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The Independent Best Books of 2014

Here is a list of the Independent's (UK) best books of the year 2014. How many of these have you read?
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After Me Comes the Flood (Sarah Perry)
After Me Comes the Flood
1
Sarah Perry
All Our Names (Dinaw Mengestu)
All Our Names
2
Dinaw Mengestu
The American Lover (Rose Tremain)
The American Lover
3
Rose Tremain
Anger Is an Energy (John Lydon)
Anger Is an Energy
4
John Lydon
The Architect's Apprentice (Elif Shafak)
The Architect's Apprentice
5
Elif Shafak
Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle (Andreas Wagner)
Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle
6
Andreas Wagner
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher (Hilary Mantel)
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
7
Hilary Mantel
The Axeman's Jazz (Ray Cestelin)
The Axeman's Jazz
8
Ray Cestelin
Bark (Lorrie Moore)
Bark
9
Lorrie Moore
The Beatles Lyrics (Hunter Davies)
The Beatles Lyrics
10
Hunter Davies
The Bees (Laline Paull)
The Bees
11
Laline Paull
Behind the Mask (Matthew Dennison)
Behind the Mask
12
Matthew Dennison
The Blazing World (Siri Hustvedt)
The Blazing World
13
Siri Hustvedt
Bonita Avenue (Peter Buwalda)
Bonita Avenue
14
Peter Buwalda
The Book of Strange New Things (Michel Faber)
The Book of Strange New Things
15
Michel Faber
Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life (Peter Ackroyd)
Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life
16
Peter Ackroyd
Chase Your Shadow: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius (John Carlin)
Chase Your Shadow: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius
17
John Carlin
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History (Boris Johnson)
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
18
Boris Johnson
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys (Viv Albertine)
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys
19
Viv Albertine
The Dead Lake (Hamid Ismailov)
The Dead Lake
20
Hamid Ismailov
The Devil in the Marshalsea (Hodgson Antonia)
The Devil in the Marshalsea
21
Hodgson Antonia
Different Every Time (Marcus O'Dair)
Different Every Time
22
Marcus O'Dair
Do No Harm (Henry Marsh)
Do No Harm
23
Henry Marsh
Dorothy Wordsworth's Christmas Birthday (Carol Ann Duffy)
Dorothy Wordsworth's Christmas Birthday
24
Carol Ann Duffy
The Dylanologists: Adventures in the Land of Bob (David Kinney)
The Dylanologists: Adventures in the Land of Bob
25
David Kinney
Eat My Heart Out (Zoe Pilger)
Eat My Heart Out
26
Zoe Pilger
Echo's Bones (Samuel Beckett)
Echo's Bones
27
Samuel Beckett
Elizabeth Is Missing (Emma Healey)
Elizabeth Is Missing
28
Emma Healey
The Emerald Light in the Air (Donald Antrim)
The Emerald Light in the Air
29
Donald Antrim
The End of Days (Jenny Erpenbeck)
The End of Days
30
Jenny Erpenbeck
England and Other Stories (Graham Swift)
England and Other Stories
31
Graham Swift
Everyday Sexism (Laura Bates)
Everyday Sexism
32
Laura Bates
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
33
Celeste Ng
The Fateful Year (Mark Bostridge)
The Fateful Year
34
Mark Bostridge
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War (Mark Harris)
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
35
Mark Harris
Fives and Twenty-Five (Michael Pitre)
Fives and Twenty-Five
36
Michael Pitre
Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport (David Goldblatt)
Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport
37
David Goldblatt
The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football (David Goldblatt)
The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football
38
David Goldblatt
Germany: Memories of a Nation (Neil MacGregor)
Germany: Memories of a Nation
39
Neil MacGregor
Gin, Glorious Gin (Olivia Williams)
Gin, Glorious Gin
40
Olivia Williams
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