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The best indie books of the year 2021
Books of the Year

The best indie books of the year 2021

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders: The Big Issue Book of the Year 2021
Books of the Year

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders: The Big Issue Book of the Year 2021

Book reviews: The Killing Hills and The Shadows of Men
Book Review

Book reviews: The Killing Hills and The Shadows of Men

Top 5 books about trans lives, chosen by Matt Bates
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Top 5 books about trans lives, chosen by Matt Bates

Book reviews: The Fell and The Selfless Act of Breathing
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Book reviews: The Fell and The Selfless Act of Breathing

Book reviews: Oh William! and Things I Didn’t Throw Out
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Book reviews: Oh William! and Things I Didn’t Throw Out

Dead Relatives review: Brilliantly atmospheric and relentlessly creepy
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Dead Relatives review: Brilliantly atmospheric and relentlessly creepy

Far From the Light of Heaven review: Wrongfoots the reader at every turn
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Far From the Light of Heaven review: Wrongfoots the reader at every turn

Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy Connolly: One of the greatest storytellers
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Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy Connolly: One of the greatest storytellers

Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie review: Primal Scream star strikes a tangible note of melancholy
The cover of Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie.
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Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie review: Primal Scream star strikes a tangible note of melancholy

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection
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The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection

Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch
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Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Unlike anything you've read before'
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Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Unlike anything you've read before'

Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: 'A compulsive narrative drive'
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Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: 'A compulsive narrative drive'

Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis: A delightful diary of Ellis’s musical life and friendships
Warren Ellis holds his violin on stage in 2009
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Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis: A delightful diary of Ellis’s musical life and friendships

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: An Ocean’s Eleven meets Ozark heist caper
Colson Whitehead gives the 2017 Black History Month lecture for the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
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Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: An Ocean’s Eleven meets Ozark heist caper

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Book reviews: Something New Under The Sun and The Black Locomotive
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Book reviews: Something New Under The Sun and The Black Locomotive

Reviews: The Liquid Land by Raphaela Edelbauer and No Touching by Ketty Rouf
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Reviews: The Liquid Land by Raphaela Edelbauer and No Touching by Ketty Rouf

1979 by Val McDermid: A novel as touching as it is gripping
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1979 by Val McDermid: A novel as touching as it is gripping

The Black Locomotive by Rian Hughes: Adventurous and original
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The Black Locomotive by Rian Hughes: Adventurous and original

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