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David Szalay: Booker Prize winner not open about the origins of his novel’s plot
In the Spotlight Startling similarities have emerged between author’s novel Flesh and Stanley Kubrick’s film Barry Lyndon – but the writer is playing down the parallels
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What to see and do at Hay Festival
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Enough Said: latest volume of Alan Bennett’s ‘punctiliously kept’ diaries
The Week Recommends The 91-year-old ponders mortality and loss in his fourth instalment
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Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! – Liza Minnelli’s ‘enthralling’ memoir
The Week Recommends The actor charts her highs and lows in ‘heartrending’ and hilarious book
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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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Will Self picks his favourite books
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Literary festivals around the UK
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Shy Girl and the ‘uncertain new era’ of AI books
Under the Radar Hachette drops horror novel after claims that artificial intelligence was used to write much of it
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Ed Davey picks his favourite books
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Look What You Made Me Do: John Lanchester’s ‘bracingly satisfying’ novel
The Week Recommends Bestselling author’s black comedy ‘gleefully skewers the chattering classes’
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The Last Kings of Hollywood: a ‘superb’ profile of Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg
The Week Recommends Paul Fischer’s ‘closely researched’ book charts how the trio of directors went from ‘obscurity to cinematic immortality’
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Gordon Brown: Power with Purpose – ‘illuminating’ biography of ‘towering’ politician
The Week Recommends James Macintyre’s work explores ‘simmering tensions’ with Tony Blair, and Brown’s ‘ever-active retirement’
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The most anticipated novels coming out in 2026
The Week Recommends Celebrate the National Year of Reading with stories that linger long after the last page
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Bonfire of the Murdochs: an ‘utterly gripping’ book
The Week Recommends Gabriel Sherman examines Rupert Murdoch’s ‘war of succession’ over his media empire
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