Martin Chilton

Chief Book Critic@MartinChilton

Martin Chilton is The Independent's chief book critic and a freelance writer on culture. He is the former culture editor at The Telegraph and sports editor at the Evening Standard. He has written four sports books and regularly chairs events at literary festivals, including at the Hay Festival and London Book Fair.

<p>The best reads of the year include ‘Munichs’ by David Peace and Andrew O’Hagan’s ‘Caledonian Road’ </p>

The 20 best books of the year, ranked

<p>Highlights for December include books about Ukraine, a collection of essays and columns by the satirical cartoonist Martin Rowson, and stories of migrants in American jails</p>

The best new books to read this December

<p>Author Samantha Harvey, with her Booker Prize-winning novel ‘Orbital’ </p>

The inconvenient truth about this year’s Booker Prize winner

<p>November’s biggest releases include a new novel from Jonathan Coe and a history of Hollywood told through box office flops </p>

The best new books to read this November