windsor, FT books editors pick their titles to look for in the coming year
Tanzanian novelist praised for ‘compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee’
The cellist talks about uncovering Bach’s religious symbolism in his new book and why he hates ‘overconfident famous musicians’
Prestigious literary award focuses this year on novelists who delved into ‘forces larger than themselves’
The bestselling novelist’s new book ‘Beautiful World’ takes her millennial characters into the next stage
The conservationist on bringing back biodiversity, the problem with veganism — and why cloning mammoths is a bad idea
The FT’s deputy books editor invites three outrageous show-offs and two charming diplomats to a dreamy treehouse in ancient English woodlands
Laura Battle on the pick of the year’s fiction so far
After the loss of EU subsidies, the proposal for a tariff-free trade deal with Australia is the latest jolt for landowners who must adapt to survive
Rachael Boast’s ‘To One Who Has Ceased to Be’ was commissioned to mark the 200th anniversary of the Romantic poet’s death
From post-pandemic recovery to the love life of robots, here are some of the best reads
The writer talks about her hit book ‘Hamnet’ and the ‘period of grief’ when she finishes a novel
Harrowing tale set in Glasgow was only novel by a UK-born author on shortlist for award
Spotlight shifts to talent outside the UK and a Covid-compliant live broadcast to celebrate the winner
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