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Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires
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Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires

Latin American literary star's debut novel published in the UK for the first time
The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence
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The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence

We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson review – digital ghosts haunt a voyage of discovery
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We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson review – digital ghosts haunt a voyage of discovery

What You Were Fighting For by James Sallis review – gritty and self-deprecating crime stories
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What You Were Fighting For by James Sallis review – gritty and self-deprecating crime stories

Ripcord by Nate Lippens review – acid-tongued meditations on middle-aged homosexuality
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Ripcord by Nate Lippens review – acid-tongued meditations on middle-aged homosexuality

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Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – language pared back almost to the bone
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Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – language pared back almost to the bone

Juice by Tim Winton review – asking big questions after the apocalypse
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Juice by Tim Winton review – asking big questions after the apocalypse

Gliff by Ali Smith review – ingenious and warm anti-establishment storytelling
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Gliff by Ali Smith review – ingenious and warm anti-establishment storytelling

Ground by Jadelin Gangbo review – hope for healing amid the wreckage
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Ground by Jadelin Gangbo review – hope for healing amid the wreckage

Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele review – horror writing of the first order
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Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele review – horror writing of the first order

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair
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If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair

A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia
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A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia

Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother's sorrowful story
Family secrets

Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother's sorrowful story

The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family
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The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music
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That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music

Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we're in
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Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we're in

Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism
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Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
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Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – terror in the valley
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The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – terror in the valley

Extremophile by Ian Green review – an anarchic and grimy power all of its own
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Extremophile by Ian Green review – an anarchic and grimy power all of its own

The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating
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The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating

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Top 5 great books given really great film adaptations – chosen by screenplay writer Moira Buffini
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Top 5 great books given really great film adaptations – chosen by screenplay writer Moira Buffini

Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg
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Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – a poised look at the state we're in
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Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – a poised look at the state we're in

No Small Thing by Orlaine McDonald review – breaking the generational cycles of harm
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No Small Thing by Orlaine McDonald review – breaking the generational cycles of harm