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The author on life improving with age, her crush on Richard Osman and eloping in Vermont
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What happens if Nazi butchers are ‘reassessed’ in the name of national pride?
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As an adaptation of her bestselling novel comes to screens, Sarah Perry describes the joys of being on set – and how the production restored her faith in storytelling
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From communism to the Brexit referendum and conflict in Europe, this funny yet frightening Bulgarian novel explores the weaponisation of nostalgia
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From Ukrainian history to Putin’s kleptocracy and Gogol’s stories, author and former Russia correspondent Oliver Bullough chooses the best titles
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Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some exciting new paperbacks, from brilliant non-fiction about sex and gender to acclaimed novels
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By telling the life stories of his bipolar father and a convicted murderer he tried to save from the electric chair, Stafford Smith raises urgent moral questions about behaviour and justice
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This creative book is a hymn to the gay-friendly buildings treasured by film-makers, artists and activists
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Set over one day in Dublin, this gentle, empathetic debut explores love and loss through the stories of two women
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This rollicking adventure set in gold rush America features an unforgettable protagonist
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A 12-year-old girl in rural Kenya has the power to see into her country’s painful past in this compelling, beautifully written novel
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The further chronicles of a Turkish-American student in the 1990s showcase a wonderfully idiosyncratic comic voice
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Fiction I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg review – rock bottom in a ‘rest home’
First published in 1964, this striking account of Greenberg’s years in a psychiatric hospital reveals her boredom and fear – and the ignorance of the era
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Astral phenomena, Greek goddesses, deadly family curses and the best new YA fiction
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The American author on how his own experience of psychedelic therapy sparked his debut novel, and his poems about the opioid epidemic
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The DJ and writer on coming to terms with being a novelist, the appeal of middle-aged men and the book that broke her heart
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The author of the acclaimed The Secret Life of Church Ladies on the Black American Christian community, sexual shame and coming to terms with her queerness
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Oded Galor’s ‘Sapiens’-like history of civilisation predicts a happy ending for humanity. But should we trust him?
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The gay writer who was banned from visiting a London school discusses why young LGBT+ people need representation more than ever
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The Shakespeare critic and author on her new history of books and readers, and how it’s made her think about the contents of our shelves
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The author on being inspired by Nina Stibbe and taking comfort in the works of Nancy Mitford
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This powerful institution is filled with brilliant people – but is it holding Britain back?
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Mounting tensions with Russia, a global pandemic and a reckless scramble for nuclear energy: the echoes of 1957 are alarming – we would do well to heed them
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Monique Roffey, the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch, on the lit-boom that’s happening on the Caribbean island
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