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All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – a deliciously sweary, prize-winning monologue

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Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray review – a vibrant ode to best friends and queer loves

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The five best romance books of 2025

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Marina Lewycka posthumously named ‘winner of winners’ of Wodehouse prize for comic fiction

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Ms Holmes and Ms Watson – Apt 2B review: mysterious case of the joke-cracking Sherlock

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The best crime and thrillers of 2025

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Five of the best translated fiction of 2025

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Anthony Albanese’s reading list: which books should the PM pick up this summer?

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‘I took literary revenge against the people who stole my youth’: Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu

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The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

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Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror review – dark tales with a sting

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A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay audiobook review – a wayward doctor turns detective

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy review – flimsy extravaganza needs deeper thought

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The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly review – horror, humanity and Dr Asperger

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£15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds

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The Artist by Lucy Steeds wins Waterstones book of the year

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Service by John Tottenham review – comic confessions of a grumpy bookseller

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The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgård review – can this sprawling epic deliver on its promise?

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‘He was just trying to earn a few kopecks’: how newly translated stories reveal Chekhov’s silly side

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Sophie Hannah: ‘I gave up on Wuthering Heights three times’

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Liars by Sarah Manguso audiobook review – livid tale of marriage gone awry

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The Hiding Place by Kate Mildenhall review – an edge-of-your-seat thriller that skewers the middle class

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Jeeves Again review – new Jeeves and Wooster stories by celebrity fans

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