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Fasten your baubles. They can fall like rocks.

Arguments over which Christmas film to watch? This book might help

Alonso Duralde’s guide to Christmas movies sidesteps the made-for-streaming films and digs deep into Yuletide films, from classics to others you might not have thought of as Christmassy.

  • Tom Ryan

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From a giant talking frog to Squizzy Taylor: 10 new books

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Agatha Christie's works continue to find an audience.

The bath, the shed and even a coffin: The strangest places authors find inspiration

Forget the cliche of the author on a laptop at a coffee shop – some of the most renowned writers wrote their greatest works in unexpected places.

  • Jane Sullivan

Percival Everett is so prolific he’s not sure how many books he’s written

The acclaimed author is also an artist, has run a ranch, trained horses, done carpentry, played jazz guitar and mended musical instruments.

  • Jane Sullivan
Journalist and author George Packer.

This dystopian fable is a critique of our current fractured world

Journalist George Packer, best known for his work in The New Yorker and The Atlantic, has turned his hand to fiction

  • Bruce Wolpe
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Bruce Dickinson brings the archetypal metal voice to the party.

The world’s biggest metal band have achieved coffee-table book status

Forget Spinal Tap, this visual history celebrates the real-life thing – 50 years of influential British metal band Iron Maiden.

  • Michael Dwyer
Kate Hudson, whose character was based on Pennie Lane, in Almost Famous.

Cameron Crowe’s memoir is filled with delicious anecdotes from rock’s golden age

A quarter of a century after Almost Famous presented a fictionalised account of Crowe’s early career, The Uncool reveals true stories from his time on the road with some of the biggest bands of the time.

  • Tom Ryan

From high-octane action to tips for living to 100: here are 10 new books

Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases

  • Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
Five reads guaranteed to match your mood whether you’re beach-bathing, couch-napping or sun-dodging.
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The five books you must read this summer

Five reads guaranteed to match your mood whether you’re beach-bathing, couch-napping or sun-dodging.

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