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Madeleine Thien, Sufiyaan Salam and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsLately I have loved Dorothy Tse’s City Like…
June 2, 2026
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Susanna Kaysen’s cult memoir sparked a wave of 90s novels about young women in crisis. After 10 years in the making, stars Juliana Canfield and King Princess are bringing it…
June 2, 2026
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A surprising romance is set against a backdrop of climate crisis, political instability and corporate corruption in this bleak but witty novelRosa Rankin-Gee follows her 2021 near-future climate-crisis dystopia, Dreamland,…
June 2, 2026
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This affecting exploration of the troubled genius’s impact is packed with anecdote, sharp analysis and social contextIn 1998, George Michael was arrested for public lewdness in an LA lavatory, an…
June 2, 2026
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In less than a decade, surrounded by screens, I lost my ability to read some of the best books ever written. But, inspired by the Guardian’s 100 best novels list,…
June 2, 2026
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The authors of "The Marilyn Monroe Century" discuss the legacy of Bruno Bernard, the photographer who discovered Norma Jeane Dougherty and helped turn her into Marilyn Monroe.
June 2, 2026
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Entertainment
Celebrate Indigenous culture with books for Tara Gereaux, Monique Gray Smith, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Mildred Poplar and Roy Henry Vickers
June 1, 2026
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Books
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June 1, 2026
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This film may be making a point about the classical vis a vis the contemporary, but its visual collages and dense poetic texts render it inertThe title of this lyrical…
June 1, 2026
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Economics
It’s not enough to wish for growth; economic success requires a sense of purpose, according to this academicWhen Keir Starmer won a landslide Labour majority promising to pursue five governing…
June 1, 2026
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Fiction
Set in the aftermath of the famine, the Hamnet author’s family saga folds in myth and folklore‘His father was ever a man of few words,” begins Maggie O’Farrell’s 10th novel,…
June 1, 2026
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In the Nordic country, books covering subjects such as childbirth and sex have become bestsellers among younger readers – and an export hit. Behind their success lies a unique philosophy…
June 1, 2026
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