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After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux
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After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux

Young Once: A Life Less Heavy by Nigel Planer review: highly entertaining and endearingly droll
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Young Once: A Life Less Heavy by Nigel Planer review: highly entertaining and endearingly droll

Jews and Muslims’ connected history goes beyond Gaza. It’s a story that needs to be told right now
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Jews and Muslims’ connected history goes beyond Gaza. It’s a story that needs to be told right now

Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey  
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Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey  

Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination
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Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale
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Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale

My plan for the future is to die on a weekend
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My plan for the future is to die on a weekend

Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan
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Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan

Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage
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Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage

British Book Awards: Ruth Jones, Charles Mackesy and Mick Herron among Author of the Year nominees
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British Book Awards: Ruth Jones, Charles Mackesy and Mick Herron among Author of the Year nominees

Top 5 magical books for kids, chosen by teacher-turned-author Paula Harrison
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Top 5 magical books for kids, chosen by teacher-turned-author Paula Harrison

Your Life Without Me by James Meek review: a deeply original novel 
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Your Life Without Me by James Meek review: a deeply original novel 

What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?
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What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?

Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot
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Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot

Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships
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Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships

The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
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The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures

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Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward
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Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward

Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
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Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
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The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
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Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story