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Agents of chaos: Peter Pomerantsev’s ‘This Is Not Propaganda’
The Russian expat journalist wonders if democracy can survive the internet, as social media is used to promote feelings over facts
Damascene subversion: Christos Tsiolkas’s ‘Damascus’
The literary storyteller’s latest novel wrestles with the mythology of Christianity’s founder, Paul the Apostle
Radical ambiguity: Jia Tolentino, Rachel Cusk and Leslie Jamison
The essay collections ‘Trick Mirror’, ‘Coventry’ and ‘Make It Scream, Make It Burn’ offer doubt and paradoxical thinking in the face of algorithmic perfectionism
‘Penny Wong: Passion and Principle’
Margaret Simons’ biography of one of the country’s most admired politicians
Our largest sexual organ: Amee Baird’s ‘Sex in the Brain’
We know surprisingly little about how our brains orchestrate our sex lives
Robot love: Ian McEwan’s ‘Machines Like Me’ and Jeanette Winterson’s ‘Frankissstein’
Literary authors tackle sentience and rationality in AI, with horrific results
The chthonic realms explored in Robert Macfarlane’s ‘Underland’
Cave systems, mines, urban sewers, mycelial networks, moulins and more
The desperate, secretive drama: ‘Choice Words’ edited by Louise Swinn
Personal stories consider questions of choice, legality and stigma surrounding abortion
Missing witnesses: Valeria Luiselli’s ‘Lost Children Archive’
The Mexican ‘documentary fiction’ writer delivers a polyphonic road trip
Rats, heroes and Kevin Rudd’s ‘The PM Years’
This memoir answers some questions about his deposal and return but raises others