@font-face {
font-family: ‘Guardian Headline Full’;
src: url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Light.woff2’) format(‘woff2’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Light.woff’) format(‘woff’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Light.ttf’) format(‘truetype’);
font-weight: 300;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
font-family: ‘Guardian Headline Full’;
src: url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-LightItalic.woff2’) format(‘woff2’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-LightItalic.woff’) format(‘woff’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-LightItalic.ttf’) format(‘truetype’);
font-weight: 300;
font-style: italic;
}
@font-face {
font-family: ‘Guardian Headline Full’;
src: url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Regular.woff2’) format(‘woff2’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Regular.woff’) format(‘woff’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Regular.ttf’) format(‘truetype’);
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
font-family: ‘Guardian Headline Full’;
src: url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-RegularItalic.woff2’) format(‘woff2’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-RegularItalic.woff’) format(‘woff’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-RegularItalic.ttf’) format(‘truetype’);
font-weight: 400;
font-style: italic;
}
@font-face {
font-family: ‘Guardian Headline Full’;
src: url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Medium.woff2’) format(‘woff2’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Medium.woff’) format(‘woff’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Medium.ttf’) format(‘truetype’);
font-weight: 500;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
font-family: ‘Guardian Headline Full’;
src: url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-MediumItalic.woff2’) format(‘woff2’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-MediumItalic.woff’) format(‘woff’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-MediumItalic.ttf’) format(‘truetype’);
font-weight: 500;
font-style: italic;
}
@font-face {
font-family: ‘Guardian Headline Full’;
src: url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Semibold.woff2’) format(‘woff2’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Semibold.woff’) format(‘woff’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Semibold.ttf’) format(‘truetype’);
font-weight: 600;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
font-family: ‘Guardian Headline Full’;
src: url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-SemiboldItalic.woff2’) format(‘woff2’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-SemiboldItalic.woff’) format(‘woff’),
url(‘https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-SemiboldItalic.ttf’) format(‘truetype’);
font-weight: 600;
font-style: italic;
}Here’s the rewritten text in fluent, natural English:
“`css
@font-face {
font-family: Guardian Headline Full;
src: url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Bold.woff2) format(“woff2”),
url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Bold.woff) format(“woff”),
url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Bold.ttf) format(“truetype”);
font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
font-family: Guardian Headline Full;
src: url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-BoldItalic.woff2) format(“woff2”),
url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-BoldItalic.woff) format(“woff”),
url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-BoldItalic.ttf) format(“truetype”);
font-weight: 700;
font-style: italic;
}
@font-face {
font-family: Guardian Headline Full;
src: url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Black.woff2) format(“woff2”),
url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Black.woff) format(“woff”),
url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-Black.ttf) format(“truetype”);
font-weight: 900;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
font-family: Guardian Headline Full;
src: url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-BlackItalic.woff2) format(“woff2”),
url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-BlackItalic.woff) format(“woff”),
url(https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/fonts/guardian-headline/full-not-hinted/GHGuardianHeadline-BlackItalic.ttf) format(“truetype”);
font-weight: 900;
font-style: italic;
}
@font-face {
font-family: Guardian Titlepiece;
src: url(https://interactive.guim.co.uk/fonts/garnett/GTGuardianTitlepiece-Bold.woff2) format(“woff2”),
url(https://interactive.guim.co.uk/fonts/garnett/GTGuardianTitlepiece-Bold.woff) format(“woff”),
url(https://interactive.guim.co.uk/fonts/garnett/GTGuardianTitlepiece-Bold.ttf) format(“truetype”);
font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal;
}
@media (scripting: enabled) {
:root article.content–interactive > div,
:root .article {
opacity: 0;
}
:root.interactive-loaded article.content–interactive > div,
:root.interactive-loaded .article {
opacity: 1;
transition: opacity 0.25s ease 0.25s;
}
}
@media (scripting: enabled) and (prefers-reduced-motion) {
:root.interactive-loaded article.content–interactive > div,
:root.interactive-loaded .article {
transition: opacity 0.25s ease 0.1s;
}
}
@media (min-width: 71.25em) {
.content__main-column–interactive {
margin-left: 160px;
}
}
@media (min-width: 81.25em) {
.content__main-column–interactive {
margin-left: 240px;
}
}
.content__main-column–interactive .element-atom {
max-width: 620px;
}
@media (max-width: 46.24em) {
.content__main-column–interactive .element-atom {
max-width: 100%;
}
}
.content__main-column–interactive .element-showcase {
margin-left: 0;
}
@media (min-width: 46.25em) {
.content__main-column–interactive .element-showcase {
max-width: 620px;
}
}
@media (min-width: 71.25em) {
.content__main-column–interactive .element-showcase {
max-width: 860px;
}
}
.content__main-column–interactive .element-immersive {
max-width: 1100px;
}
@media (max-width: 46.24em) {
.content__main-column–interactive .element-immersive {
width: calc(100vw – var(–scrollbar-width, 0px));
position: relative;
left: 50%;
right: 50%;
margin-left: calc(-50vw + var(–half-scrollbar-width, 0px)) !important;
margin-right: calc(-50vw + var(–half-scrollbar-width, 0px)) !important;
}
}
@media (min-width: 46.25em) {
.content__main-column–interactive .element-immersive {
transform: translate(-20px);
width: calc(100% + 60px);
}
}
@media (max-width: 71.24em) {
.content__main-column–interactive .element-immersive {
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
}
}
@media (min-width: 71.25em) {
.content__main-column–interactive .element-immersive {
transform: translate(0);
width: auto;
}
}
@media (min-width: 81.25em) {
.content__main-column–interactive .element-immersive {
max-width: 1260px;
}
}
.content__main-column-
“`Here’s the rewritten version in fluent, natural English:
– For interactive content, the main column uses a maximum width of 620 pixels for lists. A vertical line appears on the left side of the main column, starting from the top and extending slightly beyond the content. On wider screens (over 71.25em), this line is visible and positioned 10 pixels to the left. On even wider screens (over 81.25em), it shifts slightly to 11 pixels left.
– Interactive elements like atoms have no top or bottom margin, but include 12 pixels of padding above and below. When a paragraph is followed by an atom, the padding is removed and replaced with a 12-pixel margin on both sides. Inline elements are also limited to 620 pixels in width.
– For media sections containing looping videos, the caption sits above other elements. The loop button is 32 pixels wide, aligned to the bottom right, with 40 pixels of bottom margin and 3 pixels of right margin. The caption button has a high z-index to stay on top.
– On screens wider than 46.25em, cinemagraphs (still images with subtle motion) can expand beyond their usual height limits.
– Self-hosted videos in the body section are full width up to 620 pixels, with 12-pixel margins above and below. Looping videos and their controls also max out at 620 pixels and are centered. If a looping video is set to immersive mode, it can stretch across the full width without margins. On very wide screens (over 71.25em), immersive videos expand to 1140 pixels wide and shift 180 pixels to the left. On even wider screens (over 81.25em), they grow to 1300 pixels and shift 260 pixels left.
– The design uses specific colors for datelines, borders, captions, and features. Some colors change based on the user’s system preference for light or dark mode. For example, in dark mode, subheadings, pull quotes, and block quotes use a different set of colors.
– Interactive elements and atoms have no padding. The first paragraph after an atom or a horizontal rule does not need extra spacing. This applies to various sections like the article body, comments, and interactive content.Here’s the rewritten version in fluent, natural English:
The first paragraph after certain elementsâlike an atom, a sign-in gate, or a horizontal ruleâgets a 14-pixel top padding. This applies in several areas, including the article body, feature body, and comment body.
The first letter of that same paragraph is styled as a drop cap. It uses the Guardian Headline font, is bold, 111 pixels tall, and 92 pixels in line height. It floats to the left, is uppercase, has an 8-pixel right margin, and is vertically aligned to the top. Its color comes from a custom property called `–drop-cap`, or falls back to the pillar color.
Paragraphs that come right after a horizontal rule have no top padding.
Pullquotes are limited to a maximum width of 620 pixels.
For showcase images in the main content, feature, standard, and comment article containers, the caption is positioned statically and takes up the full width, up to 620 pixels. On screens wider than 71.25em, the caption becomes absolutely positioned and is limited to 140 pixels wide. On screens wider than 81.25em, the caption can be up to 220 pixels wide.
Immersive elements take up the full viewport width, minus the scrollbar width. On screens narrower than 71.24em, they are capped at 978 pixels wide, and their captions have 10 pixels of padding on the left and right.@media (max-width: 71.24em) and (min-width: 30em) {
.element.element–immersive.element-immersive figcaption {
padding-inline: 20px;
}
}
@media (min-width: 46.25em) and (max-width: 61.24em) {
.element.element–immersive.element-immersive {
max-width: 738px;
}
}
@media (max-width: 46.24em) {
.element.element–immersive.element-immersive {
margin-left: -10px !important;
margin-right: 0 !important;
left: 0;
}
}
@media (max-width: 46.24em) and (min-width: 30em) {
.element.element–immersive.element-immersive {
margin-left: -20px !important;
}
.element.element–immersive.element-immersive figcaption {
padding-inline: 20px;
}
}
@media (min-width: 71.25em) {
[data-gu-name=”body”] figure.element.element–showcase.element-showcase,
[data-gu-name=”body”] .content__main-column–interactive figure.element.element–showcase.element-showcase {
margin-left: -160px !important;
}
}
@media (min-width: 81.25em) {
[data-gu-name=”body”] figure.element.element–showcase.element-showcase,
[data-gu-name=”body”] .content__main-column–interactive figure.element.element–showcase.element-showcase {
margin-left: -240px !important;
}
}
.furniture-wrapper {
position: relative;
}
@media (min-width: 61.25em) {
.furniture-wrapper {
display: grid;
grid-column-gap: 20px;
grid-row-gap: 0px;
grid-template-columns: [title-start headline-start meta-start standfirst-start] repeat(5, 1fr) [title-end headline-end meta-end standfirst-end portrait-start] repeat(5, 1fr) [portrait-end];
grid-template-rows: [title-start portrait-start] 0.25fr [title-end headline-start] 1fr [headline-end standfirst-start] 0.75fr [standfirst-end meta-start] auto [meta-end portrait-end];
}
.furniture-wrapper #headline > div:first-child,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”headline”] > div:first-child,
.furniture-wrapper .headline > div:first-child {
border-top: 1px solid var(–headerBorder);
}
.furniture-wrapper #meta,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”meta”] {
position: relative;
padding-top: 2px;
margin-right: 0;
}
.furniture-wrapper .standfirst .content__standfirst,
.furniture-wrapper #standfirst .content__standfirst,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”standfirst”] .content__standfirst {
margin-bottom: 4px;
}
.furniture-wrapper .standfirst ul li,
.furniture-wrapper #standfirst ul li,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”standfirst”] ul li {
font-size: 20px;
}
.furniture-wrapper .standfirst li a,
.furniture-wrapper .standfirst a,
.furniture-wrapper #standfirst li a,
.furniture-wrapper #standfirst a,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”standfirst”] li a,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”standfirst”] a {
border-bottom: none;
background-image: none !important;
text-decoration: underline;
text-underline-offset: 6px;
text-decoration-color: var(–headerBorder, #dcdcdc);
}
.furniture-wrapper .standfirst li a:hover,
.furniture-wrapper .standfirst a:hover,
.furniture-wrapper #standfirst li a:hover,
.furniture-wrapper #standfirst a:hover,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”standfirst”] li a:hover,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”standfirst”] a:hover {
text-decoration-color: var(–new-pillar-colour);
}
.furniture-wrapper .standfirst p:first-of-type,
.furniture-wrapper #standfirst p:first-of-type,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”standfirst”] p:first-of-type {
border-top: 1px solid var(–headerBorder);
padding-bottom: 0;
}
}
@media (min-width: 61.25em) and (min-width: 71.25em) {
.furniture-wrapper .standfirst p:first-of-type,
.furniture-wrapper #standfirst p:first-of-type,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”standfirst”] p:first-of-type {
border-top: unset;
}
}
@media (min-width: 61.25em) {
.furniture-wrapper figure {
margin: 0 0 0 -10px;
}
.furniture-wrapper figure[data-spacefinder-role=”inline”].element {
max-width: 630px;
}
}
@media (min-width: 71.25em) {
.furniture-wrapper {
grid-template-columns: [title-start headline-start meta-start] repeat(2, 1fr) [meta-end standfirst-start] repeat(5, 1fr) [title-end headline-end standfirst-end portrait-start] repeat(7, 1fr) [portrait-end];
grid-template-rows: [title-start portrait-start] 80px [title-end headline-start] auto [headline-end standfirst-start meta-start] auto [standfirst-end meta-end portrait-end];
}
.furniture-wrapper #meta:before,
.furniture-wrapper [data-gu-name=”meta”]:before {
content: “”;
width: 540px;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
background-color: var(–headerBorder);
height: 1px;
}
}Here’s the rewritten version in fluent, natural English:
The standfirst section has no top border. The vertical line before the standfirst is removed, and a thin line appears on the left side instead.
On larger screens (over 81.25em wide), the layout uses a grid with specific columns and rows for the title, headline, meta, standfirst, and portrait sections. The meta section has a line that is 620px wide, and the standfirst line is slightly shifted to the left.
In the article header, the labels inside the title area have a small padding at the top. The headline text is bold, with a maximum width of 620px and a font size of 32px. On screens wider than 71.25em, the headline width is reduced to 540px and the font size increases to 50px.
On medium screens (46.25em and up), the keyline and lines section have no right margin. On larger screens (61.25em and up), these lines are hidden. The lines use a stroke color that matches the header border.
The meta section also has no right margin on medium screens. The social and comment elements within meta use the same border color as the header border. Some elements inside the meta container are hidden.
The standfirst section is positioned with a small left margin and padding. On medium screens, it gets a little extra padding at the top. The text inside the standfirst is regular weight, 20px in size, with some bottom padding.
The main media section is placed in the portrait area of the grid. It has no top margin and a small bottom margin. On larger screens, the bottom margin is removed. On smaller screens (under 46.25em), the media section stretches across the full screen width, with a slight left offset.
The caption sits at the bottom of the media, with padding and a background color that matches the caption style. The caption text color is set, and it spans the full width. Some caption elements are hidden, while others are shown with a maximum width.
On screens 30em and wider, the caption padding increases slightly.Here’s the rewritten CSS in fluent, natural English:
– When the caption is hidden inside a furniture wrapper, it becomes invisible (opacity: 0).
– The caption button is positioned at the bottom right of the wrapper, with a circular background, no border, and some padding. On wider screens (30em+), it shifts slightly to the right.
– On very wide screens (71.25em+), the main interactive column’s background extends higher and wider than usual.
– Headings inside the interactive column are limited to a maximum width of 620px.
– The first paragraph’s first letter keeps its original styling (no custom font, size, or color changes).
– On desktop screens (71.25em+), figure captions appear as a block with a max width of 140px, expanding to 220px on even wider screens (81.25em+).
– The furniture wrapper has a light beige background (#fbf6ef) that stretches across the full viewport width, with its left position adjusting at different screen sizes.
– On smaller screens (up to 46.24em), figures inside the wrapper take full viewport width with a small left margin.
– On medium screens (up to 61.24em), social media buttons have extra bottom padding.
– For standfirst sections on medium-to-large screens (61.25em to 71.24em), the layout uses a flexible column with space between items.
– List items in the standfirst have no left padding, and their bullet points are small, brown circles (#866d50) with specific positioning.
– Links and text in standfirst lists and paragraphs are colored brown (#866d50), and links have a hover effect with an underline.
– Mobile figure captions in the standfirst are visible, have no background, and use gray text (#707070) with matching icons.
– On dark mode (prefers-color-scheme: dark), the furniture wrapper’s background changes to black (#121212) for app renderings that aren’t end-of-year layouts.Here’s the rewritten version in fluent, natural English:
For elements that are not part of the end-of-year layout, the standfirst text and links in the furniture wrapper use a gold color (#a1845c). The standfirst paragraph text is light gray (#dcdcdc), and any bullet points within it also use the gold color. Mobile captions and their icons are a medium gray (#999).
The list wrapper has a small negative left margin to make it slightly wider than its container. Section headings are dark brown (#574835) and bold. The main heading is 34px, with padding and a small bottom margin. Each list item starts with a 100px downward offset and is invisible, then fades and slides up into view. If the user prefers reduced motion, this animation is disabled.
The number at the start of each list item is large (80px), light weight, and uses a serif font in dark brown. List item headings that contain italic text are black and use a normal font size, with the italic styling removed. Images inside list items are positioned normally, and their captions have a specific line height.
Every other list item (even-numbered) has a light cream background (#fbf6ef) that stretches across the full viewport width. The background adjusts its width and position depending on the screen size, from mobile to large desktop.
In the app rendering target, the list item numbers are also dark brown and styled the same way. Ad placeholders inside list items have extra bottom padding to make room for the ad, and the ad is pulled up slightly to overlap. This spacing is removed when reduced motion is preferred.
In dark mode, the section headings and list item numbers change to gold (#a1845c), the alternating background becomes dark brown (#574835), and any italic headings turn light gray (#dcdcdc).
When the end-of-year layout is active, the header border is a muted blue (#4f6280) and the comment count uses a light gold fill (#eacca0). The article container has no border, and a vertical line appears to the left of the title, matching the header border color.Here is the rewritten text in fluent, natural English:
“`css
#4f6280);
display: none;
}
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::after {
content: “”;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: -20px;
width: 1px;
height: var(–furniture-bg-height, 100%);
background-color: var(–headerBorder, #4f6280);
display: none;
}
@media (min-width: 46.3125em) and (max-width: 61.24em) {
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::before,
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::after {
display: block;
}
}
@media (min-width: 61.3125em) and (max-width: 71.24em) {
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::before,
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::after {
display: block;
}
}
@media (min-width: 71.3125em) and (max-width: 81.24em) {
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::before,
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::after {
display: block;
}
}
@media (min-width: 81.3125em) {
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::before,
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::after {
display: block;
}
}
@media (min-width: 61.25em) {
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::before,
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”title”]::after {
height: 100%;
}
}
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”meta”] .meta__social,
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”meta”] .meta__comment {
border-color: var(–article-border, #dcdcdc);
}
@media (min-width: 61.25em) {
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”meta”] .meta__social,
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”meta”] .meta__comment {
border-color: var(–headerBorder, #4f6280);
}
}
@media (min-width: 46.25em) and (max-width: 61.24em) {
html.is-eoy [data-gu-name=”meta”]::before {
content: “”;
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Fiction
Fiction Transcription by Ben Lerner
A middle-aged writer goes back to his college town to record a final interview with his 90-year-old intellectual mentor. But his phone is broken, and he can’t bring himself to admit it isn’t recording. This anxiety-fueled opening leads into a series of sharp insights about family, memory, inheritance, and storytellingâeverything it means to be human, and how smartphones are changing the way we see the world.
Fiction Land by Maggie O’Farrell
Following Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait, O’Farrell’s latest historical novel has a personal touch. Inspired by an Irish ancestor who mapped parts of England after the Great Famine, it grows into a multigenerational story about folklore, migration, and what home really means.
Fiction Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
A social media influencer who promotes a fake old-fashioned lifestyle of babies, baking, and prairie dresses wakes up in the actual pastâfacing dirt, poverty, and domestic abuse. Critics have questioned the political depth of this buzzy tradwife debut, but there’s no denying the power of its high-concept hook or the fierce energy of its voice.
Fiction John of John by Douglas Stuart
In the highly anticipated new novel from the Booker-winning author of Shuggie Bain, young Cal returns from art school to his childhood home on the Hebridean island of Harris, and to his deeply religious father, John. Both men are hiding secrets in a heartfelt, beautifully crafted story about faith, isolation, community, and gay love.
Fiction The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley
Riley excels at writing about dysfunctional family relationships.This is about relationships, but it’s gentler here, telling the story of a long friendship between two prickly characters: Putnam, who’s aging out of relevance, and Laura, navigating the uncertainties of midlife. It’s a wry look at the comforts of companionship and the frustrations of dealing with other people, with prose that’s as sharp as a knife.
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The Infamous Gilberts
Angela Tomaski
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An irresistible, old-fashioned comfort read about the slow decline of an eccentric family trapped in a crumbling stately home. The story unfolds through their possessions and mementos as the house is sold off to become a hotel. Romantic misadventures, dastardly characters, lost boys, and plenty of atmosphereâit’s all here.
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Honey
Imani Thompson
Thompson’s buzzy debut follows Yrsa, a Black PhD student who starts a series of killings targeting men, each murder echoing the violence more often inflicted on women. A serial-killer thriller with a dose of feminist theory, Thompson’s blend of racial politics and “weird girl” fiction feels genuinely fresh.
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The Children
Melissa Albert
A bestselling children’s author writes her own kids into her beloved fantasy seriesâthen dies under mysterious circumstances. As adults, Guin and Ennis must reconcile to face their traumatic legacy. Set between an isolated house in the Vermont woods in the 1990s and present-day New York, this slippery exploration of the cost of creativity is a dark fairy tale.
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Villa Coco
Andrew Sean Greer
A sunny holiday read about a young American who falls for the charms of Italy when he takes a job as an assistant to a 92-year-old aristocrat at the mansion in the Tuscan hills. Full of eccentric characters, it’s a love letter to friendship and discovery.
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A Bad, Bad Place
Frances Crawford
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This slow-burn crime debut, set in 1979 Glasgow, begins when 12-year-old Janey, walking her dog Sid Vicious, stumbles upon a body. Told in alternating chapters from Janey and her Nana, it’s a pitch-perfect depiction of time and place.
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Prestige Drama
Seamus OâReilly
A major new TV series about the Troubles is set to be filmed in Derryâbut its Hollywood star has gone missing. The first novel from the author of the tragicomic memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? is a sparkling ensemble portrait of a city still grappling with its difficult past.
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Nonesuch
Francis Spufford
In a London on the brink of World War II, an ambitious young woman working in the City stumbles into a magical realm of angels, time travel, possible worldsâand a fascist conspiracy to assassinate Winston Churchill and bring a Nazi future to Britain. Packed with adventure and romance, this delightful fantasy has biteâa very grown-up pleasure.
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Black Bag
Luke Kennard
As part of a psychology experiment, a struggling actor agrees to appear in university lectures zipped into a large black leather bag with only his feet sticking out, to see how students react. From this premise, Kennard spins a charming and comical take on the absurdity of modern life, riffing on everything from the precarious state of the arts to masculinity and the fading horizon of adulthood.
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The Daffodil Days
Helen Bain
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A lyrical, impeccably researched reimagining of the final year in the marriage of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, seen through the eyes of their friends and neighbors in the small Dartmoor town they escape to from London. With multiple narrators and a reverse chronology, it’s an ambitious and impressively achieved debut, and a luminous portrait of how literature’s most famous couple affected those around them.
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Good People
Patmeena Sabit
A family saga, a whodunit, and an exploration of assimilation in the US: this kaleidoscopic debut about the community response after an Afghan-American teenager is found drowned in a canal at the wheel of the family car keeps the reader guessing, with gossip, prejudice, and conflicting accounts pulling in all directions.Here’s the rewritten version:
Cast Away
Francesca de Torres
Alexander Selkirk, an 18th-century privateer and the real-life inspiration for Robinson Crusoe, is left stranded on an island in the South Pacific with only a Bible and a barrel of alcohol. What follows is a wonderfully fresh and gripping adventure thatâs also a psychological journey. Over the years, he learns to survive and confronts his loneliness.
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Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash
This lively comic saga about a messy American family features childish parents, clever daughters, church scandals, conspiracy theories, and a shady local billionaire. With sharp dialogue, wild imagination, and a warm heart, itâs a feel-good read for fans of The Bee Sting.
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I Want You to Be Happy
Jem Calder
A romance for the doomscrolling age. Calderâs debut follows a poet-barista and a would-be author as they stumble toward intimacy, mostly through digital screens. The details of modern London lifeâexpensive shared flats, overpriced coffee, emotional avoidanceâare captured with deadpan accuracy.
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The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout
The author who gave us Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge introduces Artie Dam, a teacher in his fifties trying to make sense of his troubled marriage and a changing America. This is her wise and tender eleventh novel.
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Wimmy Road Boyz
Sufiyaan Salam
Set over one chaotic night on Manchesterâs Curry Mile, Salamâs debut is a fast-paced coming-of-age story about three young British-Pakistani men speeding toward trouble in a white BMW. Written in slangy, rhythmic prose that blends Trainspotting, hip-hop, and Shakespeare, itâs volatile and full of lifeâa high-energy portrait of Gen Z masculinity.
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Glyph
Ali Smith
Against a backdrop of political collapse, Smith remains an essential voice: wise, playful, and deep. This story of two estranged sisters finding their way back to each other explores childhood, family, and our connection to historyâwhether World War I or modern-day Gaza. It sets a spirit of resistance and the ways we comfort each other against apathy and state control.
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Jean
Madeleine Dunnigan
In the long, hot summer of 1976, a troubled teenager at a progressive boysâ boarding school starts a dangerous affair. This intense and unusual debut powerfully uncovers shame, desire, and bottled-up emotion.
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Natural Disaster
Lisa Owens
A frazzled mother of two little boys is determined to make her last day of maternity leave fun, spontaneous, and perfectâbut things donât go as planned. This sharply observed, deeply relatable comedy about life with small children is a must-read. Bring snacks.
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The Ten Year Affair
Erin Somers
An adultery novel for millennials. The cheating happens almost entirely in the mind of our heroine, Cora, a young mother who has left New York with her husband Eliot for the Hudson Valley. At a local playgroup, she meets the object of her fantasies: Sam, another Brooklyn transplant. A razor-sharp look at modern motherhood and marriage, it skewers a cast of well-meaning, downwardly mobile hipsters as they navigate middle age.
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Kin
Tayari Jones
Set in the American South during the civil rights era, this new novel from the author of An American Marriage follows two motherless girls as they try to find their way in the world. A richly imagined story of female friendship and found families.
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The Correspondent
Virginia Evans
This much-loved novel is made up of letters sent and received by Sybil Van Antwerp, a retired lawyer in her seventies living in Maryland. Her sharp, often funny correspondence adds up to a moving and compelling reflection on a life.
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Seascraper
Benjamin Wood
Longlisted for the Booker Prize, this short, profound novel tells the story of Thomas, who searches the seashore for shrimp with a horse and cart.He dreams of more. A mysterious American could make his dreams come trueâbut is the future he’s offering too good to be true? An atmospheric journey into inner worlds and the boundless possibilities of creativity.
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The Director
Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin
Kehlmann uses a fictionalized account of 20th-century film director G.W. Pabst’s life to explore vanity, complicity, and moral collapse in this brilliantly dark page-turner, shortlisted for the International Booker. Returning from Hollywood to Austria to see his ailing mother, can the man who made Pandora’s Box continue to create art under the Nazisâand at what cost?
Heart the Lover
Lily King
A 1980s campus love triangle deepens into a poignant story of friendship and loss in King’s tear-jerking follow-up to Writers and Lovers.
Dominion
Addie E. Citchens
In the fictional Mississippi town of Dominion, a charismatic preacher and his golden-boy son rule over a community thick with repression and simmering violence. Told from the perspectives of the long-suffering women around them, this rich Southern Gothic novel explores the excesses of unchecked male entitlement.
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Famesick
Lena Dunham
The creator of Girls reflects on her sudden fame after being hailed as the voice of a generation, and what happened nextâchronic illness, addiction, and heartbreak. The dark side of celebrity is laid bare in this compulsively readable memoir.
The Art Cure
Daisy Fancourt
Can Gauguin treat gout and Beethoven lower your blood pressure? Psychobiologist Fancourt explains the very real physical effects of art and culture in this inspiring call to embrace aesthetic experiences as a form of medicine.
This Dark Night
Deborah Lutz
Emerald Fennell’s hallucinatory adaptation of Wuthering Heights invited us to see Emily BrontĂ« in one light; Lutz’s meticulous account shows her in quite another. Far from the eccentric, isolated genius, Lutz’s BrontĂ« is grounded in her material realityâfrom everyday household tasks to illness and grief.
Enough Said
Alan Bennett
The latest installment of the inimitable critic and playwright’s diaries runs from 2016 to 2024, hardly a period of rest. But ordinary life goes on as Bennett, now 92, reflects on Brexit, the pandemic, and the distant past.
Super Nintendo
Keza MacDonald
An affectionate portrait of the people who brought us Super Mario and Animal Crossing, combining deep research, extensive interviews, and serious fun. MacDonald, the Guardian‘s video games editor, positions the Japanese company as a “toymaker” with very different priorities from the tech giants that dominate the rest of our digital lives.
A World Appears
Michael Pollan
After feeding our minds with a bestselling book about psychedelics, author and journalist Pollan returns with an exploration of consciousness itself. He asks who has it (plants? AI?), what it feels like, and what it actually consists of. He may not come up with definitive answers, but delivers mind-boggling insights along the way.
On Morrison
Namwali Serpell
Novelist and critic Serpell zooms in on the Beloved author’s craft in this series of 12 essays, rich with material from the archives. Edits, hesitations, and revisions reveal the humor and fallibility of one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
Ancient
Luke Barley
Forester and ranger Barley tells the enchanting story of Britain’s mature woodlandsânow reduced to fragments, but still more than capable of captivating usâand how living alongside them shaped our culture and language.
A Hymn to Life
GisĂšle Pelicot
Pelicot became an icon of courage and resilience during the trial of 51 men, including her husband, accused of extraordinary sexual crimes against her. This painful but riveting memoir tells the story of how her life as she knew it was shattered, and what it took to rebuild.Start building a new one.
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The Last Kings of Hollywood
Paul Fischer
The golden age of late-20th-century filmmaking comes to life in this detailed documentary-style account. Screenwriter and author Fischer tells the story of how three relative outsidersâFrancis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielbergâcame to shape modern cinema as we know it.
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The Dogâs Gaze
Thomas W. Laqueur
Can you spot the dog in a Picasso? Or the canine in a Canaletto? In this deeply researched and beautifully illustrated book, art historian Laqueur argues that the dogs appearing in many classic Western paintings are far from just an afterthought.
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Monsters in the Archives
Caroline Bicks
With exclusive access to Stephen Kingâs personal archive, literary scholar Bicks sifts through annotated drafts, examining revisions, comments, and disagreements with editors. Her close reading reveals the master of horrorâs obsessions, his pedantryâand alternate versions of some of his most beloved stories.
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The Savage Landscape
Cal Flyn
The author of Islands of Abandonment returns with a vivid, visceral tour of Earthâs wildest placesâfrom the ocean floor to lava-filled calderas. But this is also an exploration of an intellectual landscape: our idea of âwildernessâ and the often destructive role it has played.
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Backtalker
Kimberlé Crenshaw
The legal trailblazer who developed the concept of intersectionalityâthe idea that discrimination based on race, class, and gender can overlap and compoundârecounts her early years in Ohio and her career fighting injustice.
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London Falling
Patrick Radden Keefe
When grieving parents ask a New Yorker journalist to investigate their vulnerable sonâs death, Radden Keefe uncovers a world of terrifying crime and shocking police incompetenceâor worseâhidden beneath Londonâs polished surface. A tour de force of modern storytelling.
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Stephen Sondheim
Daniel Okrent
He may have transformed American musicals, but his relationshipsâwith others and with himselfâwerenât always easy. From Oscar Hammerstein to Barbra Streisand and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sondheim mentored, collaborated, and spectacularly fell out with many people. Okrentâs definitive, gossipy biography captures it all.
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Said the Dead
Doireann NĂ GhrĂofa
The acclaimed author of A Ghost in the Throat used the archives of Our Ladyâs Hospital in Corkâand her vivid imaginationâto bring the experiences of long-forgotten psychiatric patients to life. The result, our reviewer says, is a book of âextraordinary formal and ethical force.â
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Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea
Emily Wilson
The translator of the Odyssey and the Iliad, whose straightforward and sometimes surprising choices have drawn both praise and criticism, lays out her philosophy of translation in a series of fascinating essays.
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Tonight the Music Seems So Loud
Sathnam Sanghera
What made one of the greatest pop stars of his generation tick? George Michael superfan Sangheraâbest known for his books on the British Empireâtries to understand a man of contradictions: a musical perfectionist who fired twelve saxophonists before getting the perfect solo in âCareless Whisper,â yet whose personal life was anything but carefully planned.
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Leaving Home
Mark Haddon
The author of The Curious Incident⊠revisits his childhood and adolescence in Northampton. This work of personal archaeology uncovers âa near-total absence of love or affectionâ and reveals the roots of his ongoing anxiety and self-harm. The extraordinary illustrations keep the reader aware of both the absurdity and the poignancy of it all.
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Lady C
Guy Cuthbertson
In the autumn of 1960, a sensational trial gave people plenty to talk aboutâboth in newspaper columns and around the water cooler. Cuthbertsonâs book focuses less on the scandalous details and more on the bigger picture.of Lady Chatterleyâs Lover, and more on how the case rippled through the wider cultureâfrom comedy to music.
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Iran and the Revolution
Homa Katouzian
The Islamic Republic and its politics can be hard for outsiders to understand, but knowing how the regime came to be is essential for anyone trying to grasp the current conflict. In this thorough history, Iranian scholar Katouzian offers a much-needed guide that our review calls âclear and free of preconceptions.â
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Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden
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This story of betrayal by an unfaithful husband and the collapse of a marriage was an instant bestseller when it came out in January. But the plot has thickened after reporting by the New Yorker suggested a more complicated emotional and financial picture. Burden says, âI stand by everything I wrote,â and so far the uproar seems only to have boosted the appeal of her unputdownable book.
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Why Populists Are Winning
Liam Byrne
What can a thoroughly conventional politicianâa former New Labour minister, no lessâtell us about how to defeat the insurgents promising radical change? Byrne, who remains an MP in a constituency where Reform is gaining ground, tackles the subject with ârigour and originality,â writes our reviewer.
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David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God
Peter Ormerod
Is listening to David Bowie a religious experience? That might explain the devotion he inspired among generations of fans. In this look at how spirituality shaped the rock iconâs work, Ormerod argues that weâve been missing a key part of his appeal.
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A Mind of My Own
Kathy Burke
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Actor and comedian Burke tells the story of her childhood, teenage years, and the prejudice and kindness she encountered as her fame grew. As our reviewer put it, this memoir âhas its painful moments, but the joy radiating from it is palpable and invigorating.â
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The Age of Diagnosis
Suzanne OâSullivan
Can diagnosesâfrom ADHD to chronic Lyme diseaseâsometimes do more harm than good? In this humane, well-informed book, neurologist OâSullivan doesnât dismiss suffering but instead explores the trade-offs that come when a medical label is applied to complex, distressing experiences.
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Careless People
Sarah Wynn-Williams
The book Meta was so eager for you not to read that they banned its author from doing any promotion. Wynn-Williams, a former senior adviser at Facebook, had a front-row seat as the platform transformed from a way to catch up with friends into a catalyst for revolutions, riots, and political upheaval.
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Proto
Laura Spinney
One language to rule them all? Not quite, but proto-Indo-Europeanâthe common ancestor of English, Hindi, Irish, and Greekâis the most extensively reconstructed language with no written records. Spinney travels to its birthplace on the Asian steppe to tell a remarkable story of trade, migration, and conquest.
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Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy
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The Booker Prize-winning authorâs mother, Mary Roy, was famous long before her daughter wasâas a womenâs rights activist and educational reformer. But there was a dark side to her, as told in this unsparing memoir of a relationship with someone the author describes as both âshelter and storm.â
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We Were a Two
Eoin McLaughlin and Emma Chichester Clark
Eoin and his Nana spend every summer in their caravan by the sea, having wild adventures as a family of two. This joyous, riotous picture book celebrates intergenerational bonds and free-range seaside exploration.
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Bone Head: Guardian of the Underworld
Jamie Gregory
Demise, also known as Bone Head, thinks heâs the best skeleton guard in Hadesâ kingdomâeven when heâs demoted to taking care of Cerberus, the three-headed dog with a taste for bone.An anarchic diary-style series of misadventures for ages 7 and up, perfect for fans of Loki.
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KorobĂĄ: The Case of the Missing Kolo
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KorobĂĄ is excited for the festival, when kids break open their kolo piggy banksâuntil her best friendâs kolo is stolen. Now KorobĂĄ has to play detective to find it. Set in a small Nigerian fishing community, this instantly engaging, Tintin-style graphic novel for ages 7+ is full of bright summer colors, intricate details, and compelling characters.
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The Children of Wolf Rock
Natasha Farrant
The students at Stormy Loch Academy love their freedom to explore nature. But when Minna, Kass, and Tom stumble upon an older girl hiding in an abandoned bothy, they get swept into a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of her past. A glorious, immersive adventure for ages 8+.
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Crow: Thief of Magic
Fiona Dixon
After an unexpected encounter and a heist gone wrong, Crowâa 12-year-old thiefâfinds himself thrown into a spectacular new life as a Dreamcatcherâs apprentice. But is his magical master Viktor as kind as he seems? This absorbing, inventive, and thrilling fantasy debut for ages 9+ will delight fans of Greenwild.
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Like a Brother
Nathanael Lessore
Happy-go-lucky Londoner Owais enjoys his carefree life until his cousin Abass suddenly shows upâloud, unpredictable, quick-tempered, and worst of all, a Tottenham fan. The cousinsâ dislike for each other slowly turns into sympathy and understanding in this laugh-out-loud, sometimes gross story of teenage self-discovery.
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The Victors
Wren James
Four years after defeating the Demon Overlord, young hero Dirk Earnest is now a second-year student at his war-damaged university. Heâs horrified to meet his new roommate: Medusa de la TempĂȘte, a notorious war criminal and his former enemy. This witty, stylishly drawn YA graphic novel cleverly flips the âchosen oneâ trope, asking sharp questions about what happens after the final battle.
Childrenâs and YA
Breakout
Dhonielle Clayton, Angie Thomas, and others
The bestselling team behind Blackout returns with a sweltering, atmospheric thriller. Six wealthy teenagers are trapped on a private island resort by a tropical storm. As the body count rises, each must face the secrets of their past in this page-turning YA collaboration by six authors.
Childrenâs and YA
Tell Your Friends
Lauren Wilson
First-year student Crystal Shaw is trapped by the fame of her influencer parents. She needs help to shatter her motherâs perfect image and win her freedomâbut she doesnât know that Alyssa, the friend she confides in, is deeply invested in âAt Home With the Shawsâ and sees them as the ideal surrogate family. An enthralling YA cat-and-mouse thriller with a toxic female friendship and a steely twist.
Childrenâs and YA
To Steal a Throne
Gabi Burton
After helping her half-brother Luc take the throne of Virdei, Mira uses her secret lie-powered magic to keep him safe, blackmailing and intimidating anyone who might challenge him. Then upstart Kaidren Vale appears, and his own magical gift threatens to expose her. As Mira starts to warm to Kaidren, her ambition clashes with her softer feelings in this gripping YA fantasy of intrigue, seduction, and betrayal.
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General Beginner Questions
1 Who picked these 70 books
The list was curated by the author or editorial team of the article likely based on new releases classics and popular recommendations
2 Are these all new books or are there old favorites too
Its a mix Youll find brand new summer releases alongside timeless classics that are perfect for vacation reading
3 What genres are included
The list covers a wide range including fiction nonfiction thrillers romance memoirs and literary fiction Theres something for everyone
4 Im not a big reader Are any of these books easy to get into
Yes absolutely The list includes fastpaced pageturners short story collections and light beach reads that are perfect for casual readers
5 Is this list for adults or can teens read these too
Most books are aimed at adults but many of the fiction and memoir titles are appropriate for mature teens Check the individual book descriptions for age warnings
6 Do I have to read them in any particular order
Nope You can jump around based on your mood The list is just a collection of suggestions not a reading plan
7 Where can I actually buy or borrow these books
You can find them at your local library independent bookstores online retailers like Amazon or Bookshoporg or as ebooksaudiobooks
Advanced Practical Questions
8 How were these 70 books chosen out of thousands
The selection is based on a combination of critical acclaim anticipated new releases reader popularity and thematic fit for summer
9 Are there any hidden gems or undertheradar books on the list
Yes typically these types of lists include a few lesserknown titles alongside the big bestsellers Look for books by debut authors or smaller publishers
10 How can I quickly find a book that matches my mood
Scan the article for subheadings Many lists group books by category like Riveting Thrillers Heartwarming Romances or Thought
