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

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Nouvelle Vague review – Richard Linklater’s witty, whimsical love letter to Jean-Luc Godard

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Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive

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Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing

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Waiting for the Out writer Dennis Kelly: ‘In prison, all you can hear is chaos’

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Rental Family review – satisfaction guaranteed with Brendan Fraser

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A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – frank, funny and wise

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Borderline Fiction by Derek Owusu review – the wintering of a soul

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

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Dead Man Walking review – superbly dark opera, but light is around the corner

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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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David Copperfield review – an intimate and utterly joyful take on Charles Dickens’ epic novel

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Porn Play review – this isn’t just theatre, it’s a wake-up call

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Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani review – diaspora, flight and exile

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The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi review – a strange, engrossing literary hall of mirrors

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A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction

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The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture

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Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity

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Die, My Love review – an extremely fraught, emotionally intense tale of motherhood

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