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Tom Hanks is to play a former US President, but which one?

Tom Hanks is to portray former US President Abraham Lincoln in the big screen adaptation of George Saunders' novel Lincoln in the Bardo.

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A knock-off Pynchon without the punchline: George Saunders’ Vigil falls flat

From Thomas Pynchon, Zadie Smith and Margaret Atwood to Barack Obama and the editors of Time magazine, it seems everyone who is anyone is lining up to sing the praises of George Saunders.

The Conversation

What we’re reading: George Saunders, Erin Somers and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in January

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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The 12 Best Novels of 2026 That You Absolutely Need to Read

With new books by Maggie O'Farrell, Tayari Jones, and more coming soon, hitting your reading goal has never been easier.

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Vigil by George Saunders review – will a world-wrecking oil tycoon repent?

The ghosts of Lincoln in the Bardo return to confront a dying oil man’s destructive legacy – but this time they feel like a gimmick

The Guardian - UK

Would you use AI to break writer’s block? We asked 5 experts

The founder and chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing, responsible for blockbuster romantasy author Sarah J. Maas and literary heavyweights like George Saunders, has suggested AI “will probably help creativity” – including by helping authors defeat writer’s block.

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‘How do you really tell the truth about this moment?’: George Saunders on ghosts, mortality and Trump’s America

The Lincoln in the Bardo author is back with another metaphysical tale. He discusses Buddhism, partisan politics and the terrifying flight that changed his life

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Rabih Alameddine wins National book award for fiction with darkly comic epic spanning six decades

True to his irreverent style, author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) thanks his psychiatrist, his gastrointestinal doctors and his drug dealers

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From slaughterhouse worker to literary giant: George Saunders wins National Book Award

George Saunders has been named this year's winner of the National Book Award for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters

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A dreamscape of transcendental potential: Rhett Davis’ Arborescence is at once terrifying and bewitching

American psychologist Abraham Maslow’s well-known hierarchy of needs theory, first proposed in 1943, positions self-actualisation at the apex of human motivation and flourishing. According to Maslow, it is only after an individual’s basic physiological needs are met – along with the need for safety, love and esteem – that they…

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George Harrison's Beatles-era photos to be released in new book

A new book of Beatles-era photographs by George Harrison will be released in Fall 2026

The Independent UK

Channing Tatum and Pedro Pascal write poems for Canadian musician Mustafa’s book

Actors contribute to the poet and singer’s anthology exploring ceremony, loss and worship

The Guardian - UK

Is Dua Lipa the best literary interviewer?

The Houdini singer’s online book club is already a hit. Now her interviews with Pulitzer prize-winning authors are gaining new fans

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Paradise Logic by Sophie Kemp review – a TikTok Stepford Wives for the Pornhub era

This startling debut follows a young woman on a surreal and bluntly graphic quest to be the perfect girlfriend

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Colin Barrett: ‘My wife is astonished that I’m able to write’

The award-winning author on his move from short stories to novels, writing marginal characters in small-town Mayo and the Irish fiction he rates most

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On my radar: Naomi Alderman’s cultural highlights

The author of the bestselling The Power on her favourite video game, the courses she takes with the Open University, and why she is addicted to George Saunders’s substack

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Photographer Joshua Lutz captures the dichotomy of daily life in Central Florida

We talk to photographer Joshua Lutz about his new photography book 'Orange Blossom Trail'

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Love and trauma resound and rebound in Evie Wyld’s The Echoes

In her fourth novel The Echoes, Evie Wyld orchestrates multiple narrative points of view through the intriguing figure of the echo. Love and trauma resound and rebound throughout. Persistent echoes are present in bodies, memories, photographs and places.

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Five of the best books about fatherhood

The author of Going Home, an acclaimed novel about the effects of unexpected fatherhood on a thirtysomething man, shares his favourites

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The Guardian view on audiobooks: a growing market that asks existential questions

Editorial: When is a book not a book? When it is performed by a starry cast of hundreds. Except it has always been more complicated than that

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From Dua Lipa’s book club to George Saunders’ Substack: a guide to the online books world

From BookTube to podcasts, newsletters and tweets, literature is finding ever-more new homes. Here are some you should definitely be browsing

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The big idea: should we abolish literary genres?

Categorising fiction may help to sell books, but it says little about how writers write or readers read

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Liberation Day by George Saunders audiobook review – funny, poignant and surreal short stories

Prisoners have their brains wiped, a children’s author searches for ideas, and a grandfather rails at his life under a Trumpian leader in this collection, narrated by actors including Tina Fey and Michael McKean

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Substack newsletters are a literary trend. What's the appeal – and what should you read?

Every week since August 2021, Australian author Bri Lee has released a regular weekly Substack newsletter, News & Reviews, to thousands of paid and unpaid subscribers.

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From me to your inbox: 33 of the best Substack newsletters

The fast-growing US writing platform has come of age. But how do you find the good stuff? We pick some of the best by theme

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