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1. 1000 Coils of Fear

   Tom Smith reads Olivia Wenzel’s novel, which was longlisted for 2020's German Book Prize.
2. The Heir of Redclyffe

   Clare Walker-Gore revisits Charlotte M Yonge's best-selling novel from 1853.
3. Tales from the Garbage Hills

   Sarah Jilani reads Latife Tekin’s magical realist novel about 1960s Istanbul shanty towns.
4. Iola Leroy

   Xine Yao reads the first novel by African American writer Frances EW Harper (1825-1911).
5. The Paradise Crater

   Sarah Dillon tells us about the nuclear short story by atomic energy adviser Philip Wylie.