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Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year
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Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year

Top 5 sci-fi romances, chosen by Omara Williams
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Top 5 sci-fi romances, chosen by Omara Williams

Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz review: Two damaged souls healed by a beautiful bond
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Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz review: Two damaged souls healed by a beautiful bond

Otessa Moshfegh's Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity
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Otessa Moshfegh's Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity

Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales
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Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people
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The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people

Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill
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Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home
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You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home

Book reviews: Three Assassins and Devil House
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Book reviews: Three Assassins and Devil House

Book reviews: The Second Cut and The Anomaly
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Book reviews: The Second Cut and The Anomaly

Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely
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Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely

Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review: Brief encounters with the eclectic life of a city
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Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review: Brief encounters with the eclectic life of a city

All This Could Be Different review: The trials and tribulations of being 20
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All This Could Be Different review: The trials and tribulations of being 20

The Visitors by Jessi Jezewska Stevens review: The apocalypse is coming for us all, baby
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The Visitors by Jessi Jezewska Stevens review: The apocalypse is coming for us all, baby

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
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The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death

A Season in Exile by Oliver Harris review: A twisty, captivating romp
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A Season in Exile by Oliver Harris review: A twisty, captivating romp

The Queen of Dirt Island review: Almost an affecting novel
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The Queen of Dirt Island review: Almost an affecting novel

Scattered All Over the Earth review: A fascinating tale of language and culture in flux
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Scattered All Over the Earth review: A fascinating tale of language and culture in flux

Sea of Tranquility review: Time travel is anything but tired in this wonderfully inventive novel
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Sea of Tranquility review: Time travel is anything but tired in this wonderfully inventive novel

The Perfect Golden Circle review: Not just another take on the cultural fights of the ’80s
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The Perfect Golden Circle review: Not just another take on the cultural fights of the ’80s