Guardian 100 Best Books 21st Century

Seamus Heaney / Human Chain

Seamus Heaney's collection elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, then and now, inside an intently remembered present - the stepping stones of the day, the...

Sebastian Barry / Days Without End

 Winner of the 2016 Costa Book of the YearWinner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2017Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize...

Sebastian Barry / Days Without End (Large Paperback)

   WINNER OF 2016 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR'A violent, superbly lyrical western offering a sweeping vision of America in the making [and] the most fascinating line-by-line first person...

Stieg Larsson / The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

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Yuval Noah Harari / Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind

 The global phenomenon. The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller. The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among...

Zoe Heller / Notes on a Scandal

  Schoolteacher Barbara Covett leads a solitary existence. When Sheba Hart joins St. George’s as the new art teacher, Barbara senses the possibility of a new friendship. But as Barbara...