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                            Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi review – electrifying, experimental writing
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi review – electrifying, experimental writing
            
                            The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan review – a droll insight into a year of loss
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan review – a droll insight into a year of loss
            
                            Top 5 books about the British seaside, chosen by crime writer William Shaw
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Top 5 books about the British seaside, chosen by crime writer William Shaw
            
                            The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard review – the moral conundrums of coming of age
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard review – the moral conundrums of coming of age
            
                            Fragile Animals by Genevieve Jagger review – a captivating and original gothic novel
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Fragile Animals by Genevieve Jagger review – a captivating and original gothic novel
            
                            These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere review – love in the face of hate
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere review – love in the face of hate
            
                            Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley
            
                            Top 5 children's books set on islands, selected by children's author Lucy Strange 
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
													    
        
            
        
    
																	
 
        Top 5 children's books set on islands, selected by children's author Lucy Strange
            
                            Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell
            
                            Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        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
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        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
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        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
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        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
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        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
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        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
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
													 
        Mrs Gulliver by Valerie Martin review – finding agency in a patriarchy
            
                            Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – the apocalyptic age of anxiety
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – the apocalyptic age of anxiety
            
                            Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth – a dark take on suburban motherhood
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth – a dark take on suburban motherhood
            
                            To the Dogs by Louise Welsh review – a propulsive campus thriller
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        To the Dogs by Louise Welsh review – a propulsive campus thriller
            
                            Top 5 books featuring doppelgängers – chosen by acclaimed Rabbit Hole author Kate Brody
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
															