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Fantastic beasts and how to save them

Katherine Rundell’s new book is a treasury of extraordinary animals endangered by human negligence and greed.

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New Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.

By New Statesman

The memoir of the American creator of NYPD Blue and Deadwood is a rich story of drink, drugs and creative…

By Erica Wagner

In 1985, White Noise captured America’s nascent attention economy. Can an $80m Netflix adaptation live up to his vision?

By Chris Power

Also featuring a biography of Peter Beard and White Torture by Narges Mohammadi.

By Alona Ferber, Megan Gibson, Michael Prodger and Sarah Dawood

In converting her life story into self-empowering bromides, the former first lady has exposed the limits of her politics.

By Lola Seaton

Hasty biographies of Liz Truss and Boris Johnson by Westminster journalists show the perils of rushing to judge the recent…

By Philip Collins

Today’s indie bookshops are as influential in stirring up political and cultural life as those of the 1960s.

By Ken Worpole