Five Great Reads: Kabul child workers, Dickens decoded, and a sex club renaissance

Khadjia, 4 years old, sits in the snow on a Kabul street. ‘If we don't make any money for food, we'll go to bed hungry,’ her mother, who took Khadija to work said. Photograph: Stefanie Glinski/The Guardian

Top of the Tuesday morning to you! Welcome back to Five Great Reads, your summertime wrap of stories (usually) handpicked by Alyx Gorman, Guardian Australia’s lifestyle editor. Surprise! I am not she. I’m Rafqa Touma, a reporter temporarily taking the baton so Alyx has more time to let her dog pee in the morning.

If it is breaking news you are after, head over to our live blog here. If not, stick around. Today we talk codes cracked, books banned and orgies enjoyed with cups of tea.