Donna Tartt

This stunning and fearless debut novel is about adoption and the desire to belong

Flashes of brilliant writing are weighed down by the plot in ‘Miniaturist’ author’s new novel

Righteous teenage angst cuts through the phony adult world of modern America

‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ is based on attempt to kill reggae king Bob Marley

Books nominated by public libraries for consideration include 142 novels

Should Amazon’s latest attempt to dominate the ebook market make us fear for the written word?

Donna Tartt’s splendidly time-consuming, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is giving me heart

The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction last week announced a list of the top 20 most influential books written by women. We continue our series on female authors, looking at the books as voted for by the public.

With the Leaving Cert results out this week, here’s a literary taster of what to expect at third level

Opinion: authors should back Amazon in the battle with Hachette

Online retailer has halted pre-orders of some Disney movies as it wages battle against Hachette

It’s hard to beat the pleasure of settling down on a sun lounger or sofa with a good book. Here are 25 of the season’s best to choose from

‘If I love a book, I want to own a print version of it. My (huge) collection is like a physical manifestation of what furnishes my brain’

Taking your ereader to the beach will free you from sandy pages, smudges, sore wrists and one-arm sunburn

In the first of a series, we recommend some destination-specific titles for summer trips abroad, with help from our correspondents

‘I am at my happiest when I have completed a first draft of a novel and am about to begin a second’

Historical, classical and biblical references litter the novel but ‘Tatiana’ is a contemporary tale that lifts the lid on the power struggles of modern Moscow

Historical, classical and biblical references litter the novel but ‘Tatiana’ is a contemporary tale in which Renko’s investigation lifts the lid on the power struggles of modern Moscow

Audrey Magee and Eimear McBride in running for £30,000 prize

What writing trends have struck you lately? Pornography! I’m astounded at how many women want to read explicit descriptions of sex.

Opinion: The tapenade-eaters are always going to remain immune to the charms of ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’

The ‘best of’ lists tend to narrow our reading habits – so what lost classics might have escaped readers’ attention?

Food has always found its way into fiction. There’s even a genre where eating forms the backdrop to the story

Colum McCann, Roddy Doyle, Frank McGuinness and first-time novelist Donal Ryan among writers on list