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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan; The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan; Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison; Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman; Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran

The Guardian - UK

Ex-CIA analyst David McCloskey on the Mossad’s intelligence inside Iran: ‘I was surprised’

The podcast host and author of The Persian reflects on why Israel’s precision in Iran caught him off guard

The Guardian - US

Daisy Johnson: ‘I wasn’t a fan of David Szalay, but Flesh is a masterpiece’

The Booker-shortlisted author on a momentous teenage encounter with The Bone People, getting a buzz from Peter Høeg’s Miss Smilla, and trying to avoid The Lorax

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‘It’s like a giant book club’: how schools are getting children excited about reading again

In the National Year of Reading, teachers say a culture of enthusiasm, from dress-up days, story time and book clubs, can reverse a national decline

The Guardian - UK

Light and Thread by Han Kang review – a tantalising book of reflections

These essays from the Nobel literature winner open up her novels and offer beautiful imagery

The Guardian - UK

Hooked by Asako Yuzuki review – follow-up to global hit Butter

A Tokyo high-flyer tries to befriend her favourite blogger in a novel that wears its aura of black comedy lightly, and its political statements more heavily

The Guardian - UK

A Yoko Ono biography that avoids John Lennon... Really?

MCCRUM ON BOOKS: Yoko Ono’s art career has seen her wrap orchestras up in gauze and make paintings with numbered instructions – all before she stumbled into Beatlemania. A new book sidelines her partnership with John Lennon, but Robert McCrum argues that her role as the musician’s muse unleashed one…

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George RR Martin Fan Suggests Ending 'ASOIAF' With 'The Winds of Winter', Focus Career on 'Dunk and Egg'

As the wait for The Winds of Winter nears 15 years, fans suggest George RR Martin should scrap the final book, A Dream of Spring, and focus on Dunk and Egg.

International Business Times UK

Exclusive: William and Kate Don’t Share Ex-Prince Andrew’s “Sense of Privilege and Entitlement,” Biographer Says

“There is a reason we don't see this with William and Catherine, or even hear claims of such behavior, because there isn't any.”

Marie Claire

Is It A PR Stunt? Kevin Federline Tell-All Memoir Blamed For Britney Spears' Alleged 'Downhill Spiral'

Britney Spears' DUI arrest collides with Kevin Federline's debt suit and memoir revival, raising questions over savvy PR or coincidence in their long‑running feud.

International Business Times UK

'Scarpetta' Ending, Explained: Breaking Down Who the Killer Is in Both Timelines

The mystery series starring Nicole Kidman takes quite a few surprising turns.

Marie Claire

George RR Martin Claims The Winds Of Winter Is The 'Curse' Of His Life Amid 13-Year Delay

George RR Martin lays bare the torment of The Winds of Winter's endless delay, blaming HBO empires while fans seethe over 15 cliffhanger years. His raw confessions paint a writer trapped in his own epic sprawl.

International Business Times UK

Official BookTok chart set to launch in the UK

Offering a monthly Top 20 rundown, the ranking will combine retail sales data with social media engagement on TikTok

The Guardian - UK

I’ve Read Every Single Stephen King Novel Except For One, And I’m Torn About What To Do About It

To read or not to read?

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In Bloom by Liz Allan review – an electric debut of grunge and teen spirit

Four fatherless girls in a band set out to escape their deprived Australian coastal town, in a dark, raw tale of friendship and abuse

Inverse

4 Years Later One Weird 'Andor' Plot Hole Could Finally Make Sense

One of the most mysterious characters in 'Andor' will appear in a new 'Star Wars' book. Here's what to know about the return of Anto Kreegyr.

The Guardian - AU

Fourteen Ways of Looking by Erin Vincent review – an exhilarating, dazzling reckoning with grief

The author confronts the trauma of losing her parents as a teenager in a succession of fragments – almost all of which contain the word ‘fourteen’

The Independent UK

Billie Eilish in talks to make film debut in Sarah Polley’s adaptation of The Bell Jar

Singer previously acted in 2023 TV show ‘Swarm’

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Evening Standard

Hooked review: The new Butter? Sadly it just doesn’t fly...

It simmers with discomfort. I spent much of it waiting for the seminal moment which never came

The Independent UK

Voices: I’ve battled my demons for 30 years. I’m losing hope

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

Newslaundry

Order, order! Why you won’t be reading about judicial corruption until 2036

The recent judicial orders in the contempt case initiated by the Supreme Court over a chapter in a textbook published by NCERT discussing judicial corruption are going to set back the conversation on judicial reforms by a decade, if not more. To discuss the contents of the chapter is an…

Inverse

29 Years Later, 'Starship Troopers' Gets An Immersive Resurrection

Paul Verhoeven's misunderstood cult-classic Starship Troopers is getting a revival in the form of a retro first-person shooter.

Marie Claire

Exclusive: Royal Biographer Says He Was Surprised "Just How Reliant" Prince William Is on "Arguably Stronger" Princess Kate

Russell Myers shares the one thing he didn't expect to learn while researching his new book.

Marie Claire

Exclusive: Prince William "Saw Fundamental Problems" With the Way Royal Family Treated Him Versus Prince Harry, Says Royal Author

Russell Myers tells 'Marie Claire' that the Prince of Wales doesn't think it was "healthy" how he was treated growing up.

Woman & Home

Scarpetta has been 37 years in the making, but why has it taken so long to get the hit character to screens?

Nicole Kidman leads a strong cast in the adaptation that's been nearly four decades in the making

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