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Top 5 secrets-won’t-stay-hidden thrillers, chosen by bestselling novelist Adele Parks
Top 5 secrets-won’t-stay-hidden thrillers, chosen by bestselling novelist Adele Parks
Secrets don’t stay that way for long in these tense thrillers
Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose
Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose
St Aubyn asks penetrating questions about the way his characters go about reconciling conflicts
The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder
The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder
The Swim follows a woman training to swim the English Channel – more people have conquered Everest
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression
Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression
Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon
Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon
Top 5 board books for children, chosen by New York Times bestselling author Jon Klassen
Top 5 board books for children, chosen by New York Times bestselling author Jon Klassen
Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors
Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors
Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding
Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding
Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272
Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272
Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast
Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast
Top 5 domestic noirs, chosen by novelist and journalist Hannah Beckerman
Top 5 domestic noirs, chosen by novelist and journalist Hannah Beckerman
The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning
The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning
Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure
Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure
The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction
The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction
Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past
Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page
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
Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard
We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea’s trauma and terror
We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea’s trauma and terror
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth
The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story
