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India’s Founding Moment, by Madhav Khosla

A scholarly defence of the country’s constitution in the history of liberalism

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How to heal our planet

Four new books on climate change offer answers to one of the 21st century’s most pressing dilemmas

Apeirogon — a story of reconciliation

Colum McCann’s remarkable novel is based on a real-life Israeli-Palestinian friendship

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Uncharted: How to Map the Future Together — a plea for fresh thinking

Margaret Heffernan’s secular sermon calls on us to respond differently to predictions about the future

American Dirt and the risks of writing other people’s stories

Authors have a right to operate outside their own experience — but not to escape criticism

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Difficult Women by Helen Lewis — the fight for feminism

Being nice gets you nowhere: a fascinating account of some milestones in the battle for equality

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Dresden: The Fire and the Darkness — strategy or atrocity?

Sinclair McKay brings personal stories to the debate over the contentious air raid

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Along the Amber Route — a trail of adventure and conquest

Europe’s answer to the Silk Road is evoked in this journey tracing the trade in amber

Five of the best romantic novels for young adults

Genre-subverting themes include a revamp of Tolstoy and the trials of a teenage feminist

Right After the Weather — liberal angst in Trump’s America

Carol Anshaw pits wokeness against self-interest in a novel rich in bathos

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Unspeakable, by John Bercow

An instant history of the Brexit saga

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