Books
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The narrator of this ingenious fable about Germany, nationalism and the tides of history is a century-old Joseph Roth novel
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The bestselling author of I Am Not Your Baby Mother is back, with a collection of frank and funny essays about money, friendship and what some women will do to their hair
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This fascinating insight into our relationship with mind-altering plants weaves personal experimentation with cultural history
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A defiant assertion of the poet’s power to overcome physical separation from her beloved
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The award-winning Turkish-British writer talks about generational trauma, food in exile and how heavy metal helps her write
Summer reading
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From missing lighthouse keepers to the healing power of trees ... 50 new fiction and nonfiction books to enjoy. Plus recent paperbacks to pack and the best children’s stories
What to read
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Here are some excellent new paperbacks for July, including Too Much and Never Enough, outstanding translated novels and some fizzing fantasy
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Robert McCrum has reached a verdict on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in English. Take a look at his list
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Wolff concludes his jocular trilogy of books about the chaotic Trump administration by absolving the former president of blame
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This lyrical dive into rock pools illuminates the interconnectedness of all natural habitats
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Journalism books An Ugly Truth by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang – Facebook’s battle for domination
Russian hacking, smear campaigns and livestreamed massacres are the price of Mark Zuckerberg’s quest for connectivity, grippingly probed by two New York Times journalists
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A female architect’s life is destroyed by a supernatural entity in a seductive and disturbing novel first published in 2003
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This immersive novel follows a New Mexico household facing challenges and chances of redemption
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A young woman struggles to find a home and stable job in a smart and acerbic debut that inverts the coming-of-age arc
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In this mischievous commentary on the neuroses of modern womanhood, a middle-class mother appears to be turning into a dog
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When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson; A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee; Robot by Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg; Come Closer by Sara Gran; The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig and The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry
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A young man reflects on Sri Lanka’s civil war, in a meticulous but frustrating meditation on violence and memory
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The author was repeatedly told that no one wanted to read fun books with disabled heroes. Now she has won the £5,000 Waterstones children’s book prize for her debut, A Kind of Spark
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As well as books tackling big issues, there’s a good dose of sharp laughter in the latest clutch of titles for teens
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Young Tiktok users are sharing their passion for books with millions – bringing titles they love to life online and reshaping the publishing world, all in under a minute
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Foreign travel may be curtailed, but from Germany’s Mariana Leky to Japan’s Shiori Ito, there is plenty of exciting writing coming to our shores. Meet the writers who are making waves
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The Labour MP on the sit-down strike she organised in primary school, how she copes with death threats and what she reads to relax
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John Boyne talks about the online backlash to his recent YA book and how it inspired his new novel about social media
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The author on her debut novel set during a single day on Cape Cod, the pressures of growing up in a literary family, and what she’s learned from reading Ali Smith
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After 20 outings, the unconventional detective duo of Arthur Bryant and John May have solved their last case. But their creator is not willing to let them go entirely …
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Her marriage to the prolific author Paul Theroux fell apart in 1990. He has written about the divorce, now she tells her side of the story. By Eva Wiseman
Regulars
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The novelist on the influence of Joy Williams, giving up on Norman Mailer and finding comfort in William Trevor’s short stories
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A defiant assertion of the poet’s power to overcome physical separation from her beloved
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From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to John le Carré, the novelist recommends reading about a vast, anguished legacy
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Sophia Spring’s photographs celebrate how London’s many parks became a lifeline for locals during the pandemic, writes novelist David Nicholls
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A poetry collection by Raymond Antrobus, a coming-of-age novel by Adam Mars-Jones … the novelist and wheelchair user celebrates the writers who have captured the disabled experience
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As lockdown eases and sporting events draw people together, new books offer insights into how to live among others again – and the surprising benefits of interacting with strangers
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Seven years after the referendum, writers including Val McDermid and William Boyd capture the mood of their country, and ask what it would mean to leave the UK
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