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The Guardian's literary editor, Claire Armitstead, and Sarah Crown, editor of Guardian Unlimited Books, ask the Guardian review team of Tim Radford, Michael White, Julia Eccleshare, Chris Petit, Nicholas Lezard and Kathryn Hughes to pick their books of the year and give their tips for presents this Christmas.

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