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From funky fashion, pop culture and being age appropriate, here are The Independent's five best fashion books to put on your 2017 reading list.


The Baddiewinkle's Guide to Life

The Baddiewinkle's Guide to Life

Baddie Winkle

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Instagram's hippest grandma shares her thoughts on living and dressing adventurously in this...

Mario Testino: Undressed

Mario Testino: Undressed

Mario Testino

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Mario Testino’s Undressed removes various layers. Coinciding with an exhibition conceived...


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The Curated Closet: Discover Your Personal Style and Build Your Dream Wardrobe

The Curated Closet: Discover Your Personal Style and Build Your Dream Wardrobe

Anuschka Rees

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Get the wardrobe you've always wanted, filled with only those pieces that you love to put on and...

Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style

Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style

Shantrelle P. Lewis

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Suits that pop with loud colors and dazzling patterns, complete with a nearly ubiquitous bowtie,...


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Where Stylists Shop: The Fashion Insider’s Ultimate Guide

Where Stylists Shop: The Fashion Insider’s Ultimate Guide

Booth Moore

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Veteran fashion critic Booth Moore curates a collection of shopping tips from the industry’s top...


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Brexit Britain, racial strife in the US and a crisis of capitalism: today’s political world is turbulent.


How Will Capitalism End?: Essays on a Failing System

How Will Capitalism End?: Essays on a Failing System

Wolfgang Streeck

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In How Will Capitalism End? the acclaimed analyst of contemporary politics and economics Wolfgang...

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

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What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about...

Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment

Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment

Yanis Varoufakis

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What happens when you take on the establishment? In this blistering, personal account, world-famous...

Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics

Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics

Richard Seymour

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With a landslide in the first round, this unassuming antiwar socialist crushed the opposition,...

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This season The Spirits Business explores the distilleries of the Scottish Highlands, as well as guides to perfecting cocktails with Bourbon, and a nerd-friendly cocktail book that’s out of this world


Good Together: Drink & Feast with Mr Lyan & Friends

Good Together: Drink & Feast with Mr Lyan & Friends

Ryan Chetiyawardana

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Good food, good drink, good company - that's the recipe for a good time. Good Together sees Mr Lyan...

Women's Libation!: Cocktails to Celebrate a Woman's Right to Booze

Women's Libation!: Cocktails to Celebrate a Woman's Right to Booze

Merrily Grashin

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he perfect mix of punny humor, feminist verve, and practical instruction, Women's Libation! is a...


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1001 Whiskies You Must Try Before You Die

1001 Whiskies You Must Try Before You Die

Dominic Roskrow

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1001 Whiskies You Must Try Before You Die takes you on a fascinating global whisky tour - from...

The Bourbon Bartender: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the American Spirit

The Bourbon Bartender: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the American Spirit

Jane Danger and Alla Lapushchik

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Bourbon must be made in America and aged for at least two years in charred new American oak barrels...


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Straight Up: Where to Drink & What to Drink on Every Continent

Straight Up: Where to Drink & What to Drink on Every Continent

Neil Ridley and Joel Harrison

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How great would it be to have access to the world's experts to help you choose the coolest and most...

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All four books—written by economists, politicians and political scientists—largely avoid churning out the same old arguments:


Brexit and British Politics

Brexit and British Politics

Geoffrey Evans and Anand Menon

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Brexit has changed everything - from our government, to our economy and principal trading...


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How to Stop Brexit (and Make Britain Great Again)

How to Stop Brexit (and Make Britain Great Again)

Nick Clegg

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Keep calm – but do not carry on. There is nothing remotely inevitable about Brexit – except that...


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Making a Success of Brexit and Reforming the EU

Making a Success of Brexit and Reforming the EU

Roger Bootle

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HOW BREXIT WILL WORK FOR BRITAIN AND EUROPE Making a Success of Brexit and Reforming the EU is...


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Clean Brexit: Why Leaving the EU Still Makes Sense

Clean Brexit: Why Leaving the EU Still Makes Sense

Gerard Lyons and Liam Halligan

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In this optimistic and inclusive guide, Sunday Telegraph columnist Liam Halligan and renowned...


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Here are my go to recommendations. You can learn a lot about a faery by knowing their favorite books.


Super Fun Sexy Time

Super Fun Sexy Time

Meredith McClaren

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Cartoonist Meredith McClaren (Hinges) tells five short, sexy stories featuring superheroes,...


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Kingdom of Exiles (The Beast Charmer, #1)

Kingdom of Exiles (The Beast Charmer, #1)

Maxym M. Martineau

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Fantastic Beasts meets Assassin's Creed in this epic, gripping fantasy romance from debut author...

Pan (Neverland, #1)

Pan (Neverland, #1)

Gina L. Maxwell

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From NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Gina L. Maxwell, comes a brand new series with a fresh...

The Bride Test

The Bride Test

Helen Hoang

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Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when...

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Just a list of some of my favorite "Behind the Scenes" books from my collection. May evolve over time.


Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy: The Making of Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy: The Making of Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street

Thommy Hutson and Wes Craven

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The definitive chronicle of the making of Wes Craven's 1984 classic horror film.

The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy

The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy

Jody Duncan Jesser and Janine Pourroy

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Take a deep dive into the making of Christopher Nolan's critically acclaimed Dark Knight trilogy as...


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Pacific Rim: Man, Machines, and Monsters

Pacific Rim: Man, Machines, and Monsters

David S. Cohen

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A super in depth book that covers everything about Pacific Rim. Character profiles, design choices,...


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A list of Lin-Manuel Miranda's top 23 favorite books to read from Radical Reads! https://radicalreads.com/lin-manuel-miranda-favorite-books/


Fleabag: The Original Play

Fleabag: The Original Play

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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The Fleabag bites back. A rip-roaring account of some sort of female living her sort of life. Phoebe...

Children of Blood and Bone: Book 1

Children of Blood and Bone: Book 1

Tomi Adeyemi

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The most anticipated fantasy of the year, soon to be a major motion picture Zélie Adebola...


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The Book of Merlyn

The Book of Merlyn

T.H. White

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This magical account of King Arthur’s last night on earth, rediscovered in a collection of T. H....

The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)

The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)

T.H. White

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T.H White′s masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend is an abiding classic. Here all five...

The Second Sex

The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir

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'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. First published in Paris in 1949, "The Second Sex" by...

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