John Self

The Australian novelist imagines two survivors wandering through a blasted landscape in the 23rd century

The novels of Paul Bailey, who died this week, are emotionally wrenching, frequently surprising and packed with entertaining comic grotesques

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month

This new novel set in a dystopian Britain is full of rich and dazzling language. Shame about the ideas

The great Japanese author revisits familiar territory in a typically meandering novel that explores the fragile nature of reality

This 1947 novel about a frustrated vacuum cleaner salesman is a comic masterpiece

As his new novel is published, the acclaimed author discusses complexity, writing female characters and meeting his fans

From tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret?