Financial Times Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Those who enjoy literary non-fiction books should check out Carl Wilkinson's selection of the top new titles of 2022 – including @KeironPim's Endless Flight, @irenevalmore's Papyrus and @andrea_wulf's Magnificent Rebels #booksof2022 📚 https://t.co/S51ywrJcrC

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Yevgenia Belorusets’ Lucky Breaks is a collection of eccentric stories on sideline encounters with Ukrainian women — manicurists, florists, cosmetologists, card players — whose lives have been caught up in the Donbas conflict https://t.co/OlmNoVaWmL

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Do Paul Newman’s privately shared outpourings constitute a memoir? And would fellow actor Alan Rickman truly have wanted 26 books of personal diaries pruned to present him as an inveterate name-dropper? Our critic ponders these questions, and more: https://t.co/brXpEJwKjf

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In The Philosophy of Modern Song, 'a handsome-looking, weightily titled compendium' Bob Dylan turns his attention to other artists’ songs. Tap here to read FT music critic @LudoHunter's review: https://t.co/jqEsqObx2P

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A huge percentage of our kids are not being raised by their parents because their parents are incarcerated or addicted or dead.' Over an Appalachian picnic, author Barbara Kingsolver discusses new book Demon Copperhead, and the fallout of drug addiction

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The problems we face “demand the original thinking that begins with asking essential questions”... Goldenberg’s message on 'radical creativity' is set out clearly, making the book an accessible, thought-provoking guide to rethinking personal and professional ways of being.

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Those who enjoy literary non-fiction books should check out Carl Wilkinson's selection of the top new titles of 2022 – including @KeironPim's Endless Flight, @irenevalmore's Papyrus and @andrea_wulf's Magnificent Rebels #booksof2022 📚 https://t.co/S51ywrJcrC

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Monica Ali's new novel Love Marriage is filled with people who are not just likeable, but loveable https://t.co/apBmezuP1Y

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'The New Wilderness' by Diane Cook, 'This Mournable Body' by @efie41209591, 'Burnt Sugar' by @avnidoshi, 'The Shadow King' by @MaazaMengiste, 'Shuggie Bain' by @Doug_D_Stuart and 'Real Life' by @blgtylr are shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize ... https://on.ft.com/32CnrHr

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In Growth: A Reckoning, Daniel Susskind, turns his attention to the question of how to resolve the tension between the quest for growth at all costs — creating inequality and environmental damage — and the need to preserve what we value.