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Top 5 Books

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

Top 5 sci-fi romances, chosen by Omara Williams

Top 5 books on migration by women, chosen by Sophie Buchaillard
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Top 5 books on migration by women, chosen by Sophie Buchaillard

Top 5 funny books for kids, chosen by Anthony Horowitz
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Top 5 Books

Top 5 funny books for kids, chosen by Anthony Horowitz

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

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

Top 5 books on Scotland's witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields
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Top 5 Books

Top 5 books on Scotland's witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields

Top 5 books about bands of boys, chosen by Jason Roche
Top 5 Books

Top 5 books about bands of boys, chosen by Jason Roche

Top 5 books about musicians, chosen by the late Mark Lanegan
Top 5 Books

Top 5 books about musicians, chosen by the late Mark Lanegan

Top 5 children's books set in Africa, chosen by Efua Traoré
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Top 5 children's books set in Africa, chosen by Efua Traoré

Top 5 books for young nature lovers, chosen by Dr Jess French
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Top 5 books for young nature lovers, chosen by Dr Jess French

Top 5 books on the light shed by astrophysics, selected by Dr Emma Chapman
Top 5 Books

Top 5 books on the light shed by astrophysics, selected by Dr Emma Chapman

Top 5 books about multicultural London, chosen by Ania Bas
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Top 5 books about multicultural London, chosen by Ania Bas

Top 5 books about trans lives, chosen by Matt Bates
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Top 5 books about trans lives, chosen by Matt Bates

Top 5 books for rebel girls, chosen by Vivian French
Top 5 Books

Top 5 books for rebel girls, chosen by Vivian French

Top 5 books written by refugees, chosen by Gulwali Passarlay
Top 5 Books

Top 5 books written by refugees, chosen by Gulwali Passarlay

Biologist Beth Shapiro's top 5 books about humans and nature
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Biologist Beth Shapiro's top 5 books about humans and nature

Top 5 books set in fictional bad places, chosen by JL George
top 5 books set in fictional bad places
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Top 5 books set in fictional bad places, chosen by JL George

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Top 5 spooky books written by women
Crouch wrote Wish You Weren't Here which depicts a family of ghost hunters.
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Top 5 spooky books written by women

Top 5 books about unreliable therapists, chosen by Graeme Macrae Burnet
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Top 5 books about unreliable therapists, chosen by Graeme Macrae Burnet

Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez
22nd June 1948: The ex-troopship 'Empire Windrush' arriving at Tilbury Docks from Jamaica, with 482 Jamaicans on board, emigrating to Britain. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez

Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas
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Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas