Books

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

Dan Fox reviews the writer’s memoir of a twilight capital of art, fashion and music

Linda Rosenkrantz remembers the decades of friendship she had with the photographer

The latest experimental thriller from the Booker Prize winner propagates its subjects’ paranoia within the reader’s mind

Esmé Hogeveen reviews the writer's new book Replace Me (2021), which tackles replaceability against a backdrop of employment precarity in the arts and academia  

In a new collection of essays, the writer considers art, mortality and the death of her husband, Kevin Killian

The author of ‘The Netanyahus’ speaks with Lincoln Michel about his latest work and how his definition of ‘truth’ changes with every novel

Juliet Jacques reviews the writer and activist’s new book, which tackles head-on the insurgent culture war around trans liberation and condemns media misrepresentations