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"It's the book the world needs right now." The 11 books we couldn't put down this month.

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Luke Bateman just landed in the I'm A Celebrity jungle. He's famous for 3 very different reasons.

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'I banned myself from buying clothes for one year. What happened next shocked me.'

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All Her Fault depicts every parent's worst nightmare. This is the experience that inspired it.

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The author of The Housemaid lives a secret double life. Only a handful of people know the truth.

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Grace was walking to the train when a man fell from above. Her life would never be the same.

Grace Spence Green

'I was packed for holiday when the doctor wanted to "check something". Her instinct saved my life.'

Nicole Trimboli

The day 'that nice Eat, Pray, Love lady' plotted to kill her lover.

Holly Wainwright

'I threw a man into a volcano. Here's why it felt so good.'

The Hunting Wives ended on a wild cliffhanger. This is why it had to.

This twisty thriller is Big Little Lies set in suburban Australia.

The one demand that Gwyneth Paltrow made as a child that surprised her mother.

Raffaella Ciccarelli

'I’m obsessed with audiobooks, here are 10 of the best I’ve ever heard.'

Sally Hepworth had everything she thought she wanted. Then a podcast asked one simple question.

Colleen Hoover's next movie adaptation is finally here and you're going to need tissues.

The sex story that Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't want you to hear.

Outlander star Caitríona Balfe was just confirmed for the next Jane Austen adaptation.

This woman's unbelievable life story was turned into a movie. Then she was accused of making it up.

'The neighbours suspected I was kidnapping my own mum. The truth was so much worse.'

'I found the only fantasy series that rivals ACOTAR.'

'I thought breast implants would give me confidence. Instead, my body started shutting down.'

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Kellie Finlayson

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