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The uncertain direction of Britain’s Conservative party; the medical uses of digital doppelgängers; the Chinese train heist that inspired Mao; a new novel from Philip Hensher; a history of male dominance; the tangled relationship of religion and science; how Shakespeare’s ‘First Folio’ was published; a Kafkaesque story from Hong Kong — plus Pilita Clark’s round-up of titles on the environment
Dorothy Tse’s debut novel draws on protests in Hong Kong to plunge its protagonist into Kafkaesque situations
Philip Hensher embraces the pandemic narrative with a mixture of fever-fuelled fantasy and astute social commentary
The Welsh novelist’s third book is about one tumultuous summer when a small town begins to unravel
Charmaine Craig’s novel is a complex, propulsive story of an unapologetically unforgiving woman
In the hands of the Spanish master, a tale of espionage becomes a powerful tool for philosophy and cerebral game-playing
The latest novels from Åsa Larsson, Dennis Lehane, Don Winslow and more
The novelist Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on the books creating a homegrown publishing boom
A blend of deep scientific knowledge and nuanced narrative takes us from the sea to space to highlight Earth’s riches
Stephanie Bishop weaves a literary thriller from a story of seduction, success and simmering resentment
When Ben Okri won the 1991 Booker prize, it was the culmination of a writing journey defined by literary experimentation — and upheaval
The Booker-shortlisted American’s 23rd novel has invention and wit but gets lost in its own playfulness
Local publishers are mining countries’ rich histories and mythologies, boosting global interest and challenging western narratives
A gender-flipped Handmaid’s Tale, murderous moths and driverless cars with a mind of their own
A broken-down detective reckons with the past in a story full of pathos, love and grief
Benjamin Myers’s latest novel tells the story of St Cuthbert and his influence from the Dark Ages to the present day
Four distinctive emerging authors evoke lives disrupted by religion, toxic masculinity and Ulster’s sectarian divide
Yes, sensibilities evolve — but outmoded or offensive beliefs can be flagged up in ways short of expunging them altogether
Only now translated into English, Alba De Céspedes’s novel puts us inside the mind of a mother trapped in domestic discontent
This new collection shows the author in full possession of her powers
The Parisian author’s first novel to be translated into English is a fierce and fiercely auto-fictional exploration of family
The first novel from poet and short-story writer Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse explores the trauma of 1994’s mass killings
The Irish writer’s debut novel imagines the lives of Mae and Shelley in 1960s Manhattan
The latest novel from the author of ‘The Luminaries’ is a gripping tale about community, capitalism and the future of humanity
The poet’s latest book tackles the subject of his sister, who died in 2018 of heart failure
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