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Friends

    The best books on Friendship, recommended by Lauren Mechling

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    The best books on Friendship - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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    My Year of Rest and Relaxation
    by Ottessa Moshfegh

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    The best books on Friendship - Quartet In Autumn by Barbara Pym

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    Quartet In Autumn
    by Barbara Pym

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    The best books on Friendship - A Friend from England by Anita Brookner

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    A Friend from England
    by Anita Brookner

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    The best books on Friendship - How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

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    How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
    by Jenny Odell

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    The best books on Friendship - Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro

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    Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
    by Alice Munro

  • The best books on Friendship - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
  • The best books on Friendship - Quartet In Autumn by Barbara Pym
  • The best books on Friendship - A Friend from England by Anita Brookner
  • The best books on Friendship - How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
  • The best books on Friendship - Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro

The best books on Friendship, recommended by Lauren Mechling

Friendships: they can be hard to keep and even harder to understand. Yet so often they end up having enormous impacts on our lives. Lauren Mechling, contributing editor at Vogue and author of the novel How Could She, picks the novelists that best portray the thorny underside of friendship as well as its joys.

The best books on Friendship, recommended by Lauren Mechling

    The best books on Friendship, recommended by Emma Jane Unsworth

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    The best books on Friendship - Paulina and Fran by Rachel B Glaser

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    Paulina and Fran
    by Rachel B Glaser

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    The best books on Friendship - Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

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    Cat's Eye
    by Margaret Atwood

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    The best books on Friendship - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore

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    Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
    by Lorrie Moore

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    The best books on Friendship - Weathercock by Glen Duncan

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    Weathercock
    by Glen Duncan

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    The best books on Friendship - Best Friends Forever by Amy Key (editor)

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    Best Friends Forever
    by Amy Key (editor)

  • The best books on Friendship - Paulina and Fran by Rachel B Glaser
  • The best books on Friendship - Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
  • The best books on Friendship - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore
  • The best books on Friendship - Weathercock by Glen Duncan
  • The best books on Friendship - Best Friends Forever by Amy Key (editor)

The best books on Friendship, recommended by Emma Jane Unsworth

The award-winning writer recommends the best books on friendship, the theme of her latest novel Animals.

The best books on Friendship, recommended by Emma Jane Unsworth

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