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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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The best new crime novels to add to your reading listThe Week Recommends Dive into one of these edge-of-the-seat page turners
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Literary festivals to catch this autumnThe Week Recommends From Yeovil to Cliveden, these are some of the UK’s best events for bookworms
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Alchemised: how Harry Potter fanfic went mainstreamIn The Spotlight Traditional publishers are signing up fan fiction authors to rewrite their ‘explosively popular’ romances for the mass market
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Susie Dent picks her favourite booksThe Week Recommends The lexicographer and etymologist shares works by Jane Goodall, Noel Streatfeild and Madeleine Pelling
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Easy listening: the best audiobooksThe Week Recommends Swap hefty hardbacks for hands-free reading this autumn
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A Booker shortlist for grown-ups?Talking Point Dominated by middle-aged authors, this year’s list is a return to ‘good old-fashioned literary fiction’
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Fractured France: an ‘informative and funny’ enquiryThe Week Recommends Andrew Hussey's work is a blend of ‘memoir, travelogue and personal confession’
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: a novel of ‘undeniable power’The Week Recommends Kiran Desai’s first novel in nearly 20 years is an ‘enthralling love story’ set across India and the US
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Would Woody Allen’s first novel be better as a film?Talking Point The 89-year-old’s ‘wince-inducing’ new book follows a neurotic writer accused of sexual harassment
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