Biography books
- Bookmark thisA feud ‘straight out of Succession’, a rental thriller and an ‘absolute ripper’: the best Australian books out in AprilEach month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
JD Vance announces a new memoir about his conversion to Catholicism
The vice-president’s follow-up to Hillbilly Elegy is announced as speculation builds over a 2028 run to succeed Trump- Book of the dayBaldwin by Nicholas Boggs review – the relationships that drove a geniusA new biography puts Baldwin’s sexuality – and the men he loved – front and centre
March 2026
- Book of the dayMonsters in the Archives by Caroline Bicks review – the writing secrets of Stephen King
- Audiobook of the weekThe Two Roberts by Damian Barr audiobook review – love and lost dreams in bohemian London
Country star Ty Herndon: ‘The drugs could be forgiven. Being gay definitely could not’
Muskism by Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff review – how Elon Musk is reshaping the world
- Book of the dayThe Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby review – the story of the man who changed the world
Roland Huntford obituary
Love Magic Power Danger Bliss by Paul Morley review – Yoko Ono before the Beatles
‘I feel I am not yet grown up’: Alan Bennett’s diary of his 90th year
- Book of the dayThe Last Kings of Hollywood by Paul Fischer review – the rise and reign of Spielberg, Lucas and Coppola
February 2026
‘I clicked on a button – and everything changed’: how a DNA test turned my life upside-down
‘Trump’s not enough. And he knows he’s not enough’: California governor Gavin Newsom on populism, ‘purity tests’ and whether he’ll run for the presidency
- Politics Weekly America‘I could see myself stepping into that void’: Gavin Newsom on fighting Trump and running in 2028 – podcast
- Audiobook of the weekThings in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li audiobook review – a deconstruction of grief
- Book of the dayAnother World by Melvyn Bragg review – portrait of the broadcaster as a young man
Gisèle Pelicot calls on victims to ‘never have shame’ in her first TV interview
- Book of the dayGordon Brown by James Macintyre review – a very different kind of politician
The Colour of Home by Sajid Javid review – from one hostile environment to another