The real reason why it's almost impossible to get away with murder from one of the worlds leading forensic scientists

David Eggers returns with a novel two decades in the making: CONTRAPPOSTO by Dave Eggers, LONG WAVE by Daisy Johnson, THE FIRST HOUSE by Avni Doshi

Refresh yourself with the Golden Age of Crime fiction this month: Death of an Editor by Vernon Loder, Raffles, Gentleman Thief by E. W. Hornung, Anything for a Quiet Life by Michael Gilbert

The best books to keep kids of all ages entertained this summer holiday: LEAVING THE HOUSE by Sally Nicholls Illustrated by Ellie Snowdon, A DAY OFF SCHOOL by Oliver Jeffers Illustrated by Kevin Waldron, HOW TO STEAL THE FUTURE by Christopher Edge

Beautifully written and thought-provoking Contemporary novels to read now: Kitten by Stacey Yu, The Project by Annie Lord, Born Of Guilt by Joanna Elmy

Magic, Murder and Mystery: The Ambassadors for the National Year of Reading 2026, including Ben Miller, Dan Jones, Adam Kay, Sir Ian Rankin and Fern Britton reveal the books that inspired them

A curmudgeon in a cassock: the weird, wonderful and hilarious world of David Sedaris

Will AI turn us all into paperclips?

What it's really like for people who's lives are torn apart by their loved ones going missing

Queenie returns in this month's popular fiction: THE FRENCH SPYMISTRESS by Rachel Hore, LET'S NOT GO OVERBOARD HERE by Erica Hendry, QUEENIE IS WORKING ON IT by Candice Carty-Williams

Melancholy and magic in this month's historical fiction: Roman Mornings by Matson Taylor, Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

Horror in the highlands in this month's crime fiction: From The Shadows by G. R. Halliday, The Tailor by Tim Sullivan, Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher

Cocaine, cooking and how my late father 
A. A. Gill's memoir saved my life...

Leverets and loss in this week's literary fiction: Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley, A Real Piece of Work by Freya Bromley, The Leveret by Anna Goldreich

From a psychopathic ancient warrior to a ruthless media mogul, a sex-change travel writer and insider accounts of Westminster, Balmoral, prison and Bake Off… These are the 22 best non-fiction books to read this summer