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Nonfiction: September's best-written recent release
Read the opening of our pick below ^ Plus Parts 46 and 47 of The Demon Inside David Lynch: TV Drama’s Worst Fiasco
Sep 4
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Nonfiction: September's best-written recent release
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'I have been a proud advocate of literary scuff': Travis Jeppesen on messing around with style
Plus a new pick from our subscribers' submissions
Aug 25
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'I have been a proud advocate of literary scuff': Travis Jeppesen on messing around with style
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From our subscribers' submissions: Eleanor Anstruther's A Memoir in 65 Postcards
Read an extended extract below ^ Plus The Rock Bottom Revealed, Part 36 of The Demon Inside David Lynch
Aug 9
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From our subscribers' submissions: Eleanor Anstruther's A Memoir in 65 Postcards
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The best-written nonfiction recent releases; and Francis Spufford's Golden Hill
Read extracts from our picks below ^ Plus The One
May 17
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The best-written nonfiction recent releases; and Francis Spufford's Golden Hill
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The best-written book of criticism of the century; and of the year
Picked from the National Book Critics Circle Awards' previous winners, and from this year's shortlist
Mar 15
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The best-written book of criticism of the century; and of the year
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'I AM YOUR NEIGHBOUR AND I LOVE YOU NOW.'
Read the opening pages of Ryan O'Connor's work of cosmic realism, 'The Voids'
Jan 26
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'I AM YOUR NEIGHBOUR AND I LOVE YOU NOW.'
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Formal Transcendence: Rob Doyle's 'Threshold'
Read the opening pages of this innovative, influential masterwork
Jan 19
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Sean McNulty
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Formal Transcendence: Rob Doyle's 'Threshold'
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Multi-award-winning speculative fiction author Nicola Griffith's guide to prose style
Plus the opening pages of Griffith's novel Spear
Dec 15, 2023
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Multi-award-winning speculative fiction author Nicola Griffith's guide to prose style
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The best-written history book of the year: read the opening pages of Anna Della Subin's Accidental Gods
One of the tonally richest prose styles of 2023 in any genre
Dec 10, 2023
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The best-written history book of the year: read the opening pages of Anna Della Subin's Accidental Gods
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The most stylishly written debut novels of 2023 (US): Pay As You Go and Moonrise Over New Jessup
Read extracts below from Eskor David Johnson and Jamila Minnicks' novels
Nov 30, 2023
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The most stylishly written debut novels of 2023 (US): Pay As You Go and Moonrise Over New Jessup
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