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Best books of 2017: indie publishers on their favourite books of the year

India’s answer to Lear, a teen tale set amid the London riots and the first great book on grime. Experts pick 2017’s smartest, oddest and most overlooked reads

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Favourite reads of 2017 - as chosen by scientists

Guardian’s science bloggers choose the books from inside and outside science that delighted them most this year

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Best books of 2017: the hits and misses of the publishers’ year

The Man Booker winner, the diary of a junior doctor and the secret lives of cows ... Which books made their publishers proud – and which ones made them envious?

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Tim Adams’s best biographies of 2017

From rock’n’roll to Anthony Powell via a crop of memoirs, there’s something for everyone in the year’s life studies

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Robin McKie’s best science books of 2017

Why good health requires good sleep, the role our senses play in what we choose to consume, and some mind-boggling maths about the air that we breathe

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Anthony Sattin’s best history books of 2017

How the Victorians acquainted us with our bodies, landmark studies of Stalin and the holocaust, and traitors laid bare

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Carol Rumens’s best poetry books of 2017

The year was marked by a wealth of new black and ethnic minority voices and a rich haul of debuts

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The best books on sport of 2017

We pick a celebration of Britain’s female hockey players, an exposé of youth football and a study of Muhammad Ali

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The best children’s books of 2017

Whatever their age, kids will be engaged and inspired by this year’s diverse offerings

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The best stocking-filler books of 2017

We pore over tomes for the coffee table, plus almanacs, anthologies and rappers’ offerings on food and hip-hop

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The best books on drink of 2017

Henry Jeffreys discovers the controversy surrounding champagne and the magic of brewing beer

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The best books on food of 2017

Tasty spices from India, long-forgotten recipes from France – and Turkish delight from Narnia. Bee Wilson takes comfort in cookbooks

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The best music books of 2017

Richard Williams tunes in to Peggy Seeger’s folk revival, David Bowie’s meeting with Lou Reed, and the poetry of Bob Dylan

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The best science fiction and fantasy of 2017

Adam Roberts finds floods in Manhattan, magic in Paris and a shortage of electricity across the world

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