With Richard Powers' most recent novels continuing to enthral the likes of Barack Obama, Jessie Burton and Emma Thompson, now is the perfect time to dive into his decorated and exhilarating catalogue of work.
Heralded as one of America's greatest literary voices, his novels and characters navigate everything from AI to the American Dream, trees to astrobiology, virtual reality to the human genetic code, delving into the interconnectedness of individual human lives and forces much larger.