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Top 5 children's books about fashion accessories, chosen by Anthony Moss

Top 5 children's books about fashion accessories, chosen by Anthony Moss
Top 5 picture books with intergenerational relationships, chosen by Patrice Lawrence

Top 5 picture books with intergenerational relationships, chosen by Patrice Lawrence
Top 5 books about the prison system, chosen by Andy West

Top 5 books about the prison system, chosen by Andy West
Top 5 books on the Cuban revolution, chosen by Christopher Othen

Top 5 books on the Cuban revolution, chosen by Christopher Othen
Top 5 books about cocktails and spirits, chosen by Camper English

Top 5 books about cocktails and spirits, chosen by Camper English
JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother's childhood secret

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother's childhood secret
A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: 'Hopepunk' novel imagines a positive future for humanity

A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: 'Hopepunk' novel imagines a positive future for humanity
Richard Osman: ‘The Bullet That Missed isn’t the end for the Thursday Murder Club’

Richard Osman: ‘The Bullet That Missed isn’t the end for the Thursday Murder Club’
What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee's 'upturned fairytale'

What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee's 'upturned fairytale'
Think you could lead a country? Here's a guide to creating your own micronation

Think you could lead a country? Here's a guide to creating your own micronation
Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
Top 5 books on secret statecraft, chosen by Rory Cormac

Top 5 books on secret statecraft, chosen by Rory Cormac
Sinead Gleeson interview: 'Music has often been regarded as men's work'

Sinead Gleeson interview: 'Music has often been regarded as men's work'
Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher
Top 5 books if you're into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen

Top 5 books if you're into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen
Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place
