The votes for the 2017 Not the Booker prize have been counted and The Guardian have six books are going through to the shortlist stage of the competition.
Anything is Possible
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An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss from the No. 1 New York...
Man with a Seagull on His Head
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Under the intense summer sun on the Essex coast a gull falls from the sky and strikes an unassuming...
The Threat Level Remains Severe
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A new colleague and a mysterious admirer make life infinitely more interesting for House of Commons...
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The Ludlow Ladies’ Society
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Connie Carter has lost everybody and everything dear to her. To help nurse her grieving heart and to...
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Dark Chapter
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'Deftly written, pacey and unflinching, I could not put it down. Winnie Li is a rare talent with an...
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The best books of the past year are about China, language, microbes, hereditary power, inequality and medieval manuscripts.
The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars
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'A biographical orrery - intricate, complex and fascinating' The Observer 'A peerless intellectual...
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR...
Patient HM: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
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In 1953, a twenty-seven-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison—who suffered from severe...
Science medicine biography
The Gene: An Intimate History
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Selected as a Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Economist, Independent, Observer and Mail...
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
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This was selected as a New York Times Non-Fiction Book of the Year. It is also New York Times...