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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reveals her one-year-old son has died after a short illness

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The Long Shoe by Bob Mortimer audiobook review – typically quirky cosy crime

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A Long Game by Elizabeth McCracken review – here’s how to really write your novel

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The Oak and the Larch by Sophie Pinkham review – are Russia’s forests the key to its identity?

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This, My Second Life by Patrick Charnley review – an astonishing debut of recovery

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What we’re reading: Alan Hollinghurst, Samantha Harvey and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in December

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Arborescence by Rhett Davis review – why would people turn into trees?

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The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life

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The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers review – the midlife adultery story our generation deserves

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Poem of the week: Renegade by Lionel Johnson

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Made in America by Edward Stourton review – why the ‘Trump doctrine’ is no aberration

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When a heart attack left me in a coma, my hallucinations inspired a novel â and a new life

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Dreaming of writing your novel this year? Rip up all the rules!

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The best recent poetry – review roundup

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Andrew Miller: ‘DH Lawrence forced me to my feet – I was madly excited’

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Blank Canvas by Grace Murray review – a superb debut from a 22-year-old author

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The Bright Side by Sumit Paul-Choudhury review – a hymn to positivity

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Googoosh: A Sinful Voice by Googoosh with Tara Dehlavi review – the extraordinary story of an Iranian icon

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The Master of Contradictions by Morten Høi Jensen review – how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain

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The Dead Don’t Bleed by Neil Rollinson review – a gripping tale of family and forbidden love

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