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<p>Top reads for June range from memoir to thrillers and a dark confessional </p>

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Martin Chilton Books of the Month: From Sinead O’Connor to Lisa Taddeo

Martin Chilton reviews six of June’s biggest releases for our monthly column

Michael Rosen: ‘You’re different person after something like that’

Charlotte Cripps Antonia Fraser: I was once told, ‘You write like a man.’

Nazis, nicknames and ‘child hunts’: The bizarre life of Nancy Mitford

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Reviews

Finally, the Fifty Shades franchise can be put to bed

Seth Rogen’s Yearbook is memoir at its most sardonic and mischievous

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book captures the messiness of loss

Barack Obama’s A Promised Land is an elegant, thoughtful memoir

Lists

The 20 best books of 2020

The 40 best books to read during lockdown

25 books that should have never been made into films

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