Books
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Half of humanity disappears in this disturbing study of loss, grief and moral sacrifice
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The writer’s affable misanthropy and self-deprecation are on display in a new set of reflections on life and death
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A paean to people and nature in a fictional moorland village, from prehistory to 2099
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The Chocolat author was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020 and has shared her experiences on social media
What to read
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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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In a moving series of interviews with those fleeing persecution, the authors expose the appalling conditions in Greek refugee camps
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The tech pioneer wants us to prepare for the ‘Big One’ by holding regular pandemic exercises. But how do you deal with the threat posed by fake news?
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Two of the bank’s economists attempt to soften the formidable institution’s reputation with this jaunty handbook
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A spirited and anarchic novel about 80s outsiders on a quest to bring magic to the landscape
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In the followup to the International Booker winner Celestial Bodies, a student reflects on her roots in Oman
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This clever, engrossing debut about an ageing English literature professor explores female creativity, rage and desire
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From a meditation retreat via the Charlie Hebdo massacre to a catastrophic personal breakdown, this is a devastating portrait of the western capitalist everyman in crisis
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A call to embrace wildness, a guide to shells, a tall tree tale, wishing candles, paper spirits, and a tough apology to make
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Astral phenomena, Greek goddesses, deadly family curses and the best new YA fiction
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The author on pranking JM Coetzee, his huge debt to Labour, and his new book about the twilight of careers for artists, writers and sportsmen
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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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The American author on feminist utopias, surviving the apocalypse and who is really responsible for the scourge of electric bikes on the pavement
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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
Regulars
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The novelist on adoring Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, being inspired by Jean Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark and crying at Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina
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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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From the ad executive turned charcoal burner to the woman who built a new life in the woods, a new genre of books about radical reinventions is proving a runaway success
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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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