Books

The writer’s seventh novel examines social divisions through relationships formed in a 1990s London art world fuelled by power and wealth

The critic’s debut novel uses Lacanian theory as a foundation to explore the relationship between identity, language and desire 

From a collection of stories inspired by Franz Kafka to Lauren Elkin’s debut novel, the frieze team chooses its beach reads

The author speaks about the importance of transgression in art and why her latest book is dedicated to the poet Eileen Myles

The author’s latest book on his attempted assassination is a doting memoir about love and the allure of life

Sinéad Gleeson’s debut is a narrative of the dogged determination it takes to make a life of your own

From a posthumously published book by Elias Canetti to Lauren Oyler’s latest collection of essays, the frieze team recommend the new books they’re most excited about

A conversation celebrating the release of Any Day Now: Toward a Black Aesthetic introduces the prolific writer and essayist to a new generation

In her debut novel, The Extinction of Irena Rey, the writer experiments with form whilst interrogating literary theory and the politics of language 

In her latest book Playboy, the author addresses the unfair power dynamics that come with narrativising your life

The poet’s debut novel explores the difficulties of tentative living arrangements against the backdrop of Britain’s ongoing housing crisis

The author and journalist's latest novel, translated by Julia Sanches, ruminates on race, desire, familial heritage and the reverberations of colonialism

Lingering in the ‘instant before music’, the poet and novelist’s new collection is grounded by sharp materiality

From sourdough to Princess Diana, the author's new book explores what happens when our aesthetic values meet a class ceiling

On the publication of his new memoir, the writer speaks to Ariana Reines about grief, the challenges of criticism and the desire to write truthfully

From a new novel by Teju Cole to the English language debut of an iconic Japanese novel, the frieze team recommend what they’re reading

Diarmuid Hester’s Nothing Ever Just Disappears and Robert Glück’s About Ed offer compelling portraits of the histories and intimacies of artists, writers and lovers who shaped the 20th century

Spanning stories, fragmentary essays and press releases, the author’s new collection veers between Joan Didion-esque social studies and pseudo-blasé reportage

In his new book, journalist Ed Gillett illustrates how the genre became intertwined with British conservative politics in a time of social division

A new translation of the writer’s rarest novel The Apple in the Dark is a revelation