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What to read about Indonesia
There’s much more to the country than Bali’s beaches, as these six books demonstrate
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What to read about Pakistan
Six books provide an introduction to a troubled, nuclear-armed country
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What to read to understand El Salvador and the Northern Triangle
Six books about a small region that has a big impact on its neighbours
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The best recent books on science and technology
Our six picks include books about how to live longer and why rising temperatures could kill you
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The best recent biographies and memoirs
Our selection includes biographies of James Bond’s creator, Martin Luther King and George Orwell’s wife
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The best recent books on history
Our choice of nine books includes volumes on sportswomen, Roman emperors and revolutionaries
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The best recent books on business and economics
Nine books on why big projects often fail, a media mogul, a great gold con and more
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The best recent books on culture and ideas
Our eight picks include a book on the relationship between bears and people and a binge-worthy one about television
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The best recent works of fiction
Our seven choices include Zadie Smith’s first historical novel and the Booker-prize winner, about an imagined, dystopian Ireland
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The best recent books on politics and current affairs
Our selection includes books that cover the degradation of the American evangelical movement and the Philippines’ murderous war on drugs
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Old books that are newly relevant
Our journalists pick five books that foreshadow the big stories of the present