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RCW Titles are the Guardian's Best Books of 2017

We are delighted to see so many of our authors featured on the Guardian's list of the Best Books of 2017.

Nicola Barker, Philip Hensher, Pankaj Mishra and Ian Rankin all chose their best books of the year for 'Part One' of the feature. in 'Part Two', selections were made by Sebastian Barry, David Kynaston, Mariella Frostrup, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Joe Dunthorne and Marina Warner.

Many of our titles were selected by others:

Swing Time by Zadie Smith - Jennifer Egan

After Kathy Acker by Chris Kraus - Anne Enright

Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty - Anne Enright

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry - Val McDermid, David Nicholls, Jackie Kay, Lucy Hughes-Hallet, Kirsty Wark, Chigozie Obioma and Ali Smith

The Long Drop by Denise Mina - Val McDermid and Pankaj Mishra

The White Book by Han Kang - Jon McGregor

East West Street by Philippe Sands - Ali Smith

Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli - Ali Smith

Joining the Dots by Juliet Gardiner - David Kynaston

First Love by Gwendoline Riley - Paul Murray and Rupert Thomson

State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee - Paul Murray

Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss - Katie Roiphe

For more information, please see here.

(Agent for Zadie Smith, Philippe Sands, Juliet Gardiner, David Kynaston, Joe Dunthorne and Philip Hensher: Georgia Garrett; Agent for Chris Kraus, Han Kang and Valeria Luiselli: Laurence Laluyaux; Agent for Bernard MacLaverty: Gill Coleridge; Agent for Sebastian Barry and Mariella Frostrup: Natasha Fairweather; Agent for Denise Mina: Sam Copeland; Agent for Gwendoline Riley, Nicole Krauss and Frank Cottrell-Boyce: Zoe Waldie; Agent for Neel Mukherjee and Pankaj Mishra: Peter Straus; Agent for Nicola Barker: Matthew Marland; Agent for Marina Warner: Cara Jones)

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