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Michael Donkor, Lan Samantha Chang and Guardian readers

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in February

Tom Crewe Walter Tevis Yiyun Li Charles Dickens Robert Harris United States
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li, The New Life by Tom Crewe and Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris.
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li, The New Life by Tom Crewe and Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris. Composite: Publishers

In this series we ask authors, Guardian writers and readers to share what they have been reading recently. This month, recommendations include a buzzy debut novel about Victorian sexuality, a moving essay collection and a study of Charles Dickens. Tell us in the comments what you have been reading.

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