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Motherland: a ‘brilliantly executed’ feminist history of modern Russia
The Week Recommends Moscow-born journalist Julia Ioffe examines the women of her country over the past century
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Dianarama examines the ‘extraordinary scale’ of Bashir’s lies
The Week Recommends Andy Webb’s book is packed with ‘astonishing’ allegations surrounding Princess Diana’s 1995 Panorama interview
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Margaret Atwood’s memoir, intergenerational trauma and the fight to make spousal rape a crime: Welcome to November books
The Week Recommends This month's new releases include ‘Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts’ by Margaret Atwood, ‘Cursed Daughters’ by Oyinkan Braithwaite and 'Without Consent' by Sarah Weinman
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Middleland: Rory Stewart’s essay collection is a ‘triumph’
The Week Recommends The Rest is Politics co-host compiles his fortnightly columns written during his time as an MP
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‘Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America’ and ‘Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary’
feature The culture divide in small-town Ohio and how the internet usurped dictionaries
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Should David Szalay’s Flesh have won the Booker Prize?
Talking Point The British-Hungarian author’s ‘hypnotic’ tale of masculinity, sex and power scooped this year’s literary award
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Will George RR Martin ever finish 'The Winds of Winter'?
In Depth Westeros fans have been waiting for well over a decade, and they are going to have to keep waiting
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The Revolutionists: a ‘superb and monumental’ book
The Week Recommends Jason Burke ‘epic’ account of the plane hijackings and kidnappings carried out by extremists in the 1970s
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Jeremy Hunt picks his favourite books
The Week Recommends The former chancellor shares works by Mishal Husain, Keach Hagey, and Johan Norberg
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Book reviews: ‘Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity’ and ‘Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice’
feature An examination of humanity in the face of “the Machine” and a posthumous memoir from one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, who recently died by suicide
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Best new biographies and memoirs to read in 2025
The Week Recommends Dive into these compelling life stories – from Oscar Wilde to Cher
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Margaret Atwood’s ‘deliciously naughty’ memoir
In the Spotlight ‘Bean-spilling’ book by The Handmaid’s Tale author is ‘immensely readable’
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The Rose Field: a ‘nail-biting’ end to The Book of Dust series
The Week Recommends Philip Pullman’s superb new novel brings the trilogy to a ‘fitting’ conclusion
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Beth Macy’s 6 favorite books about living in a divided nation
Feature The journalist recommends works by Nicholas Buccola, Matthew Desmond, and more
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