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Must Reads: the 20 best books of 2019 so far

Margaret Atwood brings unexpected humour to her Handmaid’s Tale sequel, The Testaments
Margaret Atwood brings unexpected humour to her Handmaid’s Tale sequel, The TestamentsFACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
The Sunday Times, 

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The Lives of Lucian Freud by William Feaver (Bloomsbury £35 hbk): a sparkling biography of the artist’s wild early life that’s been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize

Crusaders by Dan Jones (Head of Zeus £25 hbk): Jones has a brilliant eye for telling anecdotes in this immensely energetic history of the crusades

On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming (Chatto £16.99 hbk): an investigation into a family secret. Our reviewer called it “a masterpiece”

The Making of Poetry by Adam Nicolson (Wm Collins £25 hbk): sublime study of Wordsworth and Coleridge in the key year of 1797-98; “a book of wonders”, said our reviewer

Lost Dog by Kate Spicer (Ebury £16.99 hbk): a chaotic life is redeemed by a rescue dog; then it disappears.…

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