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Owlish review: 'No ordinary tale of male angst and frustrated desire'
Owlish book cover
Novel

Owlish review: 'No ordinary tale of male angst and frustrated desire'

Top 5 books about children and nature, chosen by CC Harrington
A boy reads book in a forest with a rabbit and an owl
Books

Top 5 books about children and nature, chosen by CC Harrington

Ten Planets review: A short story collection that slinks between genres
Ten Planets book cover
fiction

Ten Planets review: A short story collection that slinks between genres

Cursed Bread review: 'A world of surreal happenings'
Cursed Bread cover
fiction

Cursed Bread review: 'A world of surreal happenings'

The World and All That It Holds review: Aleksandar Hemon's novel spans decades and continents
The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon
historical fiction

The World and All That It Holds review: Aleksandar Hemon's novel spans decades and continents

Top 5 books with odd couples, chosen by Simon Mason
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recommended

Top 5 books with odd couples, chosen by Simon Mason

Really Good, Actually review: 'A much-needed breath of fresh air'
Really Good Actually
unromantic comedy

Really Good, Actually review: 'A much-needed breath of fresh air'

Kick the Latch review: A unique insight into the secret world of equestrian sport
Kick the Latch book cover
novel

Kick the Latch review: A unique insight into the secret world of equestrian sport

Love, Leda review: a glimpse into pre-legalisation gay life in 1960s London
Love, Leda by Mark Hyatt
LGBTQ+

Love, Leda review: a glimpse into pre-legalisation gay life in 1960s London

The Shards review: Bret Easton Ellis's return to form
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
Fiction

The Shards review: Bret Easton Ellis's return to form

Shifty's Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir
Appalachian Mountains
black humour

Shifty's Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling
The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuomainen
review

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham: Utterly alive
Brooklyn Bridge sign
Books

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham: Utterly alive

1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?
Berlin television tower
Books

1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes
Goddess Kali
review

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages
A face and a hand obscured by a curtain
short stories

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages

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The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds
The Book Of The Most Precious Substance features rare book dealer Lily Albrecht
review

The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review: 'Deliciously good'
Portrait of Lucrezia de Medici
Book review

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review: 'Deliciously good'

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma review: 'Dreamlike and unsettling'
Blurry face of a woman
Book reviews

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma review: 'Dreamlike and unsettling'

A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: 'Hopepunk' novel imagines a positive future for humanity
silhouette against the universe
Book reviews

A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: 'Hopepunk' novel imagines a positive future for humanity