Andrew Scott plays the charming psychopath in Netflix's new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley. Here's our guide to her bestselling novels.

Our guide to the 'unfilmable' sci-fi story, now that it's been adapted into a Netflix show

So... there's that

Imogen Binnie first published Nevada nine years ago. In the near decade since, a renaissance of trans fiction bloomed. Now republished this summer, Binnie talks about the pleasures of making art for trans audiences

As the Booker prize recognises the genre for the first time, we list the classics you should have on your shel

A new adaptation of the lengthy novel is still on

The best literature about The Big Smoke. No Dickens allowed

Gearing yourself up to read all 26 novels in the sci-fi series? Here's how to do it right

The author follows their award-winning debut with a spikily-narrated picaresque

Great doesn't need to mean old

Esquire Editor-in-Chief Alex Bilmes on the return of the acclaimed author of Sam the Cat - eighteen years late, and right on time

The best books to come out of conflict zones over the past hundred years, from World War One to Iraq

"It's surprisingly difficult to find somebody to run over a hard drive with a steamroller"

Alliteration aplenty

But you might have to wait a while

Including the true story of an army medic turned bank robber and a raw exploration of motherhood

Take notes everywhere, embrace Wikipedia wormholes and other handy tips

His forthcoming novel, The President Is Missing, will be a Showtime series

The hit Amazon series, based on Lee Child's wildly popular novels, is returning

The author of Less reveals his secret: "The nervous breakdown happened before I wrote the book, which made the writing much easier"

No excuses, now

The acclaimed author takes us inside his process of writing 'James,' a subversive new take on 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.'

What a surprise

Tom Parker Bowles introduces you to W. Somerset Maugham's all too human secret agent

All the novels rethinking 1984 for the age of wellness and social media stalking

Stephen King’s first novel changed the trajectory of horror fiction forever. Fifty years later, authors say it’s still challenging and guiding the genre

“It’s the least Elf-like film of the year!”

The new novel from the author of ‘The Underground Railroad’ is both a departure, and a return

The best-selling author of Three Women returns with a story which looks into the gaping wound of grief

The author, whose book has tinges of 'Cat Person' and 'Three Women', spoke to Esquire about how her story intertwined with #MeToo, the line between sex and power and why readers resist confronting uncomfortable ideas

Why the author's new book Dead Men's Trousers is a must-read

In her new novel, No One Is Talking About This, the humourist captures the dead-face laugh of the infinite scroll

The book's author, Elizabeth Gonzalez James, discusses the troubled genre's inclusive new frontier.