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The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream
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‘We’ve always been wary of working together’: Val McDermid and Jo Sharp on writing a novel as a couple
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The Newer World by Sebastian Barry review – a near-miracle of storytelling
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Taipei Story by Rebecca F Kuang review – the torture and hilarity of learning Chinese
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Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings by Jared Diamond review – how to change the course of history
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Why Leaves Change Color and How We Become Who We Are: The Science of Chlorophyll and the Poetics of Personhood
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Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
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Kevin Powers: ‘I was ready to abandon Infinite Jest a thousand times’
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A Thought Without Collision by Adrian Duncan review – a brilliant interrogation of philosophy and wonder
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Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity
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The best books to read in August: new paperbacks from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie and Werner Herzog
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‘She blazed in and opened my eyes to the real world’: Readers remember Gloria Steinem
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The Castle by Jon Ronson review – bizarre tales of modern masculinity
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Albert Camus on the Source of Strength and How to Save Our Sanity in Trying Times
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What we’re reading: Irvine Welsh, Janice Hallett and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in August
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The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – stories with levity and laughter
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