Show Hide image Culture 24 November 2010 Books of the year 2010 The New Statesman's contributors and friends choose their favourite reads of the year. Sign-up Click on the corresponding links below to view our contributors' nominations: Books of the year 2010 | Andrew Adonis Books of the year 2010 | Bryan Appleyard Books of the year 2010 | Melissa Benn Books of the year 2010 | Fatima Bhutto Books of the year 2010 | Vernon Bogdanor Books of the year 2010 | Alain de Botton Books of the year 2010 | John Burnside Books of the year 2010 | Lesley Chamberlain Books of the year 2010 | Sarah Churchwell Books of the year 2010 | Alex Clark Books of the year 2010 | Jonathan Coe Books of the year 2010 | Rachel Cooke Books of the year 2010 | John Cornwell Books of the year 2010 | Jason Cowley Books of the year 2010 | Amanda Craig Books of the year 2010 | Jon Cruddas Books of the year 2010 | Jonathan Derbyshire Books of the year 2010 | Emma Donoghue Books of the year 2010 | Margaret Drabble Books of the year 2010 | Richard Evans Books of the year 2010 | David Flusfeder Books of the year 2010 | Amanda Foreman Books of the year 2010 | John Gray Books of the year 2010 | A C Grayling Books of the year 2010 | Peter Hain Books of the year 2010 | Roy Hattersley Books of the year 2010 | David Herman Books of the year 2010 | Anthony Howard Books of the year 2010 | Andrew Hussey Books of the year 2010 | Bianca Jagger Books of the year 2010 | Hari Kunzru Books of the year 2010 | Olivia Laing Books of the year 2010 | John Lanchester Books of the year 2010 | Norman Lebrecht Books of the year 2010 | Toby Litt Books of the year 2010 | Ken Livingstone Books of the year 2010 | Colin MacCabe Books of the year 2010 | David Marquand Books of the year 2010 | Paul Mason Books of the year 2010 | Tom McCarthy Books of the year 2010 | Anne McElvoy Books of the year 2010 | Ed Miliband Books of the year 2010 | Paul Muldoon Books of the year 2010 | Chris Mullin Books of the year 2010 | Julie Myerson Books of the year 2010 | John Pilger Books of the year 2010 | Jonathan Powell Books of the year 2010 | James Purnell Books of the year 2010 | Craig Raine Books of the year 2010 | Steve Richards Books of the year 2010 | Andrew Roberts Books of the year 2010 | Geoffrey Robertson Books of the year 2010 | Leo Robson Books of the year 2010 | Michael Rosen Books of the year 2010 | Dominic Sandbrook Books of the year 2010 | Sarah Sands Books of the year 2010 | Michael Sayeau Books of the year 2010 | Will Self Books of the year 2010 | Robert Skidelsky Books of the year 2010 | Jon Snow Books of the year 2010 | Daniel Swift Books of the year 2010 | D J Taylor Books of the year 2010 | Adam Thirwell Books of the year 2010 | Geoffrey Wheatcroft Books of the year 2010 | Peter Wilby Books of the year 2010 | A N Wilson Books of the year 2010 | Peregrine Worsthorne SUBSCRIBE More