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From the populist revolt to Arundhati Roy’s return, FT writers and guests select their books of the year so far
Rebecca Rose selects her mid-year reads
Angel Gurría-Quintana selects his mid-year reads
FT writers select their summer reads
Martin Wolf selects his mid-year reads
Tony Barber selects his mid-year reads
Andrew Hill selects his mid-year reads
FT writers and guests select their must-read titles
Gideon Rachman selects his mid-year reads
Jackie Wullschlager selects her mid-year reads
Edwin Heathcote selects his mid-year reads
Danny Leigh selects his mid-year reads
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Twenty years after the Hong Kong handover, the politician issues a defence of liberal conservatism
As JK Rowling’s hero turns 20, what does it take to build a cultural empire worth more than $25bn?
Martin Wolf and the team discuss Adair Turner’s 2016 work
A Wall Street veteran offers timely warnings on the fragility of institutions
We asked FT readers which recent titles they would recommend. Here’s a selection of their answers
Maria Crawford selects her mid-year reads
Suzi Feay selects her mid-year reads
Barry Forshaw selects his mid-year reads
Recent books by Matthew Engel, Edward Luce and Anne-Marie Slaughter
James Lovegrove selects his mid-year reads
Carl Wilkinson selects his mid-year reads
Jane Owen selects her mid-year reads
Simon Kuper selects his mid-year reads
Clive Cookson selects his mid-year reads
Ludovic Hunter-Tilney selects his mid-year reads
Richard Fairman selects his mid-year reads
Tim Hayward selects his mid-year reads
Tom Robbins selects his mid-year reads
An attempt by a leading French intellectual to persuade his compatriots to alter their view of money
If we grasped the idea that male and female brains aren’t so different, how different the world might look
An insider’s view of the lucrative ‘thought leader’ industry and its shortcomings
The follow-up to the ‘Southern Reach’ trilogy is both an enthralling fantasy adventure and a bleak eco-dystopic admonition
An analysis the ‘selfie generation’ takes the long view of social media addiction
