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What We Can Know: Ian McEwan’s ‘most entertaining and enjoyable novel for years’The Week Recommends The acclaimed writer’s ambitious new book sets out a ‘richly imagined’ vision of post-apocalyptic Britain
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Patrick Hemingway: The Hemingway son who tended to his father’s legacyFeature He was comfortable in the shadow of his famous father, Ernest Hemingway
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Between the Waves: a ‘spirited study’ of Britain’s historyThe Week Recommends This book gives an ‘authoritative, original and wise’ explanation of the country’s relationship with the EU
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Jessica Francis Kane's 6 favorite books that prove less is moreFeature The author recommends works by Penelope Fitzgerald, Marie-Helene Bertino, and more
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BookTok is reviving publishing – but at what cost?In The Spotlight Social media recommendations are boosting book sales but critics give the trend mixed reviews
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Clare Balding picks her favourite booksThe Week Recommends The broadcaster shares works by Liane Moriarty, Maggie O'Farrell and Charles Dickens
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September's books tell of friendship in middle age, teachers versus fascists, and Covid psychosisthe week recommends September books include Angela Flournoy's 'The Wilderness,' Randi Weingarten's 'Why Fascists Fear Teachers' and Patricia Lockwood's 'Will There Ever Be Another You'
By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US Published
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The Last Titans: Churchill and de Gaulle – a 'highly readable' account of two 'men of destiny'The Week Recommends 'Well-timed' biography illustrates how France and Britain could cooperate today
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Tackling Moby-Dick at sea: an immersive field trip in the HebridesThe Week Recommends Week-long sailing holiday offers a chance to explore the setting of the famous book
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Thomasina Miers picks her favourite booksThe Week Recommends The food writer shares works by Arundhati Roy, Claire Keegan and Charles Dickens
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Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York – a 'marmalade-dropping' portrayalThe Week Recommends Andrew Lownie writes a 'devastating' biography of the King's brother and his former wife
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Great books being released in September 2025The Week Recommends August books include R.F. Kuang's 'Katabasis,' Xenobe Purvis' 'The Hounding' and Louis Sachar's 'The Magician of Tiger Castle'
By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US Published
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'Animal Farm' at 80: Orwell's parable remains 'horribly' relevantTalking Point George Orwell's warnings about authoritarianism and manipulation have been weaponised across the political spectrum
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Nicola Sturgeon's five favourite booksThe Week Recommends Former first minister of Scotland chooses novels by Percival Everett, Val McDermid and Toni Morrison
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