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US school district bans Pulitzer-winning graphic novel about Holocaust

Author Art Spiegelman said he was ‘baffled’ by the school board’s decision and called it ‘Orwellian’

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The best non-fiction books to look forward to in 2022

2022 is the year of the memoir - here’s our complete guide to the best new non-fiction arriving this year

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The best fiction books to look forward to in 2022

Your reading pile is about to get even higher...

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Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston review: gripping

The extraordinary life - and death - of the media mogul whose boundless ambition included becoming Prime Minister reads like a gripping novel which happens to be true

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Patricia Highsmith: Diaries and Notebooks review

Across almost 1,000 pages, Highsmith’s diaries keep us entertained - and appalled

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My Body, by Emily Ratajkowski: furious, conflicted and frustrating

The model and activist’s first essay collection meditates on her own #MeToo moments

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Growing Up - Sex in the Sixties by Peter Doggett review

This fascinating new book shows rather conclusively that the sixties was not a sexual paradise

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Taste by Stanley Tucci review: the film star embraces his foodie side

Everyone’s cocktail-making lockdown crush has written a memoir about his culinary life

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State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny review

The verdict on Hillary Clinton’s foray into the world of writing political thrillers

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Hilary Mantel: ‘Monarchy is a trap — but I was sorry Meghan left ’

As her novel The Mirror and the Light hits the stage, Hilary Mantel talks breaks with Europe, Afghanistan and why there is still mileage in Thomas Cromwell

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The Christmas Pig by JK Rowling review: her best since Azkaban

The Harry Potter author gives us her Christmas Carol, and it’s a triumph, writes Amanda Craig

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Manifesto by Bernardine Evaristo review: lively, moving and funny

Her Booker win for Girl Woman Other changed her life overnight - but, in her new memoir, Evaristo shows she was far from an overnight success

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Chronicles from the Land... by Wole Soyinka review

Wole Soyinka’s reputation would be perfect if this book - his first novel in 50 years - did not exist, writes Tomiwa Owolade

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Matrix by Lauren Groff review: Nunnery life made sexy

It’s very different to anything she’s done before, but Lauren Groff’s fourth novel is profound and transcendental, writes Madeleine Feeny

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Bewilderment by Richard Powers review

This Booker-shortlisted follow-up to The Overstory probably won’t nab Richard Powers the prize, but it’s a moving and original read, writes Susannah Butter

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Robert Harris : There are times when I think the Labour party’s had it

Political insider and bestselling novelist Robert Harris on why Boris Johnson won’t survive, what Nadine Dorries really means for UK culture and why he sold his Aston Martin

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Candice Brathwaite: ‘Women that look like us are gaslit to death’

The bestselling author speaks to Natasha Mwansa about the UK publishing industry’s failings, the shared black female experience and her new book Sista Sister

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Broken Heartlands by Sebastian Payne review

Sebastian Payne’s book investigates how - and why - Labour’s red wall crumbled. It’s an entertaining and insightful read, says Martha Gill

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Appetite by Ed Balls review: A loving tribute to family and food

In this good hearted book, the former Shadow Chancellor traces the story of how England has changed by looking at what we eat

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Jack Guinness: I refuse to wear a ‘straight jacket’

With his new book The Queer Bible, Jack Guinness is exploring his joy, his hurt and the conflict of the two, he tells David Ellis

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Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead review

The tenth novel from two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead is gloriously entertaining

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Death Threats and Other Stories by Georges Simenon review

Inspector Maigret returns in this enjoyable collection of short stories featuring Riviera glamour, a tense pursuit through Paris and bitter family division

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The cult of Sally Rooney: can her new novel live up to the hype?

The release of Sally Rooney’s third book is the biggest literary event of the year, with sold-out talks, contraband manuscripts being traded online and even bucket hats

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26 of the best new non-fiction books to read this year

Looking for a brain-expanding new read? Here’s our pick of this year’s best non-fiction so far

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The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman review

It’s plot holes ahoy in Richard Osman’s follow-up to his Thursday Murder Club bestseller - but you’ll probably enjoy it too much to care

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Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel review

This book based on Michaela Coel’s triumphant 2018 James MacTaggart Lecture doesn’t add much to what we’ve already heard, writes Tomiwa Owolade

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Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney review

Sally Rooney’s heavily anticipated third novel shows us an extravagantly talented writer who has become badly disillusioned with the world

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Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman review

This is a challenging and amusing guide to how to make the best use of the limited time we have, writes Robbie Smith

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A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins review: an addictive whodunnit

You’ll rip through Paula Hawkins’s exhilarating new thriller in hours

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Traitor King by Andrew Lownie review: urgent reading for royals

The historical parallels don’t need signposting - this timely royal biography about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor tells the ultimate tale of stepping back, writes Marcus Field

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Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England review

Former public schoolboy Richard Beard’s assessment of the institution that shaped him - and plenty of politicians - feels shallow and relies on generalisations, says William Moore

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The best books about gardening, from roots to roses

Happiness is a garden - and these books will help you make yours a gorgeous haven