Life lessons from Hannibal Lecter? The 10 literary characters who give the best advice

11 June 2026 at 20:00

They may not be talking directly to you, but there is much to be learnt from advice dispatched by well-known characters from much-loved books.

This unique novel comprised entirely of letters just won the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Independent

By: Daisy Lester

11 June 2026 at 19:30

Virginia Evans’s took home the award for best fiction novel.

Women’s Prize for Fiction goes to debut novelist Virginia Evans’s The Correspondent

Independent

By: Annabel Nugent

11 June 2026 at 19:26

BBC foreign correspondent Lyse Doucet picks up the award for non-fiction with her ‘excellent reporting’ on the human story behind Kabul’s InterContinental hotel

Reading view