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Books

Sea Change by Gina Chung

review

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit

Illustration by Pierre Buttin capturing the movement of a group of dancers

Expressive writing

Rediscovering my love of dancing changed my life... and inspired my book

A dark forest and a pair of gleaming eyes

Fiction

Top 5 books about monsters and parasites, selected by Ronald Malfi

The cover of Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter features an image of a halved pomegranate

Fiction

Ripe review: A dread-filled indictment of capitalism

The cover of Little Rabbit by Alyssa Songsiridej

Fiction

Little Rabbit review: The politics of kink

Illustration two women embracing

Minority writing

How writing reconnected me with my Bedouin past

Steam train going over a viaduct

Fiction

Top 5 literary train journeys, selected by Christine Mangan

horror

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia review: Menacing and magical happenings made believable

Fiction

Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott review: A slow-burning thriller that explodes into horror

Illustration of Bilbo Baggins leaning against a tree

Fiction

Top 5 unlikely fictional heroes, selected by David Jackson

Illustration of Kim Yo-Jong

North Korea

The question I'd most like to ask Kim Yo-Jong, North Korea's doyenne of despotism

The Bookbinder of Jericho cover

Fiction

The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams review: Women in the shadow of war

The Black Eden by Richard T Kelly book cover

Fiction

The Black Eden by Richard T Kelly review: A story of Scotland's black gold rush

Silhouette of a man running with sky and mountains in the background

Running

Top 5 books about superhuman running challenges, chosen by Nick Butter

Jan van Eyck self portrait, 1433

Art history

Self-portraits: The surprising history of the selfie

Okay days book cover

Review

Okay Days by Jenny Mustard review: Romance as though Sally Rooney didn't happen

Bellies book cover

review

Bellies by Nicola Dinan review: Compelling and compassionate trans romance

Lakiriboto cover

Fiction

Lákíríboto by Ayodele Olofintuade review: Amidst all the death, we celebrate life

Japanese pagoda

Fiction

Top 5 novels from Japan, chosen by Nick Bradley

Illustration of a woman, a zebra and a man with a telescope

behind the book

The 18th-century astronomer who sparked a modern love story

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