Summer books: Bernardine Evaristo, Hilary Mantel, David Nicholls and more pick their favourites
Authors recommend their favourite recent reads, from addictive novels and fascinating cultural history to a game-changing graphic memoir
December 2018
Best books of 2018
Best books of 2018: Hilary Mantel, Yuval Noah Harari and more pick their favourites
Our favourite authors on the most outstanding books they read this year
March 2018
The radical otherness of birds: Jonathan Franzen on why they matter
Birds are not just diverse, vivid and extraordinary. They can also save our souls – let’s protect them
November 2017
One year of Trump
Is it too late to save the world? Jonathan Franzen on one year of Trump's America
‘As the ice shelves crumble and the Twitter president threatens to pull out of the Paris accord’, Franzen reflects on the role of the writer in times of crisis
September 2017
Books that made me
Jonathan Franzen: 'I defy anyone to finish it without wetting the pages with tears'
The American novelist on the books that changed his life, made him cry and the ones he wishes he’d written
August 2015
The Q&A
Jonathan Franzen answers the Guardian Q&A: 'My face looks fat to me' – video
From best kiss to dream dinner party, watch Jonathan Franzen answer Weekend magazine’s quickfire questionnaire, to mark publication of his new novel, Purity
November 2013
Writers and critics on the best books 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
February 2013
Rereading
Jonathan Franzen: rereading The Hundred Brothers by Donald Antrim
Without supreme authorial control, The Hundred Brothers would collapse under the weight of its preposterous premise, says Jonathan Franzen
