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From Clinton Heylin to AK Blakemore: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring The Right to Rule by Ben Riley-Smith and One Fine Day by Matthew Parker.

By Michael Prodger, Freddie Hayward, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Chris Bourn

From Clinton Heylin to AK Blakemore: new books reviewed in short

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From Brandon Taylor to Stuart Maconie: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Blue Machine by Helen Czerski and Is This OK? by Harriet Gibsone.

By Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger, Matthew Gilley and Chris Bourn

From Cariad Lloyd to Ayòbámi Adébáyò: new titles reviewed in short

Also featuring Tomorrow Perhaps the Future by Sarah Watling and Away From Beloved Lover by Dee Peyok.

By Michael Prodger, Matthew Gilley, Zoë Grünewald and Chris Bourn

From Maggie O’Farrell to Sayaka Murata: recent books reviewed in short

Also featuring Sick Note by Gareth Millward and a biography of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen.

By Anoosh Chakelian, Michael Prodger, Sarah Dawood and Chris Bourn

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