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The Guardian's Best Books of 2017 - Writers Pick Their Favorites (Part One) - Page 2

"Funny, outrageous, touching, intimate, gorgeous' … writers from George Saunders to Ali Smith pick their favourite reads of the past year"
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
41
Muriel Spark
Too Much and Not the Mood (Durga Chew-Bose)
Too Much and Not the Mood
42
Durga Chew-Bose
The White Book (Han Kang)
The White Book
43
Han Kang
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé (Morgan Parker)
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
44
Morgan Parker
The Things I Would Tell You (Sabrina Mahfouz (Ed.))
The Things I Would Tell You
45
Sabrina Mahfouz (Ed.)
Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling (Philip Pullman)
Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling
46
Philip Pullman
Women & Power (Mary Beard)
Women & Power
47
Mary Beard
Sex and Secularism (Joan Wallach Scott)
Sex and Secularism
48
Joan Wallach Scott
Sour Heart: Stories (Jenny Zhang)
Sour Heart: Stories
49
Jenny Zhang
Swimmer Among the Stars: Stories (Kanishk Tharoor)
Swimmer Among the Stars: Stories
50
Kanishk Tharoor
New People (Danzy Senna)
New People
51
Danzy Senna
The Intrusions (Stav Sherez)
The Intrusions
52
Stav Sherez
The Dry (Jane Harper)
The Dry
53
Jane Harper
The Locals (Jonathan Dee)
The Locals
54
Jonathan Dee
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right (Angela Nagle)
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right
55
Angela Nagle
How to Behave in a Crowd (Camille Bordas)
How to Behave in a Crowd
56
Camille Bordas
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel (Anuk Arudpragasam)
The Story of a Brief Marriage: A Novel
57
Anuk Arudpragasam
The Unwomanly Face of War (Svetlana Alexievich)
The Unwomanly Face of War
58
Svetlana Alexievich
East West Street (Philippe Sands)
East West Street
59
Philippe Sands
Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
Home Fire
60
Kamila Shamsie
Tell Me How It Ends (Valeria Luiselli)
Tell Me How It Ends
61
Valeria Luiselli
Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society (Cordelia Fine)
Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
62
Cordelia Fine
Still Life With Feeding Snake (John Burnside)
Still Life With Feeding Snake
63
John Burnside
The Lost Words (Robert MacFarlane)
The Lost Words
64
Robert MacFarlane
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