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10 epic books to expand your horizons (that you now have time to read)

Admit it: you’ve been too intimidated by the size of War and Peace to pick it up during lockdown, but there’s no better time to dust off all those big classics you’ve been meaning to read to expand your repertoire. From Homer to Murakami, these 10 critically-acclaimed books are guaranteed to give you a sense of achievement to rival any Netflix binge.

Flatlay photograph of a white sheet background with a hot drink on a plate on left, books: The Famished Road, Middlemarch, Wizard of the Crow, Stalingrad.

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