Big issue critics’ books of 2024

Best books… Steph McGovern The journalist and television ...

Zoe West shares her favourite picks for the week

I don’t remember how I got into reading. Neither of my parents were big readers, and we didn’t have bookshelves at home – but I loved visiting the library. I could spend hours there, completely lost i

Best books… Merryn Somerset Webb The financial columnist ...

Why books that became beloved classics struggled to find their way into print

GH ’s books director Joanne Finney shares her pick of this month’s new hardback releases