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Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 
Top 5

Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
Christmas

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a portrait of women on the outskirts
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The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a portrait of women on the outskirts

Nymph by Stephanie LaCava review – hollowing out the espionage genre
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Nymph by Stephanie LaCava review – hollowing out the espionage genre

Top 5 Books for under-13s, chosen by children’s author Sophie Kirtley
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Top 5 Books for under-13s, chosen by children’s author Sophie Kirtley

Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’
Life

Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani review – diaspora, flight and exile
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Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani review – diaspora, flight and exile

The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi review – a strange, engrossing literary hall of mirrors
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The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi review – a strange, engrossing literary hall of mirrors

Top 5 books about the struggle of man in nature, chosen by author Cynan Jones
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Top 5 books about the struggle of man in nature, chosen by author Cynan Jones

A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction
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A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction

Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts
Crafts

Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts

Artist Oliver Jeffers: ‘I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried’
Letter To My Younger Self

Artist Oliver Jeffers: ‘I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried’

Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by poet, playwright and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by poet, playwright and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Philanthropist and banker John Studzinski: ‘I have never forgotten what Mother Teresa told me…’
Philanthropy

Philanthropist and banker John Studzinski: ‘I have never forgotten what Mother Teresa told me…’

The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture
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The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture

Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity
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Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity

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A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money
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A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money

Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major
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Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major

This book proves the margins of society are not silent – they’re full of voices bursting to be heard
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This book proves the margins of society are not silent – they’re full of voices bursting to be heard

Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory
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Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory