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Genius or sadist: What the bestselling non-fiction books of the 21st century say about us

IN FOCUS: We’re now a quarter of the way through the century. From habit setting to understanding our humanity, this is what British readers have cared about since the turn of the millennium. The results are surprising, says Hannah Ewens

The Independent UK

Jane Austen’s plates or the woods near her home? I know which I’d rather save

Why this hierarchy of heritage? Our obsession with buildings and artefacts is blinding us to the value of nature

The Guardian - UK

More than 100 famous works by Australian authors rescued from oblivion by literary heritage endeavour

Three-year project returns out-of-print classics – including six Miles Franklin winners – to circulation and into ebook format for the first time

The Guardian - AU

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‘He is peddling stories’: Bob Woodward denies Republican’s claim he said Biden was corrupt

Washington Post reporter says he never made comments to James Comer published in the congressman’s new book

The Guardian - US

Richard Price: ‘I don’t like to write, I just don’t – it’s too much anxiety’

The US novelist and co-writer of The Wire on why his new book isn’t about cops and robbers, his 80s drug addiction and the authors who have inspired him

The Guardian - UK

Orhan Pamuk: ‘I have some fame, so I can say things others cannot’

The Turkish writer, 72, talks about his father’s artistic support and being a feminist in the Middle East, his love of Istanbul and fear of government repression

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t want to fit in a box of what an Aboriginal person should write’: how Alexis Wright found her voice

As her ground-breaking biography of Aboriginal activist Tracker Tilmouth is re-issued, the acclaimed Australian author remembers her late friend and talks about her latest novel, Praiseworthy

The Guardian - UK

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Hafta 519: Meta and fact-checking, the role of journaling, social media as source of news

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Manisha Pande are joined by author Amitava Kumar and academic Joyojeet Pal.

Newslaundry

The Artist by Lucy Steeds review – mystery and romance in Provence

An aspiring English journalist enters the life of a fabled painter in this seductive debut of art, love and family secrets

The Guardian - UK

A Netflix Series Adaptation of Ana Huang's 'Twisted Love' Series Is Confirmed: What We Know

Could this be the next 'Bridgerton' or 'Tell Me Lies?'

Marie Claire

From racism to ableism, Of Mice and Men still sparks a debate

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by Nels Abbey on the book’s place in schools and share their perspectives as students and teachers

The Guardian - UK

Rooms with a view: a new book celebrates the Italian approach to interior design

Laura May Todd's survey of Italian interiors is the perfect antidote to January gloom, taking a look inside 50 distinctive Italian homes

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Bapsi Sidhwa obituary

Pakistani author whose novels offered an insight into the Parsi community and highlighted the challenges of reconciling different cultures

The Guardian - UK

Morag Styles obituary

First professor of children’s poetry at Cambridge, who also worked to promote the teaching, dissemination and understanding of Caribbean poetry

The Guardian - UK

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder season 2: cast, plot first look images and everything we know

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder season 2 sees Pip return with a new mystery to solve.

The Guardian - UK

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

Aerth by Deborah Tomkins; Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix; Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao; The Garden by Nick Newman

The Walrus

I List Therefore I Am: Letting Go of Reading Goal Anxiety

What if tallying up books at the end of the year was less about numbers?

The Guardian - US

Key Republican claims Bob Woodward told him Biden was financially corrupt

House oversight chair James Comer claims in his new book that reporter made remark in private conversation

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Stuart Turton: ‘I read some Roald Dahl I probably wasn’t ready for’

The crime novelist on the dark side of Dahl, the joy of Virginia Woolf and the comforts of Terry Pratchett

The Guardian - UK

‘To confront the anti-gay law is to trouble waters’: the young Nigerian novelist refusing to go by the book

Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s first novel, Blessings, about love in a hostile climate, was written after a life-changing encounter with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Newslaundry

Dilip Mandal triggers row with claims about Fatima Sheikh’s legacy

Author, activist Dilip Mandal stoked controversy on Thursday when he claimed that Fatima Sheikh, celebrated as one of India’s first Muslim women school teachers, never existed and was a “fabricated character” he had created.

Total Film

Welcome to Derry director reveals three-season plan for the upcoming prequel series based on Stephen King's It

The prequel series arrives sometime in 2025

Inverse

43 Years Later, An Infamous Director is Adapting a Forgotten George R.R. Martin Story

'In the Lost Lands' will resurrect a space western fantasy written by George R.R. Martin.

The Guardian - UK

Barry Malzberg obituary

Prolific science fiction writer who conceived alternative lives for figures including Emily Dickinson and Sigmund Freud

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Karen Barges Into Neighbor’s House To Lock Horns Over Parking, Faces Him Naked After Shower

Parking dispute leads to Karen lady coming face to face with her naked neighbor after storming his home, drama ensues. The post Karen Barges Into Neighbor’s House To Lock Horns Over Parking, Faces Him Naked After Shower first appeared on Bored Panda.

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