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In 2020 I set myself the goal of reading 52 books and ended up reaching it by New Year’s Eve of that year. This year, expecting to be very busy…

Julian Barnes’s Talking It Over. I love a polyphonic novel. Try as I might to write a book from a single point of view, I always end up showing events from multiple characters’ perspectives. Plus I always quote the Russian motto he includes at the beginning: “He lies like an eye-witness.” The last book that made me cry Everything makes me cry. I’m a massive weeper. I reread The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper recently, and cried when the rabbits were afraid of Will, right at the start. The last book that made me laugh Calvin and Hobbes, always.

Michel Faber’s ‘D’ is a quirky adventure for readers young and old Ron Charles © Hanover Square In this year of unspeakable loss, it feels uncouth to recommend the story of a loss that is literally unspeakable. But hear me out, because Michel Faber’s new novel is a strange delight — particularly if you have a child around to share it with. There has always been an element of innocence in Faber’s work, though it has often felt overwhelmed by horror and suffering. Now, though, he has made good on his vow to give up writing for adults and published “D (A Tale...