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From megalomaniac rabbits to lessons for young men: These are the best children’s books of 2024
Children's books

From megalomaniac rabbits to lessons for young men: These are the best children’s books of 2024

Top 5 weird fiction books, chosen by short story writer Lena Valencia
Books

Top 5 weird fiction books, chosen by short story writer Lena Valencia

How consumerism and colonialism helped make dogs the pets we know and love today
Dogs

How consumerism and colonialism helped make dogs the pets we know and love today

Ripcord by Nate Lippens review – acid-tongued meditations on middle-aged homosexuality
Books

Ripcord by Nate Lippens review – acid-tongued meditations on middle-aged homosexuality

Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – language pared back almost to the bone
Books

Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – language pared back almost to the bone

House of the Spirits author Isabel Allende: ‘I have regrets – I hurt my family badly’
Letter To My Younger Self

House of the Spirits author Isabel Allende: ‘I have regrets – I hurt my family badly’

Top 5 new queer books, chosen by author Rachel Dawson
Books

Top 5 new queer books, chosen by author Rachel Dawson

People expect the deep ocean to be filled with monsters. This is what it’s really like
Environment

People expect the deep ocean to be filled with monsters. This is what it’s really like

Juice by Tim Winton review – asking big questions after the apocalypse
Books

Juice by Tim Winton review – asking big questions after the apocalypse

The truth is we’re all sinners – it’s how we survive as human beings
Neuroscience

The truth is we’re all sinners – it’s how we survive as human beings

Top 5 books with a hero, chosen by teacher and author Jack Jackman
Books

Top 5 books with a hero, chosen by teacher and author Jack Jackman

Gliff by Ali Smith review – ingenious and warm anti-establishment storytelling
Books

Gliff by Ali Smith review – ingenious and warm anti-establishment storytelling

Ground by Jadelin Gangbo review – hope for healing amid the wreckage
Books

Ground by Jadelin Gangbo review – hope for healing amid the wreckage

Horrible Histories author Terry Deary: ‘The most important day in history is tomorrow’
Books

Horrible Histories author Terry Deary: ‘The most important day in history is tomorrow’

Top 5 books in rhyme, chosen by children’s author Vicky Cowie
Books

Top 5 books in rhyme, chosen by children’s author Vicky Cowie

Teething problems with VAR and handball rules serve as a warning about AI
Artificial Intelligence

Teething problems with VAR and handball rules serve as a warning about AI

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Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele review – horror writing of the first order
Review

Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele review – horror writing of the first order

Democracy has left us all with Democratic Fatigue Syndrome. Here’s how to cure it
Politics

Democracy has left us all with Democratic Fatigue Syndrome. Here’s how to cure it

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin
Books

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin

Comedian Kate McKinnon: ‘Being yourself is harder than it sounds’
Culture

Comedian Kate McKinnon: ‘Being yourself is harder than it sounds’