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The Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story

It is an enthralling story of science, faith, identity and human connection

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The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head

Jordan examines time and memory, what it means to be alive, and love and loss

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Top 5 books about lying, chosen by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, poet and author 

The best books about compulsive liars, white lies and double lives

The Delusions by Jenny Fagan book review: speaking truth to power with wit and fire

City Like Water by Dorothy Tse book review: the quiet dissent of a city unravelling

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Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey

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Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination

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Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale

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Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan

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May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry book review: communing with the past

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Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage

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Top 5 magical books for kids, chosen by teacher-turned-author Paula Harrison

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Your Life Without Me by James Meek review: a deeply original novel

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Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward

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Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense

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The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales

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Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell

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Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace

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Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar

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Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we’re in

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Top 5 graphic novels, chosen by author and illustrator Beccy Blake

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The ultimate guide to the best books of 2025 – as chosen by Big Issue critics

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Children's books of the year

From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children’s books of 2025

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The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a portrait of women on the outskirts

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Nymph by Stephanie LaCava review – hollowing out the espionage genre

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