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One of Britain’s most accomplished and successful authors, Waters has published six novels, including three—Fingersmith, The Night Watch, and The Little Stranger—that were shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize. The Little Stranger and Fingersmith were both made into movies, the latter by the Korean director Park Chan-wook as The Handmaiden. “I’d hate to lose my belief in human creativity,” she said in an interview with Out magazine. “There’s something very life-affirming about it — even just a good plot. It’s like the best side of human nature.” Below are Sarah Waters’s favorite books, available to purchase as a set or individually. See the full list...