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Top 10 Opening Extracts

Figures taken from last 7 days

  1. Peaches for Monsieur le Cure by Joanne Harris
  2. Harry Lipkin, Private Eye: The Oldest Detective in the World by Barry Fantoni
  3. Please Don't Stop the Music by Jane Lovering
  4. 15 Seconds by Andrew Gross
  5. The Knot by Jane Borodale
  6. A Rural Affair by Catherine Alliott
  7. Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
  8. The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
  9. The 500 by Matthew Quirk
  10. Women of a Dangerous Age by Fanny Blake


Free emails and book extractsSign up to receive free personalised email newsletters. If you love reading, this is a great way of keeping up with new books and major goings on in the literary world. Lovereading's emails include a small selection of books from your favourite categories. You can download an Opening Extract of any or all of them to help find which you might like to read. All you need do is give us your email address, tell us what kind of books you'd like to hear about and how frequently.

May 08 News - Lovereading is the 15th best bookshop in the country - according to the Independent

This year's most useful new book site is Lovereading - which specialises in offering free downloads of the first chapters of all their featured books across a load of categories.
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If you already have a book in mind, just enter the title, author or ISBN in the search box above. We use the same book wholesalers as the biggest of the online and high street book stores. So, if it's in print, Lovereading should have it! You can even search for audio books on CD.
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Opening Extracts

You wouldn't buy a car without a test-drive; you wouldn't buy shoes without trying them for size; so before you buy a book, make sure it's for you!

Uniquely on Lovereading, you can read the Opening Extract of every Featured Book. This could be the first chapter; less if the chapters are long, more if they're short. We aim to give you enough of a book to really get a taste for the author.

Click the 'download extract' button next to a title and choose 'open' when prompted to open or save the file. You can read it on your screen or print out to enjoy on the train or in your garden.
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Author Like-for-Like
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For days you're wrapped up in an amazing story; then suddenly it's over. When you've finished a great book, Lovereading's Like-for-Like tool helps you find another to fill the empty feeling. Sarah Broadhurst has reviewed 500+ top authors and used her encyclopaedic knowledge to recommend other authors similar in style. Just type in a name and explore some new literary avenues.
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Keep track of books that interest you

Even if you read non-stop it's tough keeping up with the dozens of great books published every month. Our Wishlist feature lets you keep an electronic note-to-self of books that catch your eye. So if you don't want to buy it now, at least you won't let some life-changing literature slip by. You can also email your list to friends and family, so they'll know exactly what you want for Christmas!
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Lovereading's email newsletters give you the low-down on the best new books in the categories of your choice. There are sneak previews of Exclusive Pre-Publication titles, information on special offers and innovations on the website, and exciting news from the book world.

When you register, choose how often you'd like to receive information. Then choose which categories you'd like to hear about, and we'll send you information on the books we think you'll enjoy most.

You can change these settings at any time by clicking 'My Account' right at the top of the screen.
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Exclusive Pre-Publication

Stay pages ahead with our Exclusive Pre-Publication genre. Each month we sneak-preview a small selection of huge new titles before they hit the shops.

"Uncorrected proofs" are editions of books printed in small numbers and sent to reviewers and book buyers. Lovereading lets you download and print off Opening Extracts of these 'not-even-on-the-presses' books, and pre-order copies for quick despatch when they are properly published.

There are also chances to win uncorrected proofs signed by their authors - something for any reader to really treasure.
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To top it all off, Lovereading is incredibly good value. There are over 500,000 books available to buy, almost all of them 25% cheaper than the RRP.
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eBooks This month's 'featured books'
eBooks
Life Eternal
Yvonne Woon
May 2012 New Gen Book of the Month. Matters of life and death and the role of a passionate romance in them lie at the heart of this spellbinding story of how the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2012
 
 

Lucky Bunny
Jill Dawson
'Crime's a man's business. So they say. Who was that small figure then, slender enough to trot along the moonlit track, swift and low, virtually invisible? Who was it that covered the green signal with a glove to stop the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

Midwinterblood
Marcus Sedgwick
May 2012 New Gen Book of the Month. Prize-winning Marcus Sedgwick's gift for powerful storytelling is at its very best in this emotionally charged, no holds barred novel. When journalist Eric Seven arrives...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
 
 

I Left My Tent in San Francisco
Emma Kennedy
May 2012 Travel Book of the Month. Startlingly honest and ridiculously funny, I Left My Tent in San Francisco is the miraculous story of how the hapless pair made it back alive to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
 
 

Books of the Month This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month
A Rural Affair
Catherine Alliott
May 2012 Book of the Month. Catherine Alliott is at her sparkling and brilliant best in this her latest feel-good read. Full of her trademark wit and characters you feel instantly drawn to....
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

In One Person
John Irving
May 2012 Book of the Month. Picking up on the term 'a sexual suspect' Irving first used in his landmark novel The World According to Garp, In One Person is the tragic,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

Gideon's Sword: A Gideon Crew Novel
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
May 2012 Book of the Month. From the best-selling U.S. writing partnership that bought us the enigmatically brilliant Agent Pendergast comes a new all together different character Gideon Crew. Driven by revenge,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
 
 

Changeling
Philippa Gregory
May 2012 MEGA Book of the Month. Best-selling Philippa Gregory’s first book for teenagers is a thrilling story of malice and betrayal, courage and passion. Tricked out of her inheritance by her greedy and duplicitous brother, Isolde must swap ruling...
Format: Hardback - Released: 24/05/2012
 
 

Debuts of the Month This month's 'featured books'
Debuts of the Month
The Last Summer
Judith Kinghorn
May 2012 MEGA Debut of the Month. An enchanting, sweeping debut of big storytelling, of social and political change spanning the First World War and beyond, perfect for reading groups and fans of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
 
 

Seating Arrangements
Maggie Shipstead
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Dark, comic with captivating prose, this is a stunning first novel and quite rightly being talked about as one of the literary debuts of 2012. A seemingly...
Format: Hardback - Released: 24/05/2012
 
 

Black Heart Blue
Louisa Reid
May 2012 Debut of the Month. Stunning, shocking, sad and incredibly touching. This debut tackles the horrors of domestic violence head on with beautiful writing and two amazing voices. Twin girls, one beautiful,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

Heart-shaped Bruise
Tanya Byrne
May 2012 Debut of the Month. This gripping, provoking and emotional debut, written from the perspective of a troubled young girl in a young offenders institute awaiting trial for a vicious crime, is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

The School of Life This month's 'featured books'
The School of Life
How to Change the World
John-Paul Flintoff, School of Life
On our own, can we make a difference? Of all six books, this was the one I was drawn to most, the examples of change, one person at a time, are inspiring and thought-provoking. John-Paul Flintoff also looks at the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

How to Find Fulfilling Work
Roman Krznaric, School of Life
How to know what you want to do, how to set about achieving your goal and how to sort out your need for certainty or money or is freedom of choice , with all the risks that involves, the most...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

How to Stay Sane
Philippa Perry, School of Life
Mental health is every bit as important as physical health and Philippa Perry explains the brain, how we organise our minds and the ways we can improve our mental agility and creativity but also help to deal with stress and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

How to Thrive in the Digital Age
Tom Chatfield, School of Life
What is the new digital technology doing to us and the people around us? Is it good for us or can it have negative effects, leaving us cocooned in our own little worlds, no longer engaging with each other in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

Author of the Month This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month
15 Seconds
Andrew Gross
May 2012 Book of the Month. If you love fast-paced, topical thrillers that you simply can't put down, then Andrew Gross and especially 15 Seconds is a great place to go. Pulled over...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
 
 

Killing Hour
Andrew Gross
The jaw-dropping unputdownable new novel from the guy who co-authored five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard. Now a bestselling novelist in his own right with hit thrillers The Blue Zone and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/04/2011
 
 

Reckless
Andrew Gross
Hauck has left law enforcement for a job with a big-time private security firm. But he quickly learns that life in the private sector can be every bit as dangerous as wearing a badge - if not more so...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
 
 

Don't Look Twice
Andrew Gross
A revenge killing. A dead public attorney. And a family caught in the cross-fire. For local detective Ty Hauck, life is good. A waterfront house, a new girlfriend and, after uncovering a Wall Street scandal, he's even a local hero....
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/05/2009
 
 


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