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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in December

Authors, journalists and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month

The Guardian - UK

Best fiction books of 2024: from Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo to Percival Everett’s James

THE LIST: Catch up on the year’s best new novels with Katie Rosseinsky and Jessie Thompson’s edit of 2024’s most memorable fiction

The Independent UK

Polari prize shortlists include Munroe Bergdorf, Jon Ransom and Lex Croucher

Prize founder Paul Burston says shortlisted books ‘remind us of the power of queer storytelling at a time when some would see our books and stories banned’

The Guardian - UK

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‘I feel like when I’m 50 people will take me seriously’: novelists Eliza Clark and Julia Armfield in conversation

The two authors, who became friends during lockdown, discuss their experiences in the UK publishing industry, the day job, and books they love

The Guardian - UK

Private Rites by Julia Armfield review – in deep water

Dysfunctional families and queer desire at the end of the world, in a compelling vision of climate breakdown

The Guardian - UK

Private Rites by Julia Armfield review – familial conflict before the final days

Three sisters attempt to deal with their father’s death as the end of the world draws near in an evocative novel about sibling rivalry

The Guardian - UK

Julia Armfield and Jon Ransom win the Polari prizes for LGBTQ+ books

Armfield’s novel Our Wives Under the Sea won the overall prize, while Ransom’s The Whale Tattoo took the first book award

The Guardian - UK

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7 Novels Centering On Queer Characters I Loved, And 8 I Want To Read Next

Red, White and Royal Blue is one of the great LGBTQ+ books that I have read, and here are some others.

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‘Like moving through water while everyone is on land’: the writers exploring sexuality through sea life

A host of LGBTQ+ authors are finding parallels with mermaids, tropical fish and other creatures of the deep as a way to make sense of their own lives

The Guardian - UK

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield – deep emotions

A woman returns to her wife transformed after a deep-sea voyage in this powerful debut novel

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