The best books of 2025
by Franklin Nelson
Literary highlights of 2025, from Arundhati Roy's memoir Mother Mary Comes To Me to Sarah Howe's poetry collection Foretokens Flesh
Promised Sky
by Zebib K. Abraham
A textured, unassuming and heart-breaking story of immigrant women facing the rising forces of xenophobia and racism in Tunisia
Prisoner 951
by Sana Nassari
A quietly devastating miniseries based on the six-year ordeal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in the Iranian regime's prisons
Borderline Fiction
by Naomi Foyle
An immersive and innovative portrait of a young Black British man dealing with the complexity of his mental health condition
The Wickedest
by Magnus McDowall
Caleb Femi turns a party into a poetry collection where everyone is invited - so long as they remember to dance.
Turner Prize winner Nnena Kalu ‘gives hope and light’
by John Siddique
Celebrating 'a very soul-led, humanistic experience' at the Turner Prize 2025
Ever Since We Small
by Sophie Jai
Celeste Mohammed's novel explores both the far-reaching impacts of colonialism and the small realities of life that binds its characters
Red Pockets
by Suzanne Harrington
Alice Mah's memoir confronts the climate crisis while dragging the reader back from the brink of despair
The Legends of Them
by Trish Cooke
A dream-like production set inside the subconscious mind of a high-flying, female reggae artist