With hotly tipped new work from major names including Arundhati Roy and Paul Auster, 2017 has been a strong year for novels:
Heather, the Totality
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The Breakstone family arrange themselves around their daughter Heather, and the world seems to...
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The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth
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A handsome, philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only stolen...
The White Book
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From the winner of the Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian Both the most...
Gnomon: A Novel
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Near-future Britain is not just a nation under surveillance but one built on it: a radical...
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From existential poems to dark humour, here are The Guardian's top picks this year:
The Noise of a Fly
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The Noise of a Fly is the first collection from Douglas Dunn in sixteen years, and the first since...
Poetry
Skin: Poems
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Hollie McNish has thrilled and entranced audiences the length and breadth of the UK with her...
Poetry
Angel Hill
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A remote townland in County Mayo, Carrigskeewaun has been for nearly fifty years Michael Longley’s...
Poetry
Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda Poems
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This stunning collection gathers together previously unknown poems found by archivists in boxes kept...
Poetry
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Below are the nominees for this year’s National Book Award, in four categories — Fiction, Nonfiction, Young People’s Literature and Poetry:
Afterland: Poems
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Afterland is a powerful, essential collection of poetry that recounts with devastating detail the...
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Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems
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Award-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent...
Poetry
Square Inch Hours
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A vividly rendered collection tracing the aftermath of a breakdown and the struggle to reconnect...
Poetry
In the Language of My Captor
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Acclaimed poet Shane McCrae's latest collection is a book about freedom told through stories of...
Whereas: Poems
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WHEREAS confronts the coercive language of the United States government in its responses, treaties,...
Poetry social issues
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This year’s Baileys Women's Prize six shortlisted books includes one previous winner of the Prize and one debut novelist. The Power by Naomi Alderman was chosen as the winner.
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
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WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017...
First Love
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Neve is a writer in her mid-30s married to an older man, Edwyn. For now they are in a place of...
The Sport of Kings
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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction...
The Dark Circle
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Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 'Extraordinarily affecting' Alex Preston,...
