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Alif the Unseen G. Willow Wilson
A glorious rollercoaster ride through myth, cyberspace, love and revolution, Alif the Unseen mixes ancient magic with modern adventure to create an extraordinary story. With shades of Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, and The Thousand and One Nights, Alif... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
Standing in Another Man's Grave Ian Rankin
June 2013 Book of the Month.
The brand new crime novel from number one bestselling author Ian Rankin. Since Rebus’ first appearance in 1987, the novels have gained global acclaim, become international bestsellers... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013.
Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2013.
With her dazzling, utterly absorbing style of writing Bring Up the Bodies focuses on the downfall and destruction of the charismatic Anne Boleyn. This... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2013
Almost Love Christina James
How could a drugs syndicate, using children as couriers, and a missing famous archaeologist be connected? DI Tim Yates is back for his 2nd case. Again, this is a highly readable, atmospheric and compelling psychological crime thriller set in the... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/06/2013
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Books of the Month
The Cleaner of Chartres Salley Vickers
June 2013 Book of the Month.
A captivating, magical and slightly sinister story of secrets, forgiveness, loss and love. It’s the perfect book for readers who loved Joanne Harris' Chocolat. No one... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
The Memory of Lost Senses Judith Kinghorn
June 2013 Book of the Month.
A lyrically written and wonderfully evocative, romantic historical novel that draws you into the intriguing and secret lives of the characters in the hot lazy summer of... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
A Thousand Pardons Jonathan Dee
June 2013 Book of the Month.
Described by Pulitzer Prize Winning author Jennifer Egan (A Visit from the Goon Squad) as ‘a rare thing a genuine literary thriller - suspenseful and packed... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/05/2013
Jacob's Folly Rebecca Miller
June 2013 Book of the Month.
From the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, comes a brilliantly original novel about love, family and human folly.... Format: Hardback - Released: 06/06/2013
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Author of the Month
Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver
Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia.
Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
One of Susan Fletcher's favourite books.
A fascinating story told from the perspective of a mother and her four daughters who have been taken to the Congo, by the father of the family, on a mission to bring God to... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver
Winner of the prestigious 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction.
The Poisonwood Bible was a very special book, this one, her first in ten years, is a very worthy book. You need stamina and time to tackle it and you do... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
Pigs in Heaven Barbara Kingsolver
Pigs in Heaven travels the roads from rural Kentucky and the urban Southwest to Heaven, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Nation, testing the boundaries of family and the many separate truths about the ties that bind. It is a spellbinding novel... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
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Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An enthralling story from the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun exploring love, race and identity, centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to... Format: Hardback - Released: 11/04/2013
Taliesin Stephen Lawhead
June 2013 Book of the Month.
The first in a five book fantasy epic originally published in 1987 played out against a backcloth of Roman Britain and Celtic legend. Atlantis is lost. From... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2013
Dark Room Steve Mosby
Barry Forshaw on Steve Mosby...
Edgy Brit Steve Mosby (author of the splendid Dark Room) specialises in fiction that takes no prisoners, and is guaranteed to take readers into very dangerous territory – in which the protagonist’s... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman
It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/06/2013
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Debuts of the Month
The Son Michel Rostain
June 2013 Debut of the Month.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt for Debut Fiction in 2011.
An award-winning bestseller first published in France with a truly... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/05/2013
After Flodden Rosemary Goring
June 2013 Debut of the Month.
Meticulous research and superlative writing brings to life the little known but important battle of Flodden in 1513 and... Format: Hardback - Released: 06/06/2013
Wife 22 Melanie Gideon
June 2013 Debut of the Month.
A witty and wise story about a woman amidst a midlife crisis who agrees to anonymously participate in a... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
The River of No Return Bee Ridgway
June 2013 Debut of the Month.
What an original and engaging debut. Who would have thought you could have put romance, science fiction, magic, historical... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/05/2013
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The Pendragon Cycle
Pendragon Stephen Lawhead
First published in 1994 this is the fourth in the Pendragon cycle series where Arthur faces many trials and challenges defending his emerging kingdom. In a black time of plague and pestilence, and of invasion by the Vandal hordes, the... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2013
Arthur Stephen Lawhead
Uther's illegitimate son rises to legendary greatness in a Britain torn by violence, greed, and war. The third in Stephen Lawhead's fantasy epic which was first published in 1989.
The Pendragon Cycle:1. Taliesin2. Merlin3. Arthur Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2013
Taliesin Stephen Lawhead
June 2013 Book of the Month.
The first in a five book fantasy epic originally published in 1987 played out against a backcloth of Roman Britain and Celtic legend. Atlantis is lost. From... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2013
Merlin Stephen Lawhead
Second book in the epic Arthurian fantasy from Stephen Lawhead telling Merlin’s story. Seer, bard, sage, warrior... Merlin's destiny is to prepare the way for the momentous event that will unite the Island of the Mighty: the coming of a... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2013
This month's 'featured books'
UK Top 10
A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher 17) Lee Child
When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly-set, freshly-busted nose, patched with silver duct tape - it isn't easy to hitch a ride. But Reacher has some unfinished business in Virginia, so he... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
The Secret Keeper Kate Morton
1961: On a sweltering summer's day, while her family picnics by the stream on their Suffolk farm, sixteen-year-old Laurel hides out in her childhood tree house dreaming of a boy called Billy, a move to London, and the bright future... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
Xo A Kathryn Dance Thriller Jeffery Deaver
Kayleigh Towne is a beautiful and successful singer-songwriter, and Edwin Sharp is her biggest fan. When she replies to one of his fan letters with 'XO', Edwin is convinced she loves him, and that her latest hit song 'Your Shadow'... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
Inferno (Robert Langdon Book 4) Dan Brown
Dan Brown's new novel, Inferno, features renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and is set in the heart of Europe, where Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centred around one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces. As Dan... Format: Hardback - Released: 14/05/2013
This month's 'featured books'
Summer Reading 2013
Taliesin Stephen Lawhead
June 2013 Book of the Month.
The first in a five book fantasy epic originally published in 1987 played out against a backcloth of Roman Britain and Celtic legend. Atlantis is lost. From... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2013
Walking Home Simon Armitage
May 2013 Travel Book of the Month.
A uniquely charming, droll, moving, British narrative from writer and poet Simon Armitage as he recounts his 256 mile (North to South) walk along the Pennine... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
The Fault in Our Stars John Green
January 2013 MEGA Book of the Month.
Deservedly No 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, this heart-catching novel is fuelled by the rawest emotions deftly handled but never falsely diluted. The... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
Dead Romantic C.J. Skuse
Very funny and touching, this is a refreshingly original teen novel which stirs traditional themes into a thought-provoking mix of science and more. Newly into sixth form college, Camille - unfortunately named after the painter because her parents didn’t realise... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2013
This month's 'featured books'
F Scott Fitzgerald
The Last Tycoon F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Last Tycoon is a sophisticated, gripping tale of love and intrigue in the Golden Age of Hollywood, containing what many critics have claimed are Fitzgerald's most modern and engaging characters.
Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/05/2013
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
Regarded as Fitzgerald's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Great Gatsby is a vivid chronicle of the excesses and decadence of the Jazz Age, as well as a timeless cautionary critique of the American dream.
Baz... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/07/2012
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jay Gatsby's parties are legendary. Night and day, the rich and beautiful descend upon his mansion to drink and to dance. For Nick Carraway, newly arrived on Long Island, the handsome, wealthy Gatsby seems to lead the perfect life. But... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald
A critical account of its own era, introducing many themes which would be developed in later works, Fitzgerald's first novel was an instant critical and commercial success, propelling him into the limelight as a literary celebrity.
Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of... Format: Paperback - Released: 27/09/2012
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