Enver Hoxha: The Iron Fist of Albania by Blendi Fevziu review – the People’s Republic tyrant

Walt Whitman’s lost advice to America’s men: meat, beards and not too much sex

Walt Whitman’s lost advice to America’s men: meat, beards and not too much sex

Tales of Persuasion by Philip Hensher review – a frustrating collection

Penny dreadfuls: the Victorian equivalent of video games

A Very Expensive Poison by Luke Harding – a dramatic account of Litvinenko’s murder

Diary of a somebody: could I solve the mystery of 148 lost notebooks?

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel review – tenderly realistic, but very odd indeed

Country files: nature writers on the books that inspired them

Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue review – a rich historical pageant

Walt Whitman revealed as author of 'Manly Health' guide

The Durrells proves a rollicking delight for ITV

Viet Thanh Nguyen adds Edgar award to Pulitzer triumph

Sara Pascoe and Amy Stewart on the female body – books podcast

Viet Thanh Nguyen adds Edgar award to Pulitzer triumph

My writing day: Jacqueline Wilson

Benjamin Franklin in London by George Goodwin review – demolishing a legend

Flash Friday: Two Weeks Since

‘We’ve got 1922 nibbles, cocktails, even perfume for our Great Gatsby experience’ Sarah Churchwell

Paula Hawkins: The woman behind The Girl on the Train

Jenny Diski’s cancer diary: 'I too shall cease'

Reader, I Married Him review – stories inspired by Jane Eyre

Gruffalos and goats: Axel Scheffler's sketchbook – in pictures

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren – what a life in science is really like

Borrower returns library book 67 years late – but escapes $24,000 fine

The Day the War Came – a poem about unaccompanied child refugees

Tea With The Tories: poet performs angry critique of Blair in Westminster

Science fiction’s future: where next for the Arthur C Clarke award?

Science fiction’s future: where next for the Arthur C Clarke award?

I Will Find You by Joanna Connors review – a brutally affecting investigation

Happy birthday Terry Pratchett: how well do you know his books? – quiz

US battle over banning Looking for Alaska continues in Kentucky

Happy birthday Terry Pratchett: how well do you know his books? – quiz

Jenny Diski obituary

Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John review – a compelling debut set in northern Nigeria

Author Jenny Diski, diagnosed with inoperable cancer, dies aged 68

Author Jenny Diski, diagnosed with inoperable cancer, dies aged 68

The Course of Love by Alain de Botton review – affairs, childcare and Ikea glassware

Militant by Michael Crick review – Britain’s successful leftwing sect

Iain Pears' app-based novel shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke award

Iain Pears' app-based novel shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke award

Iain Pears' app-based novel shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke award

George RR Martin: Rabid Puppies are 'big winners' in Hugo shortlists

George RR Martin: Rabid Puppies are 'big winners' in Hugo shortlists

George RR Martin: Rabid Puppies are 'big winners' in Hugo shortlists

Unseen Beatrix Potter illustration to go on display for first time at V&A

Food in books: fruitcake from The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman

Scientology leader David Miscavige threatens to sue UK publisher over father's memoir

Scientology leader David Miscavige threatens to sue UK publisher over father's memoir

Top 10 stories of crossing boundaries

The Language Animal by Charles Taylor review – how words change our world

Warsan Shire: the Somali-British poet quoted by Beyoncé in Lemonade

Inside stories from a prison book group

Rabai al-Madhoun wins International prize for Arabic fiction

Rabai al-Madhoun wins International prize for Arabic fiction

You are here: the mysterious architecture of the universe – in pictures

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi – short stories from a rare talent

Dietland author Sarai Walker: 'London is the most fat-shaming place I’ve been'

JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts screenplay to be published as a book

JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts screenplay to be published as a book

Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich review – witnesses speak

Hugo awards shortlist dominated by rightwing campaign

Hugo awards shortlist dominated by rightwing campaign

Hugo awards shortlist dominated by rightwing campaign

Translation Tuesday: an excerpt of Sophie Pujas’s Street Rounds in Paris

The Hugo Awards: George RR Martin, Vox Day and Alastair Reynolds on the prize's future

The Hugo Awards: George RR Martin, Vox Day and Alastair Reynolds on the prize's future

Jasper Fforde webchat – post your questions now

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince illustration up for auction

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince illustration up for auction

John Green fights back against banning of Looking for Alaska

Angelina Jolie to return in Maleficent 2

Iggy Pop tells 'almost unbelievable tale' of the Stooges in new book Total Chaos

Authors lose out again in Amazon pay-per-page scam

The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund review – relentlessly disturbing

Wellcome book prize goes to psychosomatic illness study

Wellcome book prize goes to psychosomatic illness study

Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?

Harper Lee's article for FBI magazine on infamous killings found

Interview with a Bookstore: Housing Works Bookstore in New York

Poem of the week: Jasper by Tony Conran

Jonathan Tel wins £30,000 Sunday Times short story prize

Jonathan Tel wins £30,000 Sunday Times short story prize

The Huntsman: Winter's War beaten by still-swinging Jungle Book at US box office

The Grasmere Journal: seeing the Lake District through another Wordsworth's eyes