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Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell
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Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell

Future tech and video games have inspired imaginative writers to create some of the most cutting-edge fiction of modern times
Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?
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Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel review – a depth of feeling like a punch to the guts
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Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel review – a depth of feeling like a punch to the guts

Clear by Carys Davies review – a wonderful, poetic reminder that no man is an island
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Clear by Carys Davies review – a wonderful, poetic reminder that no man is an island

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid review – the alienation of campus life
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Come and Get It by Kiley Reid review – the alienation of campus life

My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld review – a nightmarish vision of abuse
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My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld review – a nightmarish vision of abuse

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler review – the mammoth risks of playing God with nature
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The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler review – the mammoth risks of playing God with nature

Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin review – finding agency in a patriarchy
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Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin review – finding agency in a patriarchy

Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – the apocalyptic age of anxiety
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Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – the apocalyptic age of anxiety

Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth – a dark take on suburban motherhood
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Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth – a dark take on suburban motherhood

To the Dogs by Louise Welsh review – a propulsive campus thriller
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To the Dogs by Louise Welsh review – a propulsive campus thriller

Top 5 books featuring doppelgängers – chosen by acclaimed Rabbit Hole author Kate Brody
Doppelgangers
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Top 5 books featuring doppelgängers – chosen by acclaimed Rabbit Hole author Kate Brody

Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson review – gritty, scary, funny and full of heart crime writing
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Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson review – gritty, scary, funny and full of heart crime writing

Gaslight by Femi Kayode review – a powerful evocation of today’s Nigeria
Gaslight by Femi Kayode
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Gaslight by Femi Kayode review – a powerful evocation of today’s Nigeria

Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle
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Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle

The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova review – unsettling short stories of grimy austerity
The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova is out now (Atlantic Books, £14.99)
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The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova review – unsettling short stories of grimy austerity

Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart
A young person in silhouette on a dark, misty road
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Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq review – coming of age in the Tundra
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Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq review – coming of age in the Tundra

Top 5 books set in historic London, selected by author Mike Delaney
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Top 5 books set in historic London, selected by author Mike Delaney

From Our Own Fire by William Letford review – hilarious and thought-provoking in equal measure
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From Our Own Fire by William Letford review – hilarious and thought-provoking in equal measure

Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay review – a work of rare depth and skill
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Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay review – a work of rare depth and skill

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson
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A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson

Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback
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Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback

The Pole review – JM Coetzee at his most beguiling
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The Pole review – JM Coetzee at his most beguiling

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights
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Autumn reads

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights