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Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors
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Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors

The chaotic life of Ruth and her pseudonyms propels you into the seedy underbelly frequented by sex workers and their customers
Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding
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Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding

Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272
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Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272

Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast
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Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast

Top 5 domestic noirs, chosen by novelist and journalist Hannah Beckerman
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Top 5 domestic noirs, chosen by novelist and journalist Hannah Beckerman

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Top 5 gritty thrillers, chosen by viral sensation and best-selling author Lloyd Devereux Richards
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Top 5 gritty thrillers, chosen by viral sensation and best-selling author Lloyd Devereux Richards

The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning
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The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning

Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure 
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Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure 

The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction
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The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past
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Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
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Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning

My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page
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My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard
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Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea's trauma and terror
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We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea's trauma and terror

Top 5 Cold War novels, chosen by historian and author Oskar Jensen
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Top 5 Cold War novels, chosen by historian and author Oskar Jensen

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life
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Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives
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Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives

Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth
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Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth

The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story
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The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story

Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires
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Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires

The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence
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The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson review – digital ghosts haunt a voyage of discovery
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We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson review – digital ghosts haunt a voyage of discovery

What You Were Fighting For by James Sallis review – gritty and self-deprecating crime stories
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What You Were Fighting For by James Sallis review – gritty and self-deprecating crime stories

Ripcord by Nate Lippens review – acid-tongued meditations on middle-aged homosexuality
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Ripcord by Nate Lippens review – acid-tongued meditations on middle-aged homosexuality

Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – language pared back almost to the bone
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Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – language pared back almost to the bone

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