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Fiction to look out for in 2025

An epic family saga, new novels from Natasha Brown and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, plus a David Szalay masterpiece… the coming year looks good

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Nonfiction to look out for in 2025

From a river voyage with Robert Macfarlane to Helen Garner’s candid tale of a broken marriage, via Ian Leslie’s analysis of Lennon and McCartney’s complicated kinship, here are the titles you can’t afford to miss

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The Observer view on Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary: Once more unto the breeches

Plots and sprigged muslin aside, the author’s enduring legacy also lies in her relevance as a foil for modern mores

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‘Dubious’ use of the Freedom of Information Act stopping access to files on Prince Andrew, researchers say

Biographer says government departments give contradictory refusals to requests and accuses them of ‘cover up’

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That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – the joys of country music

A shy man leads a solitary existence until a young girl – and a cat – inveigle their way into his apparently contented life in this big-hearted tale

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Page-Turners for the Newly Retired: Books to Inspire and Enjoy

The best books for newly retired people to read for inspiration and entertainment.

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Writer, editor, screenwriter and ultimate Malayali icon: Making sense of MT’s world

I tried contacting him once, back when I was just a cub reporter. The buzz was that Room No.1 at Ernakulam’s BTH Hotel was booked for him whenever he was in town. On a whim, I dialed the reception, asked to be connected to the room and braced for the…

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Listen up! Why 2024 was the year of the audiobook

With download figures at a high, all-star Hollywood voice casts and Spotify’s entry into the audiobook streaming business, the format is enjoying a surge in popularity

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

Sibling rivalry, a massive shark, anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, a brilliant romcom, and a tale of power and betrayal

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie audiobook review – a starry whodunnit

Peter Dinklage’s resonant turn as Hercule Poirot gives the beloved writer’s debut a charismatic reboot

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What Virginia Woolf has in common with the Peepo! baby

What does Peepo!, a popular picture book from the 1980s, have in common with Virginia Woolf’s unfinished wartime memoir? More than a little, as it turns out.

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JK Rowling says she’s ‘cancelled’ after post celebrating wedding anniversary

‘Harry Potter’ author often faces backlash for her outspoken stance on trans women

The Independent UK

Is ‘doom spending’ draining your money? How to fix your financial habits in 2025

Former financial ‘hot mess’ Emma Edwards explores how to rest your habits in her new book, Good With Money

The Independent UK

I tested every new Kindle in 2024 – this is the one I'd buy, and why

There are a range of excellent Kindle options out there –but this is the one I'd buy right now.

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Deciding to read a book a week was the best new year resolution I ever made

I read 52 books that year and I’ve kept the habit up in the years that followed, the routine now firmly established

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Dining across the divide: ‘I tried to push him on reparations, but I didn’t get very far’

They chewed over slavery and the climate crisis, then moved on to gender issues – did they leave on good terms?

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Darkenbloom by Eva Menasse review – Holocaust secrets unearthed

Based on a massacre in an Austrian town at the end of the second world war, this thoughtful novel confronts the long shadow of Nazism

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And the Walls Became the World All Around by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing review – a dying writer’s journal

There is exquisite detail and piercing clarity in these observations from a writer’s notebooks as she faces terminal cancer

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Alive in the Merciful Country by AL Kennedy – activism and betrayal

A primary school teacher navigates lockdown in an ambitious novel that asks potent questions about abuses of state and personal power

Fit & Well

This high-protein egg recipe is next-level healthy and full of flavor

Bump up your plant intake with this joyful purple shakshuka recipe from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s latest cookbook

The Independent UK

Voices: My ex wrote a sensational book about me – and it backfired. Badly

DEAR VIX : The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

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Jean Adamson obituary

Children’s author and illustrator best known for the Topsy and Tim books

The Guardian - US

Looking back on landmarks of US Black history from an era of erasure – in pictures

A new book offers US students a way to learn about Black history through images amid a campaign to roll back diversity and inclusion programs

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The Place of Tides by James Rebanks review – duck tales

The Lakeland shepherd heads to a Norwegian island where eiderdown is harvested to learn lessons about nature and humanity

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The rise and rise of Maye Musk: China’s love affair with Elon Musk’s mother

The 76-year-old is part of a trend of ‘silver influencers’ whose success in the face of adversity resonates strongly. Could she be Elon’s secret weapon in China?

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