Best of the Year
An ultimate guide to the best books of 2023 – as chosen by esteemed Big Issue critics
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An ultimate guide to the best books of 2023 – as chosen by esteemed Big Issue critics
Our books editor and regular critics choose their favourite books of the last 12 months
The definitive guide to best children's and YA books of 2023
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The definitive guide to best children's and YA books of 2023
Barbie, boygenius and King's Coronation: These are the best cultural moments of 2023
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Barbie, boygenius and King's Coronation: These are the best cultural moments of 2023
The best TV of the year 2023
The best TV of the year 2023
Peter Dinklage, Kenneth Branagh, Sharon Horgan: The best of Letter To My Younger Self 2022
Peter Dinklage, Kenneth Branagh, Sharon Horgan: The best of Letter To My Younger Self 2022
Music in 2022: The Big Issue picks the very best moments
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Music in 2022: The Big Issue picks the very best moments
Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It's the cultural moments of the year
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Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It's the cultural moments of the year
Why Faith, Hope and Carnage is The Big Issue Book of the Year 2022
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Why Faith, Hope and Carnage is The Big Issue Book of the Year 2022
Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics' books of the year
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Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics' books of the year
Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed
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Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed
The best children's books of 2022... from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more
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The best children's books of 2022... from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders: The Big Issue Book of the Year 2021
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders: The Big Issue Book of the Year 2021
Big Issue Book of the Year 2020: Diary of a Young Naturalist
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Big Issue Book of the Year 2020: Diary of a Young Naturalist
Books of the year as chosen by The Big Issue's cultural figureheads
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