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From Paul Murray’s brilliant tragicomedy to Barbra Streisand’s epic memoir, Guardian critics pick the year’s best fiction, politics, science, children’s books and more. Tell us about your favourite books in the comments

Ryan Grim provides an exhaustive account of challenges faced – and sometimes failed – by the US progressive stars

Royal reporter says Dutch publisher was sent 'early and uncleared text'

Matthew Jordan’s horn history beat Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze and I Fart in your General Direction: Flatulence in Popular Culture

The publishing world made plenty of news in 2023, but not only because of the books themselves

Noted Bhutanese author Tshering Tashi was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi's 'Premchand Fellowship' on December 8. He is known for his works in creative non-fiction and is co-director of Bhutan Echoes Literary Festival. He has written numerous books on Bhutan and contributes articles to newspapers and journals. After the conferment,…

The comic is based on a novel by David Lynch collaborator Barry Gifford

She ran away to punk London at 12, becoming a drummer, a skinhead and a model. Then she wrote Superstars, about the hard-raving 90s. Now the writer is back – with a novel about a Marvel movie composer relocating to the coast

From memoirs to novels, these are the Latin Times' top 5 Latin Books of 2023