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I Hate Men by Pauline Harmange. Released in France earlier this year, this book became the subject of controversy after an adviser to France’s Gender Equality Ministry attempted to have it banned. It asks: What if distrusting men, disliking men – maybe even hating men – is, in fact, a useful response to sexism? Harmange makes a rallying cry for women to find a greater love for each other – and themselves. Out in English in November.

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. From the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell comes an intoxicating, hypnotic novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls lined with thousands of statues, waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he lives to explore the house – until a terrible truth begins to unravel. Out later this month.

Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread by Michiko Kakutani. The Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help to illuminate the world we live in today – with beautiful illustrations throughout that evoke vintage bookplates. Out later this month.