By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult: A sumptuous novel by an undeniably brilliant storyteller
A clever, enjoyable and sweeping dual-timeline love story featuring much ado about the possible real author of Shakespeare’s plays
Christine Dwyer Hickey: ‘I’m always going to be fragile about my relationship with my mother ... I just try to make it up with my own kids’
The author discusses her new novel, Our London Lives, and explains how having children can help you write and why she is more celebrated in Germany and Italy than in Irelan
Welcome to Glorious Tuga: A heart-warming novel of travel, identity and belonging
Francesca Segal explores how the bonds of community and friendship can be as strong as those of family
Benjamin Myers: ‘Like most writers I live in fear of having to get a real job’
‘Growing up is really overrated. People do lose that zest or zeal. That’s part of Rare Singles’
Birding by Rose Ruane: Friendship, friction and moments of reckoning
Author’s playful sense of humour adds levity to this moving and uplifting book
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner: Following up Fleishman Is in Trouble was never going to be easy
This is an enjoyable read in the same vein as the author’s best-selling debut, but there is a lingering sense that she is playing it safe
Chris Whitaker: ‘I sometimes wonder if the road I went down was linked to this violent act that happened when I was a kid’
A chance discovery in a library helped Whitaker overcome the trauma of a brutal stabbing and set him on the path to becoming a writer
All Fours by Miranda July: One woman’s quest for life after midlife
Novel challenges assumptions about ageing and desire with humour and honesty
Orla Mackey: ‘Irish people are great storytellers. Take a look around any Irish pub and you’ll see people in deep chat’
Author of Mouthing and 2022 Irish Novel Fair winner gives the impression of an accidental writer: ‘A teacher who writes a bit in between watching Real Housewives’
Earth by John Boyne: the footballer’s story
Second of four interconnected novels explores a more subtle side of abuse
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio: a world of endless possible husbands
The author’s wit and humour keep the reader engaged as curiosity outweighs any irritations with the concept
I was first to read The Handmaid’s Tale, that’s my claim to fame: Valerie Martin on friendship with Margaret Atwood
American novelist’s latest book, Mrs Gulliver, reimagines Juliet as a cunning blind brothel worker
Edel Coffey on My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes: Rich, and multilayered storytelling
Author’s humanity as much as her humour keeps readers coming back
Catherine Doyle: ‘Death and loss do exist in the world of children, so I never try to shy away from them’
The latest novel by the children’s author draws from her own childhood, when her brother became seriously ill
Carys Davies: ‘Dispossession and the theft of land was very much on my mind’
Author’s latest novel Clear is set during the forced evictions of the Scottish Highlands