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Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse

Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse
Lucy Lapinska asks dark questions with a lightness of touch
Banning books is not only wrong – it’s absolutely pointless. Here’s why

Banning books is not only wrong – it’s absolutely pointless. Here’s why
The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder

The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder
Top Stories
Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson
Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson
Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world
Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world
Reviews
Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse

Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression

Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression
Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd

Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
Top 5 books
Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson

Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson
Top 5 thrillers with female leads, chosen by crime author Heidi Perks

Top 5 thrillers with female leads, chosen by crime author Heidi Perks
Top 5 board books for children, chosen by New York Times bestselling author Jon Klassen

Top 5 board books for children, chosen by New York Times bestselling author Jon Klassen
Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding

Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding
Author essays
The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder

The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder
The Swim follows a woman training to swim the English Channel – more people have conquered Everest
These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future

These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future
How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons
