What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April
Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments
Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata review – a future without sex
The Convenience Store Woman author imagines the creep of a new worldview, in a novel that highlights the weirdness of normal life
Playing with words: why novelists are becoming video game writers – and vice-versa
While the novel remains a high-status cultural form, video game writing is still seen as a throwaway art – despite some of the biggest names in fiction being involved
Writer Saba Sams: ‘I wanted it to be sexy and really messy’
The Send Nudes author, one of Granta’s pick of the best young British novelists, on young motherhood, feminism and why we need to break the rules around love
