Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now
From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction
Chris Hoy: ‘I had no natural ability as a cyclist!’
The Olympic hero has written Be Amazing, an inspirational book for children that reveals how they too can be champions, with help from Stoic philosophy, sports psychology – and Beyoncé
Picture books on prescription
A scheme for GPs to recommend books for mental health and wellbeing is extending its reach to younger readers. Which are the best titles for anxiety, grief or online pressures?
Michael Rosen: ‘Stories hung in the air about great-aunts and uncles who’d gone’
Searching for the missing pieces in his family brought poet and author Michael Rosen closer to the horror of war
Matt Haig: ‘Kids are so overloaded, they’ve got so much stress’
The author and mental health activist on writing for different age groups, homeschooling, and being followed by Harry and Meghan
Gemma Cairney: ‘I was a naughty teen – I got told not to talk back’
The radio DJ and author on her life lessons for young and old – plus raving in Margate
Book an appointment: doctors to prescribe novels in new scheme
The Reading Well for Young People campaign lists books to help young people deal with mental-health issues and will be available at surgeries and libraries
The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep is surely the stuff of nightmares
Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s self-published book claims to cure young insomniacs, but should bedtime stories be about tricking children to conk out?
Lesser spotted: Melanie’s Marvelous Measles wiped out online
An anti-vaccination book for children has received more than 800 one-star reviews on Amazon
A teenage guide to stress
Blame My Brain author Nicola Morgan's top tips on how to stop the pressure of a new school year getting to you
New Books Party: books received this week
GrrlScientist: What good is a weekend without a good book to read? Take a look at these books -- hot off the presses -- that you may enjoy!
Teen fiction and the shadow of cancer
Mal Peet: From John Green's The Fault in our Stars to Jenny Downham's Before I Die, childhood cancer is becoming a taboo-busting subject for teen fiction
‘Once upon a time, mommy had a tummy tuck …’
Zoe Williams: A children's book written for four to seven year olds about extensive plastic surgery entitled My Beautiful Mommy, is to be published in the US