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Books of the year 2011

The New Statesman's contributors and friends choose their favourite reads of the year.

By Staff blogger Published 22 November 2011

Click on the corresponding links below to view our contributors' nominations:

Simon Blackburn

Vernon Bogdanor

Alain de Botton

Lesley Chamberlain

Sarah Churchwell

Jonathan Derbyshire

Margaret Drabble

Richard J Evans

Alexandra Harris

Michael Holroyd

Benjamin Kunkel

John Lanchester

Martha Nussbaum

Geoffrey Robertson

Robert Skidelsky

Peregrine Worsthorne

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