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From mean girls to psychedelics: 10 new books to read now

The Sydney Morning Herald Thuy On, Fiona Capp

18 Sept 2026 11:11 AEST Summary

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Our critics tackle new reads spanning bad behaviour, big ideas and lives.

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Niral Score 28.1 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment +0.6 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	28.1

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