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From Downing Street to the dark side of the Moon: your weekly reading picks. [View email online]( [Waterstones Weekly]( [FICTION]( | [NON-FICTION]( | [CHILDREN'S]( | [SIGNED]( | [SHOPS]( Dear Reader, Revealed on Thursday 9 November, the seven-strong shortlist for the [Waterstones Book of the Year 2017]( has opened the floodgates of speculation, not least amongst our booksellers, ever-eager to back their own reading thoroughbred. You can [investigate the contenders here](. And television shines a welcome spotlight on two outstanding reads: [Sathnam Sanghera]( wry and often moving 2008 memoir [The Boy with the Topknot]( screened on BBC2 on 13 November, and the BBC on form once again with their timely take on [E.M. Forster]( [Howards End](. Both books are documents of their time, and both still have much to say today. [The Waterstones Book of the Year 2017 Shortlist]( New and Reviewed [Artemis]( Andy Weir After the success of his nail-biting space thriller [The Martian]( [Andy Weir]( returns with [Artemis]( taking readers on a white-knuckle ride to the dark side of the moon. Set in the dangerous, near-future streets of the eponymous lunar city Artemis, its surface glamour as a tourist playground hides a teeming criminal underworld. “Weir has done it again,” declares [Ready Player One]( [Ernest Cline](. “He’s created a diverse and fantastic new world, filled with eclectic and memorable characters, and woven them into a dazzling work of contemporary science fiction – one that’s chock-full of actual science.” [Find out more]( [The Last Hours]( [Little Fires Everywhere]( [Sing, Unburied, Sing]( Last Hours]( Minette Walters Walters']( first novel in a decade is a historical epic to rival [The Pillars of the Earth]( depicting a community living through the Black Death. The Observer praises a novel of “power plays and mass graves” that feels refreshingly new. Fires Everywhere]( Celeste Ng Already snapped up by Reese Witherspoon’s production company, this novel of American suburbia’s dark undercurrents is as wryly funny as it is bitingly perceptive. “A beautifully observed novel,” notes the Times, where “life is more combustible than it seems.” Unburied, Sing]( Jesmyn Ward reviewers have already fallen hard for this novel of legacy, violence, love and the shattered dream of the New World. “This wrenching new novel by Jesmyn Ward digs deep into the not-buried heart of the American nightmare,” writes [Margaret Atwood](. “A must.” [Buy the book]( [Buy the book]( [Buy the book]( [My Life, Our Times]( Life, Our Times]( Gordon Brown “It is a compelling story, well told,” reported the Sunday Times’ Daniel Johnson on [My Life, Our Times]( Gordon’s Brown’s much-heralded account of an extraordinary political career. Brown’s perspective from the eye of the storm is hugely compelling, a politician of ferocious intelligence who flourished as chancellor but gradually found himself subsumed by event as prime minister. Often still bristling with past injustices (the media, most pointedly), what emerges is a portrait of extreme ability often fleeced by compromise. Essential reading. [Find out more]( [WTF]( [The One Show Book of True Tales]( [Did Anyone Else See That Coming...?]( Robert Peston Combining experience and research with personal insight, [Robert Peston]( diagnoses the UK’s political health and considers its future prognosis. The London Evening Standard's Rosamund Urwin hails “a more radical, more passionate book than I would have expected from Peston - and the better for it.” One Show Book of True Tales]( The One Show Described by the Telegraph as “arguably the most important show on television”, The One Show is for many a daily staple. This official companion gathers some of the show’s most surprising, moving and hilarious everyday tales. A story-map of the nation. Anyone Else See That Coming...?]( Iain Hollingshead As key to Christmas as the rolling in of the Coca-Cola truck is the arrival of the Telegraph’s annual round-up of unpublished letters providing a unique take on the year’s events. Peerlessly edited by [Iain Hollingshead]( 2017’s chaos proves deliciously ripe grist for the mill. [Buy the book]( [Buy the book]( [Buy the book]( [Meet Paddington]( Signed and Special Editions [The Remains of the Day]( [The Power]( [The Name of the Wind - 10th Anniversary Edition ]( Remains of the Day]( Kazuo Ishiguro A worthy celebration of 2017’s Nobel Prize-winner, this beautiful new edition of [Kazuo Ishiguro]( best-loved novel is a masterpiece of crippling reserve and lost love. “It does that most wonderful thing,” commends the Guardian, “it makes you feel you hold a human life in your hands.” Power]( Naomi Alderman Alderman]( [Baileys Women's Prize]( novel of upended gender politics appears ever-more resonant in the current climate. A novel as enjoyable as it is piercingly apt which, as the Times says, “deserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man).” Name of the Wind: 10th Anniversary Edition]( Patrick Rothfuss the tenth anniversary of [Patrick Rothfuss]( award-winning fantasy classic, this new special edition not only features brand new artwork from artist Dan Dos Santos, but also a note from the author, an updated world map and more than 50 pages of extra content. [Buy the book]( [Buy the book]( [Buy the book]( Bookseller Favourites [The Rules of Magic]( [The Grotlyn]( [Here We Are]( Rules of Magic]( Alice Hoffman “In this incredible story of love, loss and of course magic, you will be put on a rollercoaster ride of emotions… a simply stunning read!” – [Gemma at Elgin]( Grotlyn]( Benji Davies “Stunning illustrations tell the story on their own but the brilliant rhyming text make it a book that will be returned to over and over again. So wonderful.” – [Libby at Truro]( We Are]( Oliver Jeffers “Here is a WHOLE WORLD sandwiched in a finger-pinch of pages… what a gift this is to his own baby boy, and what a kindness it is to share it with us all.” – [Leilah at Doncaster]( [Buy the book]( [Buy the book]( [Buy the book]( [Waterstones Blog]( [The Secret Lives of Owls Blog]( Am I? John Lewis-Stempel Uncovers The Secret Life of the Owl]( [read more]( [Sarah Millican Blog]( [Sarah Millican's Champion Reads]( [read more]( Events and Competitions [Hortense and the Shadow Competition]( [Father Christmas & Me Competition]( [New & Coming Soon]( [Bestsellers]( [Signed & Special Editions]( [Competitions]( [Events]( [Shop Finder]( [Follow Us] [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [View email online](. Sadly replies to this particular email will not be read or generate any responses, but we always welcome feedback and any queries or thoughts are best addressed to our customer support booksellers using our [online form](. 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