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The Master and Margarita: the new adaptation causing consternation at the Kremlin
In the Spotlight Pro-Putin groups have called for the film's director to be charged as a terrorist
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Best crime thriller novels coming in 2024
The Week Recommends Eagerly awaited new releases, from Colin Barrett's Wild Houses to Tana French's The Hunter
By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Last updated
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Best novels retold from a different character's point of view
The Week recommends Our pick of literary favourites seen from a new perspective
By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Published
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The new 'boom' in Latin American fiction
In the Spotlight Almost a quarter of International Booker Prize longlist comes from South America, a region in turmoil
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Best story museums for families to celebrate World Book Day
The Week Recommends Mark the annual festival of reading with an inspiring day out
By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Published
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Is Bridget Jones still relevant in the 2020s?
Talking Point Dating scene and relationship power dynamics have changed since heroine's heyday
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The chillingly plausible authoritarianism of 'Prophet Song'
The Week Recommends This Booker Prize winner shows how democracy can crumble from within
By David Faris Published
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Keir Starmer: The Biography – five things we learned
In the Spotlight New book offers glimpses behind the Labour leader's political persona
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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Gen Z is bringing back reading
Talking Points BookTok and Kaia Gerber help make printed books popular again
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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Poetry's surprising renaissance in the UK
Under The Radar Books of verse enjoyed record sales last year but the Instagram-inspired trend is 'alarming' to some
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The Hugh Hefner memoir fallout
In the Spotlight Ex-wife said Playboy founder was 'bad at sex' and his LA mansion was 'rundown and gross'
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Best politics books: read your way around Westminster
The Week Recommends The critics' top political choices
By Adrienne Wyper Published
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5 intriguing books to read in January
The Week Recommends Kick-start your to-be-read pile with these highly anticipated January 2024 book releases
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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Books of the year: the best books of 2023
The Week Recommends The critics' top choices based on Christmas selections
By The Week UK Published
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