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Book reviews: Three Assassins and Devil House
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Book reviews

Book reviews: Three Assassins and Devil House

Chad Orzel: What happened to history's missing 10 days?
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Chad Orzel: What happened to history's missing 10 days?

Book reviews: The Second Cut and The Anomaly
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Book reviews

Book reviews: The Second Cut and The Anomaly

Barrister Sam Fowles: Beware the authoritarians stealing our democracy
Illustration: Sunak and Truss whackamole
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Barrister Sam Fowles: Beware the authoritarians stealing our democracy

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

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

Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely
Piano player
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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
Berlin cityscape
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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
Milwaukee skyline
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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
Book reviews

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

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

What the US Supreme Court needs to know about the path to motherhood
Books

What the US Supreme Court needs to know about the path to motherhood

The Last Days of Roger Federer review: A winding examination of endings
Book reviews

The Last Days of Roger Federer review: A winding examination of endings

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
Auschwitz Block 10
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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
Mexico City
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A Season in Exile by Oliver Harris review: A twisty, captivating romp

Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself
Ricky Ross
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Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself

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

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The Social Distance Between Us review: Darren McGarvey exposes faultline between haves and have-nots
Darren McGarvey in front of a wall with graffiti
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The Social Distance Between Us review: Darren McGarvey exposes faultline between haves and have-nots

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage
Illustration of Annette Beaumanoir
Books

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage

From the archives: Salman Rushdie's letter to his younger self
Letter to my Younger Self

From the archives: Salman Rushdie's letter to his younger self

BetterPod: Sophia Smith Galer myth-busts the sex misinformation crisis
Sophia Smith Galer on sex education
sex ed

BetterPod: Sophia Smith Galer myth-busts the sex misinformation crisis

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