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Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse
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Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse

Lucy Lapinska asks dark questions with a lightness of touch

Banning books is not only wrong – it’s absolutely pointless. Here’s why
Free speech

Banning books is not only wrong – it’s absolutely pointless. Here’s why

Book banning is wrong. But little has been written about just how ridiculous it is

Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson
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Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson

Gripping and cathartic, true crime stories are big business, here are five of the best

The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder
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The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder

Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world
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Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world

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Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
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Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery

Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression
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Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression

These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future
Sci-fi

These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future

Top 5 thrillers with female leads, chosen by crime author Heidi Perks
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Top 5 thrillers with female leads, chosen by crime author Heidi Perks

Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
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Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd

Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon
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Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons
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How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons

Top 5 board books for children, chosen by New York Times bestselling author Jon Klassen
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Top 5 board books for children, chosen by New York Times bestselling author Jon Klassen

Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding
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Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – the war crimes paradox
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – the war crimes paradox

Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272
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Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272

Top 5 books about swimming, chosen by The Drownings author Hazel Barkworth
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Top 5 books about swimming, chosen by The Drownings author Hazel Barkworth

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, ‘the greatest novel in the English language’
The Great Gatsby

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, ‘the greatest novel in the English language’

Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast
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Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast

Top 5 domestic noirs, chosen by novelist and journalist Hannah Beckerman
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Top 5 domestic noirs, chosen by novelist and journalist Hannah Beckerman

I walked in David Bowie’s footsteps to get a sniff of the real. But I found something I didn’t expect
David Bowie

I walked in David Bowie’s footsteps to get a sniff of the real. But I found something I didn’t expect

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SMiLE: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Brian Wilson by David Leaf review – uneven account of rock saga
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SMiLE: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Brian Wilson by David Leaf review – uneven account of rock saga

Hedonist ex-MP Victor Grayson tried to expose corruption and scandal. Then he disappeared forever
Corruption

Hedonist ex-MP Victor Grayson tried to expose corruption and scandal. Then he disappeared forever

Top 5 gritty thrillers, chosen by viral sensation and best-selling author Lloyd Devereux Richards
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Top 5 gritty thrillers, chosen by viral sensation and best-selling author Lloyd Devereux Richards

The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning
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The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning