John Self

In Ángel Bonomini’s bizarre and brilliant The Novices of Lerna, a man is invited to a university – where he finds 23 men identical to him

An indigenous epic, macabre short stories from Spain, Aztec adventures and more

These cynical domestic horror stories by the Guinness heiress seem to speak to a contemporary mindset

Dino Buzzati’s 50 fizzing stories in The Bewitched Bourgeois are perfect for the shrunken attention spans of the TikTok era

A lesser-known work by the 19th-century Russian novelist is enjoying a sales boom driven by TikTok. What’s that all about?

The British novelist, famous for his campus trilogy, died this week aged 89. Here’s a guide to his finest work

Kraf’s charming and challenging fourth and final novel, now published in the UK, is narrated by a New Yorker who experiences psychotic episodes

She’s been hotly tipped for the prize for years – but Can Xue’s riddling and opaque collection, Mother River, shows all her flaws

Under the Eye of the Big Bird is a weird, dystopian tale about the perils of AI

There are precious few moments of accessibility in this posthumous collection