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The Apple Tree Yard author and staple of TV drama returns with another addictive thriller about a woman on the run

Murray’s new book is set among the ‘Haves’ and ‘Have-nots’ in the world of tennis

Author was being interviewed onstage by The Independent’s chief books critic Martin Chilton for an event at Henley Literary Festival 2023

Crime novelist has been forced to deny claims that she tricked readers into buying books she didn’t write herself

The academic treads a little too carefully in his wry but passionless history of books deemed harmful to a reader’s state of mind

As Goa Governor, P.S. Sreedharan Pillai takes full advantage of his bully pulpit, speaking about, and disseminating his passion for reading and literature. He has authored more than 200 books which traverse an astonishing range of subjects – from history, politics, law to poetry and economy, being possibly the only…

With his bravura new novella, one of six stories in this collection, the Nobel prize winner proves once again that he is a master of his craft

Increasing pressure to marry is political – so if it looks inviting, ask yourself whether what you really want is a big dress

Philippa Perry, psychotherapist and writer of the Observer’s hugely popular problem page, shares what she’s learned about our search for contentment

I STARE into the darkness through the train window. Glens and Bens may fly by, but I wouldn’t know. Eventually, the morning light reveals a dreich…

When journalist Dan Box began looking into a murder case, his goal was to win a Walkley. But a friendship and a tragedy put him at the centre of the story