



Lyra and Will are two of the best heroes of any book I know, and Malcolm was beautifully drawn, I thought. Don’t at all recognise the cardboard characters accusation: Pullman’s a master of character. I absolutely devoured La Belle Sauvage in about 3 hrs flat and bloody loved every word. Chris Difford, Carrie Brownstein, but I was not blown away by any of them). To read from 2017 – too many to list, but include ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ (Arundhati Roy) ‘Elmet’ (Fiona Mozley) and music biogs such as Lou Reed and Joni, Barney Hoskyns’ book, Peter Hook). ‘I am, I am, I am: Seventeen Brushes With Death’: Maggie O’Farrell ‘Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’: Gail Honeyman ‘The Sparsholt Affair’ : Alan Hollingsworth I’m sure they’re not the ‘best’ books, but they are the ones I most enjoyed. My top two are absolutely top the others are in any old order (I don’t think it’s been a great year for books). Please list yours, released this year- I am always looking for new books. I might even do an AW poll unless there is tumbleweed. They’re fiction and nonfiction, and all released in 2017.
