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Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

Jack Finney's seminal sci-fi novel planted the seed for five Invasion of the Body Snatchers movies, which we have ranked from worst to best.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS attempted to purchase two other major European clubs before entering the race to buy Manchester United from the Glazers

Mark Kempster continues to receive unsolicited betting emails despite being listed on self-exclusion register

The first five episodes are available on Netflix now, with the remaining three to be released in July

The British Museum has had to apologise after a translator’s words were used without permission. Writer and translator Yilin Wang shared on Twitter that their translations of work by the Chinese feminist poet Qiu Jin appeared in the museum’s exhibition, China’s Hidden Century, without consent.

A summer list of reading centered around the outdoors, but not really beach-reading fare.

There will also be a learning lab for special activities and school class visits

From powerful memoirs to heartwarming fiction, these 20 LGBTQ+ books deserve a place on your reading list.