The Red Velvet Pancakes bring a touch of Southern charm to the Michigan breakfast scene, with a subtle cocoa flavor and cream ...

Curtis Sliwa was the Republican candidate in the 2025 New York mayoral election, his second consecutive losing run for mayor. He didn’t come close, getting only 7% of the vote, and was dogged by ...

New books by Liza Minelli, David Sedaris, Maggie O’Farrell and Yann Martel are among the literary highlights of the year ahead 2026 is already promising plenty of unmissable releases: there are new ...

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments Ever since my father presented me with a copy of The Unicorn, beautifully ...

Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops Reading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn ...

Louis Provis says there needs to be systemic change in how schools think about boys’ reading. Jacqueline Robson recalls a reading initiative that left students searching for more Lee Child is right ...

A deep dive into the creation of eight buildings from the 1700s to the 1900s tells some very human stories History used to be about wars and dates, but to the architecture writer and TV presenter Dan ...

Maggie O’Farrell, Yann Martel and Julian Barnes are among the authors publishing new novels this year The beginning of the books calendar is usually dominated by debuts, but January 2026 sees releases ...

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy; Darkrooms by Rebecca Hannigan; The Nancys and the Case of the Missing Necklace by RWR McDonald; Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino; Your Every Move by Sam Blake ...

The novelist on how The Rainbow made him want to write, the strange genius of Penelope Fitzgerald and finding comfort in Tintin My earliest reading memory Sitting on the sofa with my mum reading Mabel ...

As screens blur the line between work and home, some people are slowing down and disconnecting by looking to communication ...

In this energisingly original novel, an emotionally detached English student at college in New York tells a big lie Lies offend our sense of justice: generally, we want to see the liar unmasked and ...