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Top 5 books to make you think, chosen by The Conversation director Peter Florence
Books

Top 5 books to make you think, chosen by The Conversation director Peter Florence

Tiny but beautiful meteorites fall to Earth every single day – here’s how to find them
Space

Tiny but beautiful meteorites fall to Earth every single day – here’s how to find them

It wasn’t until I went to prison that I realised how important reading was – it became a lifeline
World Book Day

It wasn’t until I went to prison that I realised how important reading was – it became a lifeline

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past
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Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
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Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning

Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry
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Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry

Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time
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Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time

Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods
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Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods

Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess
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Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football
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Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football

My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page
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My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard
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Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Refugees

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea’s trauma and terror
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We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea’s trauma and terror

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin’s Russia
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The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin’s Russia

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like ‘failures in love’
Love

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like ‘failures in love’

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Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life
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Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives
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Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives

Why the story of metal is worthy of a Greek tragedy
Metal

Why the story of metal is worthy of a Greek tragedy

Top 5 crime thrillers, chosen by best-selling author and former detective Neil Lancaster
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Top 5 crime thrillers, chosen by best-selling author and former detective Neil Lancaster