Books
What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’

What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’
Think you could lead a country? Here’s a guide to creating your own micronation

Think you could lead a country? Here’s a guide to creating your own micronation
Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
Top 5 books on secret statecraft, chosen by Rory Cormac

Top 5 books on secret statecraft, chosen by Rory Cormac
Sinead Gleeson interview: ‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’

Sinead Gleeson interview: ‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’
Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher
Top 5 books if you’re into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen

Top 5 books if you’re into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen
Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place

Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place
Top 5 books about Greek mythology, chosen by Jennifer Saint

Top 5 books about Greek mythology, chosen by Jennifer Saint
Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live

Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years
Explorer Benedict Allen: The day I became a ‘crocodile man’

Explorer Benedict Allen: The day I became a ‘crocodile man’
Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year

Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year
Top 5 books about dual heritage, chosen by Eva Verde

Top 5 books about dual heritage, chosen by Eva Verde
Re-Sisters by Cosey Fanni Tutti review: The women undermined and ostracised in their time

Re-Sisters by Cosey Fanni Tutti review: The women undermined and ostracised in their time
Otessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity

Otessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity
Sayaka Murata’s Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales



