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The Rose Field: a ‘nail-biting’ end to The Book of Dust seriesThe Week Recommends Philip Pullman’s superb new novel brings the trilogy to a ‘fitting’ conclusion
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1929: ‘work of true scholarship’ offers insight into devastating Wall Street crashThe Week Recommends Full of ‘true-crime thrills’, Sorkin’s book is a ‘blow-by-blow’ account of the crisis
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Gilbert King’s 6 favorite books about the search for justiceFeature The journalist recommends works by Bryan Stevenson, David Grann, and more
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Five things we learnt from Virginia Giuffre’s memoirThe Explainer Nobody’s Girl recounts ‘harrowing’ details of Giuffre’s suffering as a teenage victim of Jeffrey Epstein and his circle
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Must-read historical fiction of 2025: from Shadow Ticket to The DirectorThe Week Recommends Lose yourself in these richly imagined worlds
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Jonathan Dimbleby picks his favourite booksThe Week Recommends The author shares works by Vasily Grossman, Jason Matthews and Patrick O’Brien
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Heirs and Graces: an ‘enthralling’ deep dive into the decline of nobilityThe Week Recommends Eleanor Doughty explores the ‘bizarre fascination’ with the British aristocracy
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What to read by Nobel Prize in Literature winner László KrasznahorkaiIn the Spotlight The Hungarian writer’s melodic prose is ‘quite unlike anyone else’s’
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The ‘sickening’ novel that predicted a migrant crisis 50 years agoUnder The Radar Jean Raspail’s The Camp of the Saints is being re-released in English
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The delightful, smutty world of Jilly CooperIn the Spotlight Millions mourn the ‘Mrs Kipling of sex’
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Ben Elton picks his favourite booksThe Week Recommends The author shares works by Charles Chaplin, David Niven and Stephen Greenblatt
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October books: an academic analysis of Taylor Swift and the solution to your digital addictionThe Week Recommends This month's new releases include ‘Taylor’s Version’ by Stephanie Burt, ‘Enshittification’ by Cory Doctorow and ‘Minor Black Figures’ by Brandon Taylor
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: a ‘haunting’ history of modern AfghanistanThe Week Recommends Lyse Doucet’s sensitively written work traces over 50 years of Kabul’s ‘Inter-Con’ hotel
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Shadow Ticket: Thomas Pynchon’s first novel in over a decadeThe Week Recommends Zany whodunnit about a private eye in 1930s Milwaukee could be the 88-year-old author’s ‘last hurrah’
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