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Fever by Jonathan Bazzi review: Eye-opening memoir, not-so-good novel
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Fever by Jonathan Bazzi review: Eye-opening memoir, not-so-good novel

Tobias Hürter: How Heisenberg mastered the art of unlearning
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Tobias Hürter: How Heisenberg mastered the art of unlearning

Top 5 books about ageing, chosen by Pope Lonergan
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Top 5 books about ageing, chosen by Pope Lonergan

Orpheus Builds a Girl review: Grisly, spine-chilling horror based on a true story
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Orpheus Builds a Girl review: Grisly, spine-chilling horror based on a true story

Author Nicholas Reynolds: My life inside the CIA war machine
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Author Nicholas Reynolds: My life inside the CIA war machine

Top 5 books that see the world differently, chosen by Rob and Tom Sears
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Top 5 books that see the world differently, chosen by Rob and Tom Sears

Haven by Emma Donoghue review: Men of faith find hell at the end of the earth
Skellig Michael is the setting for Haven by Emma Donoghue
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Haven by Emma Donoghue review: Men of faith find hell at the end of the earth

Jim Crace’s eden review: 'A novel imbued with lyricism and compassion'
Sun on the horizon
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Jim Crace’s eden review: 'A novel imbued with lyricism and compassion'

Manni Coe: Repairing my brother, one drawing at a time
Picture of the night sky by Rueben Coe
family story

Manni Coe: Repairing my brother, one drawing at a time

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review: 'Deliciously good'
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The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review: 'Deliciously good'

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma review: 'Dreamlike and unsettling'
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Bliss Montage by Ling Ma review: 'Dreamlike and unsettling'

John Vercher: We now know contact sports are dangerous – so is it ethical to watch them?
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John Vercher: We now know contact sports are dangerous – so is it ethical to watch them?

Must read books this autumn: An essential list to brighten the short, dark days ahead
Big Issue books editor Jane Graham's definitive list of the must read books you need to add to your reading pile this season
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Must read books this autumn: An essential list to brighten the short, dark days ahead

Morbid Obsessions review: A safety blanket for the marginalised
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Morbid Obsessions review: A safety blanket for the marginalised

Was JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit a historical novel?
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Was JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit a historical novel?

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
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Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

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Whatever Happened to Queer Happiness? review: A manifesto that all new queer art should follow
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Whatever Happened to Queer Happiness? review: A manifesto that all new queer art should follow

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

Top 5 picture books with intergenerational relationships, chosen by Patrice Lawrence
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Top 5 picture books with intergenerational relationships, chosen by Patrice Lawrence

Top 5 books about the prison system, chosen by Andy West
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Top 5 books about the prison system, chosen by Andy West