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Read the opening words from Oh William! where bestselling author Elizabeth Strout returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any time.
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Read an extract from Booth, where an ill-fated family of thespians, drinkers and dreamers, whose most infamous son is destined to commit a terrible act.
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Read the first chapter of the latest fiction from a remarkable and enduring talent, which brilliantly illuminates an introspective young mind trying to make sense of the world around him.
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Read an exact from Small Things Like These, where a father reckons with the truth of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries
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Read the opening from Percival Everett’s striking novel, which combines an unnerving murder mystery with a powerful condemnation of racism and police violence.
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Read the opening words from Glory, an energetic and exhilarating joyride from NoViolet Bulawayo. The story of an uprising, told by a vivid chorus of animal voices that help us see our human world more clearly.
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After Sappho is a joyous reimagining of the lives of a brilliant group of feminists, sapphists, artists and writers from the past. Read the opening words here
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