Books

Told from the perspective of a mountain lion, Henry Hoke's hallucinatory novel explores the polycrisis of Los Angeles's unhoused population, wildfires and political violence

Ahead of the release of her new memoir, The Light Room, the author shares a list of the literary works that have inspired her

Other highlights include Martine Syms’s art-school satire and a nostalgic glance back at the indomitable Tina Turner

In her new book, Sophia Giovannitti reflects on sex work as labour and its parallels to the art market  

In the novel, the unnamed narrator reckons with the politics of race, desire and marginalization in galleries and institutions 

In the author's new novel, encountering a doppelgänger on the streets of Athens signals the death of the diligently composed identity of an artist

On the occasion of his new book Catastrophe Time!, Gary Zhexi Zhang questions how we make sense of our era when history seems to speed by us

In essays covering Samuel Beckett to Tacita Dean, the writer reflects on irresistible artworks

A new book by Ian Penman grapples with the filmmaker’s gargantuan appetites, impossible productivity and heartbreaking melancholy

From César Aira’s visions of ancient Rome to a posthumous collection of strange tales by Izumi Suzuki, the frieze team selects the books they’re reading this season

Polly Barton’s candid interviews question the interpersonal dynamics – shame, embarrassment, jealousy, ethics – of pornography

Ahead of the release of his new book Land Sickness, the author shares the books that have inspired him

In 'Topographies: Aerial Surveys of the American Landscape', the photographer uses drones to shift his perspective, capturing the country from the air

Set in 1960s New York, the author's debut novel looks at who is given a voice, as well as satirizing the concept of work as a cure for alienation 

From the science fiction of N.K. Jemisin to the final essays of Janet Malcolm, members of the frieze team select the books they’re most excited about this season

Two new collections published by Fonograf Editions reintroduce readers to the preternatural heart of the poet

In her new book, Animal Joy, poet and psychoanalyst Nuar Alsadir explores the role of the ‘inner clown’ in art and politics

Part memoir, part literary portrait, the author’s new book on Berlin goes beyond familiar narratives of the German capital

Nicole Rudick’s new biography weaves together her own writing with that of Saint Phalle, offering a more complex portrait of the artist

In his first book, the author offers a scholarly account of the life and work of Minoru Yamasaki – the esteemed architect of the World Trade Center