Best of the Year

An ultimate guide to the best books of 2023 – as chosen by esteemed Big Issue critics
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An ultimate guide to the best books of 2023 – as chosen by esteemed Big Issue critics

Our books editor and regular critics choose their favourite books of the last 12 months
The definitive guide to best children's and YA books of 2023
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The definitive guide to best children's and YA books of 2023

Barbie, boygenius and King's Coronation: These are the best cultural moments of 2023
Cultural highlight sof 2023: Barbie
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Barbie, boygenius and King's Coronation: These are the best cultural moments of 2023

The best TV of the year 2023
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The best TV of the year 2023

Peter Dinklage, Kenneth Branagh, Sharon Horgan: The best of Letter To My Younger Self 2022
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Peter Dinklage, Kenneth Branagh, Sharon Horgan: The best of Letter To My Younger Self 2022

Music in 2022: The Big Issue picks the very best moments
Music in 2022 - the best of the year
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Music in 2022: The Big Issue picks the very best moments

Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It's the cultural moments of the year
Greg James picks Harry Styles’s jumpsuits as his cultural moment of the year. Illustration: The Big Issue
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Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It's the cultural moments of the year

The Big Issue's 38 best TV shows of 2022
Some of the best TV shows in 2023
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The Big Issue's 38 best TV shows of 2022

Why Faith, Hope and Carnage is The Big Issue Book of the Year 2022
Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan’s Faith, Hope and Carnage is our book of the year
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Why Faith, Hope and Carnage is The Big Issue Book of the Year 2022

Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics' books of the year
Victoria Adukwei Bulley’s Quiet
Critics' choice

Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics' books of the year

Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed
Best books of 2022
Indie picks

Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed

The best children's books of 2022... from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more
Saving the Butterfly: one of our picks for the best children’s books of 2022
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The best children's books of 2022... from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more

Win the best kids books of 2022
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Win the best kids books of 2022

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders: The Big Issue Book of the Year 2021
Books of the Year

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders: The Big Issue Book of the Year 2021

The Big Issue's best children's books of the year
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The Big Issue's best children's books of the year

Big Issue Book of the Year 2020: Diary of a Young Naturalist
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Big Issue Book of the Year 2020: Diary of a Young Naturalist

The Big Issue's best kids' books of the year 2018
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The Big Issue's best kids' books of the year 2018

Writes of spring: the best upcoming reads of 2018
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Writes of spring: the best upcoming reads of 2018

Best of the Rest reads of 2017
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Best of the Rest reads of 2017

Books of the year as chosen by The Big Issue's cultural figureheads
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Books of the year as chosen by The Big Issue's cultural figureheads