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What to read in 2026: recommendations from booksellers and publishers in Abuja, Nairobi and Brighton

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Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen review – why was my mother so cruel to me?

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Capitalism by Sven Beckert review – an extraordinary history of the economic system that controls our lives

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David Walliams dropped from Waterstones festival following allegations of inappropriate behaviour

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John Updike’s best books – Ranked!

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The Land Trap by Mike Bird review – ground down

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Palaver by Bryan Washington review – a remix of the author’s greatest hits

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Poem of the week: Down on the canal on Christmas Day by Chris McCabe

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Richard Osman’s The Impossible Fortune tops 2025 UK bestsellers list

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Tom Gauld on the last-minute Christmas rush at the bookshop – cartoon

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The books quiz of 2025 – set by Mick Herron, Bernardine Evaristo, Ali Smith and more

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There’s a new space race – will the billionaires win?

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Not just love, actually: why romance fiction is booming

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‘There’s a sense of our freedoms becoming vulnerable’: novelist Alan Hollinghurst

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David Walliams dropped by publisher over alleged inappropriate behaviour

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Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

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Yael van der Wouden : ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy cured my fear of aliens’

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Making Mary Poppins by Todd James Pierce review – the musical brothers behind the movie magic

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Angela Rayner to publish memoir amid talk of potential Labour leadership challenge

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A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke audiobook review – an honest and hilarious memoir

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