Brexit page-turners are flying off the shelves

‘The world is diminished by the death of Amos Oz, it has narrowed down’

New Year honours list rewards terror attack responders

Barack Obama reveals his cultural highlights of 2018, from Roma to Zadie Smith

Israeli novelist Amos Oz dies aged 79

Spanish academic gets €1.5m EU grant to rescue 'women's writing'

On the real Watership Down, rabbits are hard to come by

JK Rowling rejects former PA's claims as court case continues

'We’ve informed you': New York Times defends running Alice Walker's David Icke recommendation

Simon Armitage wins Queen's gold medal for poetry 2018

JK Rowling generous but unapproachable, her ex-PA tells court

Top 10 Irish science fiction authors

Penguin Random House pledges £15,000 to diverse children's bookshop

Michelle Obama topples David Walliams to secure Christmas No 1

Roald Dahl's war medals delivered to family, 73 years late

The best recent science fiction and fantasy – review roundup

‘Mum this is me!’: the pop-up bookshop that only sells diverse children's books

To Kill a Mockingbird hits Broadway after lawsuit over Aaron Sorkin’s script

Fire and Fury wins ‘total loser’ Michael Wolff a place on authors’ rich list

Les Misérables with 'contemporary relevance' to air on BBC

Gwendoline Riley's 'brutal' novel about toxic marriage wins Geoffrey Faber prize

Antarctic diary records horror at finding Captain Scott's body

An anti-capitalist hack for TV ads | Brief letters

Brazilian booksellers face wave of closures that leave sector in crisis

Mars attacks! War of the Worlds restaged for 'fake news' era

Mars attacks! War of the Worlds restaged for 'fake news' era

John le Carré to tackle 'division and rage' of 2018 in new novel

What Not: lost feminist novel that anticipated Brave New World finally finds its time

What Not: lost feminist novel that anticipated Brave New World finally finds its time

David Walliams calls for 'safeguarding' of libraries

Watership Down: 'true meaning' revealed ahead of remake

Literary agent ordered to pay $500,000 to Australian author Kate Morton after lawsuit loss

The Tattooist of Auschwitz attacked as inauthentic by camp memorial centre

Nearly 130 public libraries closed across Britain in the last year

JK Rowling's former PA is 'good liar', author's husband tells court

Prize-nominated poet's debut cancelled as plagiarism accusations build

'Axe the reading tax': book industry demands end to VAT on ebooks

Boys' love to Pokémon: British Museum to host major show on manga

New York's Strand bookshop begs to avoid official landmarking

Unseen Rupert Brooke letter to 'lovelorn' admirer to be sold

Prime Minister’s Literary awards 2018: Gerald Murnane wins for 'exquisite' novel

Rare Leonardo da Vinci notebook to go on show at British Library

André Aciman announces sequel to Call Me By Your Name

James Frey wins bad sex in fiction award for 'dubious' Katerina

GP’s diary of the absurd set to be surprise festive hit

At last, a partner for the Snowman who has melted hearts for 40 years

Guardian best books of 2018: across fiction, politics, food and more