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27 Richard Canning

Outrageous! The Story of Section 28 and Britain’s Battle for LGBT Education Paul Baker

history 29 Piers Brendon

False Prophets: British Leaders’ Fateful Fascination with the Middle East from Suez to Syria Nigel Ashton 30 Andrew Gailey

Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country House in a Time of War and Revolution, 1914–23 Terence Dooley 32 David Armitage

The Pursuit of Europe: A History Anthony Pagden 33 Edward Vallance

The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown Anna Keay 35 Jonathan Keates

The Lion House: The Coming of a King Christopher de Bellaigue

oppression 36 Roderic Wye

How I Survived a Chinese ‘Re-education’ Camp: A Uyghur Woman’s Story Gulbahar Haitiwaji & Rozenn Morgat • In the Camps: Life in China’s High-Tech Penal Colony Darren Byler 38 Judith Vidal-Hall

The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees Matthieu Aikins

cinema 39 Peter Conrad

Drive My Car Ryusuke Hamaguchi

general 40 John Maier

Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy Symeon Brown 41 Patricia Fara

The End of Astronauts: Why Robots Are the Future of Exploration Donald Goldsmith & Martin Rees 42 Stephen Romer

Essays Two Lydia Davis 44 Elizabeth Lowry

Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces – 2004-2021 Margaret Atwood 46 Martin Johnes

Brittle with Relics: A History of Wales, 1962–97 Richard King 47 Anthony Sattin

Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City Matthew Teller

fiction 48 Clare Clark

Booth Karen Joy Fowler 49 Ethan Croft

The Slowworm’s Song Andrew Miller 50 Noonie Minogue

French Braid Anne Tyler 51 Guy Stevenson

Free Love Tessa Hadley 52 Melanie White

Dance Move Wendy Erskine • Homesickness Colin Barrett • Stewkey Blues: Stories D J Taylor 53 Jude Cook

These Days Lucy Caldwell 54 Daisy Sainsbury

The Doloriad Missouri Williams 54 Simon Baker

Sell Us the Rope Stephen May 55 Tom Conaghan

Our Wives Under The Sea Julia Armfield

fiction in brief 56 The Exhibitionist Charlotte Mendelson • Mother’s Boy

Patrick Gale • Last Resort Andrew Lipstein • They Kay Dick

poetry 57 William Wootten

Ephemeron Fiona Benson • Thorpeness Alison Brackenbury • Unexhausted Time Emily Berry • The Citizen and the Making of ‘City’ Roy Fisher

crime 58 Natasha Cooper

silenced voices 60 Lucy Popescu Paola Ugaz

children’s books 61 Philip Womack

bookends 64 Thomas Marks Come Rhyme with Me

competition 34 Fergus Butler-Gallie sets a monthly challenge

33 LR Bookshop 25 Letters 28 Crossword

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