The critics' top eight choices based on Christmas selections in national newspapers. Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst. Alan Hollinghurst's seventh novel – and his first since "

I was on the London tube recently when the women sitting next to me appeared engrossed in a book – I interrupted her and asked what she was reading.

From an atlas of never-built architecture to a monograph on Alexander Girard, 2024 had a wealth of exciting design books. I think about this year-end list of design books all year long, collecting stacks,