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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Unsettled Ground
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What if the life you have always known is taken from you in an instant? What would you do to get it...
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Small Pleasures
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1957, the suburbs of South East London. Jean Swinney is a journalist on a local paper, trapped in a...
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
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In Baxter's Beach, Barbados, Lala's grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister, a...
Transcendent Kingdom
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Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine...
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The line-up for this year’s Costas, which set out to reward the year’s “most enjoyable” books, is female-heavy, with 14 women on the 20-strong list.
The Explorers
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From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by...
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The Island at the End of Everything
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Amihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants - including her mother - have leprosy....
Wed Wabbit
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You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have...
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Moonrise
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'They think I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear? Coz people are gonna be telling you all...
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Useful Verses
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Richard Osmond's debut collection Useful Verses follows in the tradition of the best nature writing,...
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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,...
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