My reads of 2017

As Christmas approaches (who am I kidding, in publishing Christmas pretty much begins in July!) I’ve been thinking about all the books I’ve read over the year, and what my favourites are – the ones I’d recommend to everybody, the ones I’ll be wrapping up and putting under the tree. With my job as a commissioning editor, I have to read an awful lot, so it is understandably harder to find the time to really read for pleasure. I love the books I edit and publish, but I’m no longer objective abou...