"Guardian fiction editor Justine Jordan picks the best of the year, from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Dream Count to Thomas Pynchon's return, David Szalay's Booker winner and a remarkable collection of short stories. Read all fiction From left: Arundhati Roy, Margaret Atwood, Tim Curry, Lionel Richie, Jacinda Ardern, Jung Chang, Helen Garner and Anthony Hopkins. Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Burke open up about acting, a brave memoir by Arundhati Roy and Helen Dunmore's prize-winning diaries are among the highlights chosen by Fiona Sturges."
"Crime and thrillers Laura Wilson spotlights a new case for Mick Herron's Slow Horses, The Good Liar by Denise Mina and a clever, creepy Japanese detective mystery from YouTuber Uketsu. Read all crime and thrillers History and politics Radical extremists hijack the 1970s in Jason Burke's The Revolutionists, modern Russian history seen through the eyes of women in Motherland, plus how the Tories fell apart and Keir Starmer won the best history and politics books of the year, chosen by Pratinav Anil."
Fiction highlights include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Dream Count, a return from Thomas Pynchon, David Szalay's Booker winner and a remarkable short-story collection. Memoir and biography feature Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Burke on acting, a brave memoir by Arundhati Roy and Helen Dunmore's prize-winning diaries. Crime and thrillers present a new Mick Herron Slow Horses case, Denise Mina's The Good Liar and a creepy Japanese detective mystery from YouTuber Uketsu. History and politics include Jason Burke's The Revolutionists, Motherland's accounts of modern Russia, and narratives about the Tory collapse and Keir Starmer's rise. Poetry, children's, science and translated fiction offer additional standout titles, from Seamus Heaney and Simon Armitage to Han Kang and Daniel Kehlmann.
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