From existential poems to dark humour, here are The Guardian's top picks this year:

Below are the nominees for this year’s National Book Award, in four categories — Fiction, Nonfiction, Young People’s Literature and Poetry:

This year’s Baileys Women's Prize six shortlisted books includes one previous winner of the Prize and one debut novelist. The Power by Naomi Alderman was chosen as the winner.

The US has a new reader-in-chief. Bill Gates is now the natural successor to Barack Obama and Oprah. This year, Gates has several new recommendations including three memoirs:

Dystopian fiction has been a staple on the best-seller lists for years. So here are the New York Times' best postapocalyptic novels for 2017:

Bustle, an online American women's magazine, has compiled some hotly anticipated feminist books for this year:

Launched in 2006, the accolade is the largest literary prize in the world for young writers at £30,000. The prize is named after the Swansea-born writer, Dylan Thomas.

The votes for the 2017 Not the Booker prize have been counted and The Guardian have six books are going through to the shortlist stage of the competition.

Founded in 2008 by Three Percent at the University or Rochester, the focus on finding the best books in translation from the past year has been constant.

Forget jewellery and and bottles of wine. This year, a go-to holiday gift is a gorgeous, new coffee-table book.