The US is in crisis - what about its literature? Michelle Dean reports on the 2017 Granta list of writers under 40, which is as diverse as the country itself
A jury of former judges is currently deciding which novel deserves to take the laurels as the last decade’s finest novel by a woman. Who gets your vote?
From LA noir to 21st-century satire, the literature of this Californian city embraces extremes of wealth, fame, frustration and failure. Here’s a selection of our readers’ suggestions of books to bring you closer to the city of Angels
The winner of the women's prize for fiction told Sydney writers' festival about how the trauma of being adopted has influenced her darkly satirical novels, writes
Bethanie Blanchard
The End Of Alice author AM Homes’s tale of a mysterious phone call is adapted into a graphic short story by Frazer Irving, best known for his work on Batman and the 2000 AD series Necronauts
From Sebastian Faulks's Jeeves and the Wedding Bells to Patrick Ness's More Than This to Alan Johnson's This Boy, Guardian readers pick their favourite reads of 2013
Hilary Mantel, Jonathan Franzen, Mohsin Hamid, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Malcolm Gladwell, Eleanor Catton and many more recommend the books that impressed them this year
US writer AM Homes made news this week when she won the Women's prize for fiction, halting Hilary Mantel's extraordinary winning streak. So, did it feel good? 'No, I mean, come on!'
Days of Awe by AM Homes review – disorienting stories