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The National Book Awards (US): the best-written work on the fiction shortlist
Plus the best-written previous winner
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Nonfiction of the year: the best-written book on the Baillie Gifford Prize shortlist
Plus this century's best-written winner of the prize
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The Booker Prize 2024: the best-written books on the shortlist
Plus the best-written previous winner of the century
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The Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction: the best-written work on this year's shortlist
And the best-written previous winner
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The best-written science book of the century
Read the opening pages of our pick below
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The best-written imaginative novel of the year
Read the opening pages of our pick from the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize shortlist ^ Plus our first pick from the recent releases in nonfiction
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The most beautifully scuffed prose of the decade. Maybe.
Read the opening pages of the Miles Franklin award-winner below ^ Plus Parts 32 and 33 of The Demon Inside David Lynch
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The best-written thriller of the year
Read the opening pages of our pick below ^ Plus Part 25 of The Demon Inside David Lynch
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Sean McNulty
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The best-written horror novel of the year
Read the opening pages from our pick below ^ Plus Part 19 of The Demon Inside David Lynch
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The Ondaatje Prize: the best written book on this year's shortlist
And the best-written previous winner ^ And Comic-Turn Green Glove Versus Pantomime-Pinballing-Blob BOB
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The Edgar Award for best crime novel: the best-written book on the shortlist
Read the opening of our pick below ^ Something of an Anti-Climax ^ A Hermit Wanders Down from the Hills
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The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses
The best written book on this year's shortlist; and the best-written of the previous winners
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