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In Alex Pheby’s “Cities of the Weft” trilogy, fantasy tropes spiral off into strange and visceral dimensions. The second book, “Malarkoi,” defies physics and takes the reader on a dizzying trip through time.

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With a host of phenomenal debuts on the way, plus some dazzling new work from the likes of Douglas Stuart and Hanya Yanagihara, 2022 is positively groaning with great novels

Ian Mond Several things kept me sane over the last 12 months. My family, the privilege of having a job while in lockdown, the Backlisted and Coode Street podcasts (particularly Coode Street‘s “10 minutes with” series), and the books I read. Yes, there were times in 2020 where I struggled to read more than a handful of pages, but the novels, novel­las, and collections I did complete (47 of which I reviewed for Locus) were some of the best books I’ve read in the last decade. My favou...

The best books of 2020 to support indie publishers this Christmas Guardian staff Earthlingsby Sayaka Murata (Granta) The follow-up to Convenience Store Woman, this is the story of Natsuki, who as a 10-year-old hopes a spaceship will take her to the planet Popinpobopia and save her from her miserable childhood. by Adam Kucharski (Wellcome Collection) A serendipitously timed look at why things spread, from viruses to political movements to ideas, by a professor at the London Scho...