Fiction
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An escape from motherhood into horticulture; a murder mystery with reflections on race and class; and a subtly claustrophobic family drama
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Bond is headhunted by Smersh in a plot to eliminate the moderate Khrushchev in this rollicking Russian spy story
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The 19-year-old’s uncommonly assured book Nightcrawling, about marginalised lives in her home town of Oakland, has won fans including Dave Eggers and Ruth Ozeki
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An invigorating debut places the same couple in different decades, examining how changing social conditions alter their story, to fascinating effect
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Diversity in book industry must be sustained, and start at the top, Booker prize-winning author tells Hay festival
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The novelist on polar exploration, Middlemarch and reading Donna Tartt in the pool
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Infused with magic and black humour, these fables of women affected by Russian aggression have accrued an unsettling timeliness
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Set in a remote town where a schoolgirl disappears, this debut arrives with high praise from other crime novelists – and it’s truly excellent
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This chilling tale of power and corruption, based on a true crime involving brutality in the Oakland police department, announces a bold new voice
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A paean to people and nature in a fictional moorland village, from prehistory to 2099
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Half of humanity disappears in this disturbing study of loss, grief and moral sacrifice
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Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
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Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams review – protest fiction for a new generation