Book reviews: Midnight Sun, Medusa, The Lion's Mouth
Anna Creer Anna Creer delves into the world of Norwegian crime. Crime books perfect for summer reading
Jeff Popple Jeff Popple casts a cluey eye over this summer's new crime fiction releases. Ben Sanders interview: A New Zealand author with American Blood
KAREN HARDY Karen Hardy talks to crime author Ben Sanders about Kiwi writers, thrillers and the American way. Burt Reynolds memoir But Enough About Me is painfully honest about his mistakes
Darryn King The 79-year-old actor has returned to the public eye with a second memoir and a new-found frankness about his past work. He doesn't hold back during an interview in his palatial Florida home. Review
Sadness and joy at the end of the Obernewytyn ChroniclesSadness and joy at the end of the Obernewytyn Chronicles an annus mirabilis for the fading Shakespeare
Andrew Riemer Shapiro explores the life of Shakespeare and the influence of the world around him. Kissinger the Idealist review: The long road to political power
Robert Manne Niall Ferguson's biography of Kissinger is neither a panegyric nor a demonisation. Although generally too sympathetic, Ferguson recognises his subject's over-weaning ambition and cold ruthlessness. Bookmarks: News and views from the book world
JASON STEGER The bestselling books from Australia, Britain and the US. Victorian readers borrow mainly fiction from their libraries
JASON STEGER Graeme Simsion's two Rosie books are the most popular in Victorian libraries, according to a new survey Monash review: Grantlee Kiez fails to ask the most basic critical questions
Peter Stanley Grantlee Kiez fails to ask the most basic critical questions, or to have read much of the necessary literature. Rain Dogs review: Adrian McKinty's fifth Duffy book demands attention
Jeff Popple An engaging tale that sets an early high standard for this year's crime fiction. How Sunil Yapa turned the WTO protests into absorbing fiction
Andrew Purcell Losing the manuscript for his first novel and having to start all over again made Sunil Yapa's final work a better book. Anti-Semitism review: The flaw at the heart of Frederic Raphael's argument
Richard King Frederic Raphael confuses criticism of the state of Israel and anti-Semitism in his essay on the historical hatred of the Jewish race. Slade House review: David Mitchell's Twitter fiction proves a brief pleasure
James Bradley The author's unusually brief novel draws on the tradition of classic ghost stories, taking readers into a world of psychic vampires. The Clasp review: Sloane Crosley's debut fiction displays her familiar humour
Emma Young The three characters at the heart of Sloane Crosley's The Clasp never consummated their love triangle as students. Now they're about to turn 30 and they meet up again. In short: Reviews of non-fiction from Australia and around the world
Steven Carroll Michael Atherton called the late Richie Benaud the ''Hemingway of the airwaves'' as we learn in Benaud in Wisden. Turning Pages: The real story behind Patricia Highsmith and Carol
Jane Sullivan Patricia Highsmith published The Price of Salt anonymously in 1952, its lesbian theme too controversial for the day. Now, it's the basis of the new film Carol. Jane Caro & Rosie Waterland review: Two fine and very different memoirs
Candida Baker Jane Caro and Rosie Waterland have very different backgrounds but have both written fascinating memoirs of their lives. The Prison Book Club review: Helping villains with good books
Dianne Dempsey The most interesting aspect of The Prison Book Club is the books themselves and the ones the prisoners prefer. And Yet ... review: The last scraps from the brilliant Christopher Hitchens
James Ley If there were ever any doubt about Christopher Hitchens' relish for taking a stand and arguing his case, And Yet … includes a couple of cracking essays that will put that doubt to the sword. Short reviews of fiction from Australia and overseas
Kerryn Goldsworthy The Canadian novelist and poet Anne Michaels has written her first books for children. It's charming. Book news
Why I became an Elena Ferrante addict
SUSAN WYNDHAM Everyone seems to be reading Ferrante this summer; the top bestsellers of 2015. The Wimpy Kid starts the year in top spot on the bestseller list
Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid starts the year at the top of the bestseller list. 
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