Fox by Joyce Carol Oates (4th Estate, £18.99)In this hefty, immersive study of gullibility, complicity and betrayal, English teacher Francis Fox is a predator, all the more dangerous for being charming enough... Read more »
Midden Witch by Fiona Benson (Jonathan Cape, £13)In her fourth collection Benson turns her fierce attention to the individuals hounded as witches. Her language is rich with “a broth of sweat” that... Read more »
Fair Play by Louise Hegarty (Picador, £16.99)Award-winning short-story writer Hegarty’s debut opens with guests arriving at an Irish Airbnb country house for a murder mystery-themed birthday party. Abigail has organised the celebration... Read more »
Cloud Boy by Greg Stobbs, Oxford, £7.99Sights, sounds, smells – the world around Bobby is just too enticing, and he’s always floating off into the clouds. How can his friends keep his... Read more »
Invisible Dog by Fabio Morábito, translated by Richard Gwyn (Carcanet, £12.99) Mexican writer Morábito is a real discovery: reading him is like being in the room with someone who trusts you enough... Read more »
Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán, translated by Sophie Hughes (4th Estate, £16.99)Thereâs no hanging about in Chilean author Alia Trabucco Zeránâs third novel, which opens with images of rabbits being frightened to... Read more »
You Like It Darker by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton, £25)This new collection of 12 stories opens with Two Talented Bastids, which questions how two ordinary guys from a small town in... Read more »
A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje (Cape, £14.99)After a break of nearly 20 years, Ondaatje has returned to poetry, ruminating on sliding doors moments in life, “as those torn lines... Read more »
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem by Nam LeA winner of the Dylan Thomas prize for his short story collection, The Boat, Nam Le’s first poetry collection focuses on themes of anti-Asian racism,... Read more »