05 Feb
Thomas Carlyle died 1881. Carlyle's authoratiative work on The French Revolution was nearly a non starter when the first volume was accidentally burned by the philosopher John Stuart Mill's maid.
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Good People Ewart Hutton
February 2012 eBook of the Month.
Small town hypocrisy shamelessly satirised in a twisting murder plot in rural Wales. An entertaining, cleverly plotted debut.
The Diamond Queen : Elizabeth II and Her People Andrew Marr
With the flair for narrative and the meticulous research that readers
have come to expect, Andrew Marr turns his attention to the monarch and
to the monarchy, chronicling the Queen's pivotal role at the centre of
the state, which is...
Other Featured eBooks this Month
Last Man in Tower Aravind Adiga
February 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.
The compelling, complex and multi-layered novel from Aravind Adiga is his first after White Tiger which won the Booker in 2008. A suspense-filled story of...
Pure Andrew Miller
Winner of the Costa Book of the Year award 2011.
The author of the prize-winning, hugely acclaimed Ingenious Pain returns to the 18th century with an enthralling tale set in pre-revolutionary Paris.
Following the judging, Geordie Greig, chair of the final...
Planet Ponzi Mitch Feierstein
February 2012 Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
Even though this book has a US focus the blunt uncomfortable economic and political truths of the current global debt crisis and its inevitable painful conclusion...
The Great Escape Fiona Gibson
February 2012 Book of the Month.
This Laugh-out-loud funny tale, packed full real life cringe-worthy moments we all know so well, asks the question: Can any woman ever grab back a piece of...
Agent 6 Tom Rob Smith
February 2012 Book of the Month.
Agent 6 is the third in Tom Rob Smith's trilogy about a former MGB agent, Leo Demidov. His stunning debut Child 44, set in Russia in...
Rescue Anita Shreve
February 2012 Book of the Month.
A tale of love, banishment and renewal, Rescue is a perfectly paced novel, written with Shreve's skilful lightness of touch and perceptive characterisation. Alternating between the life-and-death...
Finders Keepers Belinda Bauer
February 2012 Book of the Month.
Psychological thrillers don’t get much better than this. Chillingly gripping, it’s the sort of plot line that surprises you at every turn and absolutely does not let...
The Tiger's Wife Tea Obreht
February 2012 Book of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy International Author of the Year Award 2011.
THE ORANGE PRIZE WINNING DEBUT FROM A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.
A Special Edition of The Tiger's Wife...
The Calling of the Grave Simon Beckett
February 2012 Book of the Month.
A Maxim Jakubowski Great Male Crime Sleuth.
Forensics expert Dr David Hunter has featured in a handful of investigations so far and is becoming a worthy...
Attachments Rainbow Rowell
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
This is such a funny, warm, heartfelt, touching and unforgettable novel and as a bloke I’m not even sure I’m the target reader at all! Set in...
Care of Wooden Floors Will Wiles
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
Inhabiting the spaces in-between everyday events - a place where tiny oversights can have disastrous, farcical and even fatal consequences. This is a unique, bold and brilliant...
The Legacy of Eden Nelle Davy
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A ‘Piece of Passion’ from Nelle’s editor, Jenny Hutton:When we first read The Legacy of Eden we were left breathless. Nelle is a phenomenal talent, writing...
The House of Dust and Dreams Brenda Reid
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
Set in Greece in 1936 this is a charming tale of friendship, resilience and love in the face of war seen through the eyes of Evadne a...
The Book of Lies Mary Horlock
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A well-written insight into the twisted mind of an unashamed murderer, as she admits in the second paragraph of this book (see link to the Opening Extract...
The Sky's Dark Labyrinth Stuart Clark
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A vivid, thrilling portrayal of the lives and work of Kepler and Galileo and their struggles with the social and political forces around them. It's the first...
David Mary Hoffman
Art, politics and romance are brilliantly explored in this enthalling story of how a young man’s face became one of the most famous in the world. Country boy Gabriele arrives in Florence in 1501 with nothing but a connection with...
Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know Barbara De Angelis
Discover how men really feel about women, love and sex and find out for yourself why everyone loves Secrets - from this relationship guru. Now repackaged with a beautiful new iconic cover, discover men's top
twenty turn-offs, how to become...
Fighting Dirty June Hampson
The final, heart-pounding instalment in June Hampson's compelling gangland saga series. Our Editorial guru Sarah Broadhurst says of the series 'It’s Evocative and gritty and it's got heart, violence, sex and an underground current which is very atmospheric.' See the...
The End of the Wasp Season Denise Mina
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2011.
In this stunning new novel DS Alex Morrow discovers that nothing is sacred, even human life...The End of the Wasp Season is an accomplished, compelling and
multi-layered novel, which traces the damaging consequences of...
Lyrics Alley Leila Aboulela
The current situation in Africa and the Middle East is very much at odds with this nostalgic, lyrical and deeply moving novel by a twice ORANGE-listed rising star. Set in pre-Independence Sudan, Egypt and post-war Britain with it's subtly written...
The Sealed Letter Emma Donoghue
From the bestselling author of Room comes a delicious tale of secrets, betrayal and forbidden love. Based on blow-by-blow newspaper reports of the 1864 Codrington Divorce, The Sealed Letter,
full of sparkling characters and wicked dialogue, is a
thought-provoking...
My Sweet Valentine Annie Groves
An emotional and engrossing portrayal of the lives of four women as Valentine's day approaches, in 1941 wartime London.
The Last Four Things Paul Hoffman
The Last Four Things is the second thrilling instalment in this remarkable blockbuster trilogy that began with th awesome The Left Hand of God.
Paul Hoffman has crafted an epic narrative that will stand amongst the
greats of heroic...
The Winter Palace (A Novel of the Young Catherine the Great) Eva Stachniak
This 3rd novel from Eva Stachniak is a fresh fictional look at the fascinating life of Catherine the Great told through her “tongue” — a young lower-class orphan who eventually becomes a spy at the Imperial Court.
Fans of historical...
Mice Gordon Reece
A Piece of Passion from the Publisher of Mice, Maria Rejt:"Mice is not a thriller that conforms particularly to what a bestselling thriller purports to be these days – there are no serial killers, no high-octane car chases, no...
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus John Gray
With straightforward, honest writing from that precious male
perspective, Gray unlocks the secrets hidden in your partner's words and
actions to enable you both to reach true mutual understanding and a
lifetime of love. Discover for yourself why thousands believe...
The Siege Simon Kernick
February 2012 Book of the Month.
One of Britain’s top writers has in Siege created a real edge-of-your-seat race against time thriller. Set in London, a top London hotel is being held hostage...
The Six Wives of Henry VIII Antonia Fraser
A Special Edition of The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary. The six wives of Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane
Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr...
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Paul Torday
A Special Edition of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2007.An unusual and delightful debut that all lovers of A Short History...
The Copper Beech Maeve Binchy
A Special Edition of The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Maeve Binchy's marvellous portrait of
a small Irish town whose untroubled surface conceals the passions,
rivalries, friendships, ambitions and jealousies beneath.
Horrid Henry Francesca Simon
A Special Edition of Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
The first riotously funny stories of Henry and his little brother Peter.
Tell No One Harlan Coben
A Special Edition of Tell No One by Harlan Coben to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
January 2011 Guest Editor Lisa Gardner on Harlan Coben...
His breakout thriller Tell No One remains one of my favourite novels, and I consider Harlan the...
Wolf Brother Michelle Paver
A Special Edition of Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Rich in detail which brings the past to life and makes the forest background vivid to all readers, Wolf Brother tells how orphaned Torak must set out...
Black and Blue Ian Rankin
A Special Edition of Black and Blue by Ian Rankin to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Rebus has everything against him, an internal investigation, a possible miscarriage of justice and a pretty tough Glasgow gangster. Enough to try the patience of any...
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds
A Special Edition of Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
REVELATION SPACE: a huge, magnificent space opera that ranges acrioss
the known and unknown universe ...towards the most terrifying of
destinations.
Labyrinth Kate Mosse
A Special Edition of Labyrinth by Kate Mosse to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Winner of the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Yearat the British Book Awards 2006. I was privileged to visit Kate in her Carcassonne retreat and be...
No Time for Goodbye Linwood Barclay
A Special Edition of No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Winner of the Richard & Judy Summer Read 2008.
A fantastic opening plot that pulls you straight in to the story and makes you have to...
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder
A Special Edition of Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Ex-philosophy teacher Jostein Gaarder & Albert Knos stimulate 15 year old Sophieto ask those fundamental questions which have exercised the imaginations of Children Philosophers since the dawn...
The Reader Bernhard Schlink
A Special Edition of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
One of my favourite books of 1998, the sort that, on completion, leaves you stunned and really does stay with you for – well, in my case...
Himalaya Michael Palin
A Special Edition of Himalaya by Michael Palin to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Winner of TV& Film Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2005
The
beautiful, glossy, illustrated hardback that accompanied the television
series brought down to a text-led portable-sized paperback...
The Guardians Andrew Pyper
February 2012 Book of the Month.
This fifth book from Canadian author Andrew Pyper is a cracker. Scary, thrilling it is hard to close the book once you start. With a mix of...
The Devil's Garden Edward Docx
Brilliant prose and rich in colour. Dr Forle is a scientist on a river
station deep in the heart of the South American jungle: the last
inhabited point before the impassable interior. He is studying the eerie
forest glades that...
Daughters-in-law Joanna Trollope
January 2012 Book of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Popular Fiction Book of the Year Award 2011.
Rachel has always been at the centre of her family of three sons but now the...
Death on the Nile Agatha Christie
One of Sister Wendy Beckett's favourite books.
The wonderful Hercule Poirot works his magic in this murder mystery set in the exotic location of Egypt.
July 2010 Guest Editor Louise Candlish on Agatha Christie...
I read this when I was about...
Trust Nobody June Hampson
The publisher created a new category with the publication of this novel, that of ‘gangster saga’ and it’s not far off the mark. A gangland 60’s saga set in Gosport with a strong heroine and some memorable characters. It’s got...
The Reapers are the Angels Alden Bell
A very very different zombie novel that through evocative language and sometimes graphic violence explores what makes humans human. It definitely needs to be read.
The Other Family Joanna Trollope
Oh this is a tough one. Joanna certainly knows how to put her thumb on a bruise and continually push till it hurts. Why Richie never divorced his first wife to marry the mother of his three girls, his partner...
Angel Fire L. A. Weatherly
If you're still into paranormal fiction or if you think you've had enough of it then think again. L A Weatherly's Angel sequence is original, fast-paced with characters you really warm to. Don't miss this, the second one in the...
Horse Play Jo Carnegie
February 2012 Book of the Month.
A great fun, racy portrait of country living for fans of Jilly Cooper and Fiona Walker. Set in the fictional picture postcard village of Churchminster...
Brother and Sister Joanna Trollope
A hugely popular author that has her finger right on the pulse of family relationships. In this novel she tackles adoption.
Don't Cry Beverly Barton
The crime scenes are horrifying: the victims arranged with deliberate care, posed to appear alive despite their agonized last moments and the shocking nature of their deaths. For grief counsellor Audrey Sherrod it's clear the murders are the work of...
The Midwife of Venice Roberta Rich
Hannah Levi is famed throughout Venice for her skills as a midwife but, as a Jew, the law forbids her from attending a Christian woman. However, when the Conte appears at her door in the dead of night, Hannah's compassion...
The Angel at No. 33 Polly Williams
Some love stories never end One evening Sophie Brady kisses her husband, Ollie, and young son Freddie goodbye, closing the door on number thirty-three. At ten pm she's with her best friend Jenny, polishing off a second bottle of wine....
The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs Christina Hopkinson
Mary Gilmour is struggling to cope. Her job is part time but housework is full time, leaving no time at all for her two young sons - let alone herself. For Mary, there is only one thing standing between her...
Love You More Lisa Gardner
WHO DO YOU LOVE? A split-second decision and Brian Darby lies dead. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defence and for Boston detective D.D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where...
Shut Your Eyes Tight John Verdon
Once a cop. Always a cop ...Ex-NYPD detective Dave Gurney is supposed to be retired. But people with problems keep knocking on his door. Like the police, for instance, who are baffled by a gruesome murder they just can't seem...
Songs of the Earth Elspeth Cooper
SONGS OF THE EARTH is the most compelling debut fantasy novel since Patrick Rothfuss first hit the shelves four years ago, with the stunning THE NAME OF THE WIND. Gair is under a death sentence. He can hear music -...
Secrets in Burracombe Lilian Harry
A seemingly sleepy Devonshire village, Burracombe is in fact full of intrigue and drama. Family secrets, budding romance, cruel twists of fate and amazing friendships all play out against the backdrop of the beautiful countryside. It's autumn 1953. The village...
The Somnambulist Essie Fox
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 12 February 2012.
This debut novelist's coming of age story uses evocative language to transport you to late 19th century Victorian England where lost love, grief, dark secrets and hidden passions take...
The Rose Garden Susanna Kearsley
For Eva house where she so often stayed as a child is home not only to her old friends the Halletts, but also to the people who had lived there in the eighteenth century. When Eva finally accepts that she...
The First Day of the Rest of My Life Cathy Lamb
Madeline O'Shea tells people what to do with their lives. A renowned life coach, she inspires thousands of women through her thriving practice - exuding enviable confidence along with her stylish suits and sleek hair. But her confidence, just like...
Sing You Home Jodi Picoult
Zoe Baxter has spent ten years trying to get pregnant, and just when she's about to get her heart's desire, tragedy destroys her world. In the aftermath of loss and divorce, she throws herself into her career as a music...
Second Honeymoon Joanna Trollope
Yet another irrestible new novel from one of the UK's bestselling authors. Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest, twenty-first-century style. The youngest of the family is, at last, leaving home. Needless to say family life is never straight...
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
January 2011 Guest Editor Lisa Gardner on Suzanne Collins...
I read the first novel of her trilogy, The Hunger Games, over the summer, and was mesmerized. I'm not huge into futuristics, but this book worked for me because the world...
Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel
February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on Hilary Mantel...
I loved her writing, long before the mega success of Wolf Hall. She wrote the best novel (bad title – A Place of Greater Safety) I ever read about the French...
The Report Jessica Francis Kane
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 11 March 2012.
An evocative and moving debut novel - based on the true story of the worst UK civilian disaster of the Second World War, when 173 people were crushed to...
The Siege of Krishnapur J.G. Farrell
February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on J.G. Farrell...
He won the Lost Booker prize for Troubles and the real Booker – forever ago - for The Siege Of Krishnapur. I love the elegance of his writing, and the...
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Just One Look Harlan Coben
Living a lie for 21 years - and now the past has caught up with him... A first-rate thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Caught.
The Innocent Harlan Coben
Coben’s literally unput-downable thrillers really must be tried. He writes these dark, emotional tales alongside a crime series featuring a security agent, Myron Bolitar. They are good but these stand-alone,...
The Secret River Kate Grenville
One of Anne Berry's favourite books.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006.
An epic novel of the early settlers in Australia, of the plight of the Aborigines and...
The Road Cormac Mccarthy
January 2012 Guest Editor Simon Lelic selects The Road...
Technically and philosophically, this is probably not McCarthy’s best book. His masterpiece, probably, is Blood Meridian – although I also...
Tamar Mal Peet
Winner ofthe Carnegie Medal 2006. What the judges said: This is an enthralling and multi-layered novel that traces the story of two men caught up in secret operations...
The Woods Harlan Coben
A great stand alone thriller from Harlan Coben with two plot lines to follow. One is the case that lawyer, Paul Copeland, is prosecuting now and the other the murder...
Drop Dead Beautiful Jackie Collins
One of Katie Agnew's favourite books.
The Queen of Glitz comes up trumps – she brings Lucky Santangelo back with a fistful of problems, both emotional and lethal. Jackie Collins...
The Penalty Mal Peet
Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2007. This is the second novel from Mal Peet that features Paul Faustino (the
first was Keeper) South America’s top sports journalist. It’s...
French Children Don't Throw Food Pamela Druckerman
How do the French manage to raise well-behaved children and have a life! What British parent hasn't noticed, on visiting France, how well-behaved French children are - compared to our...
Hold Tight Harlan Coben
Winner of the Specsavers ITV3 Crime Thriller Bestseller Dagger 2009.
If you are a Coben fan then this stand-alone thriller is just what you’ve been waiting for, it is certainly...
Tell No One Harlan Coben
January 2011 Guest Editor Lisa Gardner on Harlan Coben...
His breakout thriller Tell No One remains one of my favourite novels, and I consider Harlan the master of the so-called...
Promise Me Harlan Coben
Coben writes stunning, stand-alone, psychological thrillers and a series of novels featuring Myron Bolitar and his violent friend Win. Until now I have found the Bolitar novels inferior to his...
Long Lost Harlan Coben
Another great read from the master recently voted favourite crime genre author by viewers for ITV3’s Bestseller Dagger. It is a Myron Bolitar mystery, a character who has definitely improved...
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...
One Day David Nicholls
One of Richard Bacon's favourite books.
A 2011 World Book Night selection.
Winner of the...
Play Dead Harlan Coben
June 2010 Book of the Month.
This is actually an old novel published years ago that subsequently went out of print. What a...
Topics About Which I Know Nothing Patrick Ness
One of Patrick Gale's favourite books.
A wonderful, humorous and bizarre collection of tales looking at how the world might have been.
June 2010 Guest Editor Patrick Gale on Patrick...
The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
One of Hardeep Singh Kohli's favourite books.
The Communist Manifesto (1848), Marx and Engels's revolutionary
summons to the working classes, is one of the most important and
influential political theories...
Rupture Simon Lelic
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2010.
September 2010 Debut of the Month.
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Finalist 2010.
It...
Caught Harlan Coben
From the acknowledged crime master Harlan Coben is a thrillingly tense yet emotional tale concerning a missing seventeen year old girl. CAUGHT tells the story of her, the community stunned...
The Woodcutter Reginald Hill
A fast-moving, stunning new stand alone psychological thriller from the award-winning author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series. Brilliant writing, superb characterisation and all in all one of his absolute...
Miracle Cure Harlan Coben
Following the success of his debut PLAY DEAD, another classic Coben is re-released for his huge army of fans. First published about 20 years ago, it doesn't quite have...
Aleph Paulo Coelho
Facing a grave crisis of faith, and seeking a path of spiritual renewal and growth, Paulo decides to start over: to travel, to experiment, to reconnect with people and the...
Shelter Harlan Coben
The first in an exciting series of young adult thrillers from the master of the hook-and-twist.
Fair Game Stephen Leather
Kidnapping is one of the cruellest crimes - lives are put at risk for cold, hard cash. But when Somali pirates seize the crew of a yacht off the coast...
To a Mountain in Tibet Colin Thubron
January 2012 Travel Book of the Month.
Spare like the landscape he depicts, Colin Thubron writes of the landscape of Tibet and the...
Black Cat Bone John Burnside
Winner of the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2011.
John Burnside's remarkable new book is full of strange, unnerving poems that hang in the memory like a myth or a...
Rivers of London Ben Aaronovitch
A Maxim Jakubowski Best Science Fiction selection.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy UK New Writer of the Year Award 2011.
A new series by a Doctor Who writer (the second volume
Smoke Portrait Trilby Kent
Glen has left England to live with her aunt, who runs a tea plantation in Ceylon and fills her days with good works, among them the task of writing letters...
The Noise Revealed Ian Whates
A Maxim Jakubowski Best Science Fiction selection.
Another new British author steeped in technology noir and the second volume in a new series that began with THE NOISE WITHIN. Pursued...
Equations of Life Simon Morden
A Maxim Jakubowski Best Science Fiction selection.
This is the opening volume in the Metrozone trilogy by a British author who had previously written books for younger readers. The near...
The Quantum Thief Hannu Rajaniemi
A Maxim Jakubowski Best Science Fiction selection.
A mindboggling and assured debut by a Finnish physicist who writes in English (and lives here) this is the book everyone is raving...
Zoo City Lauren Beukes
A Maxim Jakubowski Best Science Fiction selection.
A second novel by the fast rising South African author (pronounced Beukes like mucus, she tells us...), recently shortlisted for the Arthur C....
Son of Heaven David Wingrove
The year is 2085, two decades after the great economic collapse that destroyed Western civilization. With its power broken and its cities ruined, life in the West continues in scattered...
Bitter Leaf Chioma Okereke
This elegantly written story revolves around the beautiful Jericho and the love triangle she finds herself in and the repercussions this has in the fictional African village of Mannobe. The...
Live Wire Harlan Coben
January 2012 Book of the Month.
Sports agent and part time detective Myron Bolitar and his aristocratic and sociopathic side kick Windsor Horne...
The Wreckage Michael Robotham
In London, ex-cop Vincent Ruiz rescues a young woman from a violent boyfriend but wakes next morning to find that he's been set up and robbed. As he tracks down...
Dead Men's Harvest Matt Hilton
When Rink is ambushed by a team of highly skilled killers, Joe is pretty sure his friend is being used as bait. And the intended prey is Hunter himself. Joe...
The Devotion of Suspect X Keigo Higashino
Yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a Tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only child. But when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day,...
The Opposite of Mercy Tom Winship
A compulsive, contemporary UK based thriller that along with a complex plot that builds chapter by chapter has a real emotional edge to it as well. Interestingly this is the...
The Shepherd Ethan Cross
Meet Francis Ackerman, America's most terrifying serial killer. What excites him most is the game of chance. He likes to play with ordinary people. Innocent people. Someone just like you....
Me Before You Jojo Moyes
Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to...
Hannibal: Enemy of Rome Ben Kane
In the First Punic War, the Roman legions defeated and humiliated
Carthage, their only serious rival for power in the Mediterranean. Now a
brilliant young Carthaginian general, called Hannibal, is...
Pigeon English Stephen Kelman
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011.
Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2011.
A...
Do No Harm Carol Topolski
What happens when someone whose job it is to do good is secretly bad?
Everyone knows about Virginia: about her stellar reputation as a
gynaecologist; about her commitment to her...
Today David Miller
August 1924. John Conrad arrives at his parents' home on the outskirts of Canterbury, where family and friends are assembling for the bank holiday weekend. His crippled mother has been...
Bone and Cane David Belbin
A very promising start to a rather unusual crime partnership; a female Labour MP and an ex con. Set in the late 1990s it’s well researched, packed full of intrigue,...
Sleep Like the Dead Alex Gray
No one rests in peace. The pacey, thrilling new case for DCI Lorimer and psychologist Solly Brightman - taking the reader from the streets of Glasgow to the Balearics and...
Blue Monday Nicci French
Monday: five-year-old Matthew Faraday is abducted. His face is splashed
across newspaper front pages. His parents and the police are desperate.
Can anyone help find their little boy before it...
Have Your Cake and Eat it Too Sally Bee
As most of us know, denying yourself of your favourite sweet treats makes dieting a very hard road to follow. There is another way, to create healthier versions of desserts...
In Darkness Nick Lake
In darkness I count my blessings like Manman taught me. One. I am alive. Two. There is no two.
Haiti 2010: in the aftermath of the earthquake a boy lies trapped...
The Passages of Herman Melville Jay Parini
A fictionalised account of the tormented and, for the time, scandalous life of Herman Melville, author of the 19C classic Moby Dick. 1841. A young Herman Melville is yet...
The Picador Book of Birth Poems Kate Clanchy
Where do we find the words to greet a new arrival? In this celebratory book, poet Kate Clanchy has made an inspired choice of poems that speak powerfully of the...
The Picador Book of Love Poems John Stammers
Here, old favourites from Spenser to Tennyson sit side by side with poems by Carol Ann Duffy and Michael Donaghy, the distance between the poets closed by their single timeless...
The Picador Book of Funeral Poems Don Paterson
Designed for those in need of poetic solace, and a gift book for the
recently bereaved, it is also intended as a book to read from at
memorial ceremonies, when...
The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson
This is an utterly compelling and often unbelievable adventure into the world of madness. Jon Ronson meets everybody from a Broadmoor inmate who swears he faked a mental disorder to...
In An Antique Land Amitav Ghosh
January 2012 Travel Book of the Month.
From the best-selling author of The Glass Palace and Sea of Poppies, an extraordinary work of...
The Pleasures of Men Kate Williams
It's Spitalfields, 1840. Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her Uncle in a rambling house in London's East End. She has few companions and little to occupy the days beyond her own...
The Facility Simon Lelic
The startling second novel from the critically lauded author of Rupture.
The Child Who Simon Lelic
January 2012 Book of the Month.
An author who is unafraid to tackle contentious subjects has a 12 year old killer as the...
The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall Paul Torday
January 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.
From the author of instant bestseller Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, comes a highly readable,...
Buried Secrets Joseph Finder
January 2012 Book of the Month.
The second book in international bestseller Joseph Finder's new series, featuring corporate investigator Nick Heller. Heller is...
Shatter the Bones Stuart MacBride
January 2012 Book of the Month.
The 7th Logan McRae thriller set in gritty Aberdeen, from the bestselling author of Cold Granite...
The Istanbul Puzzle Laurence O'Bryan
Alex Zegliwski has been savagely beheaded. His body is found hidden near the sacred archaeological site of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. When Sean arrives in the ancient city to identify...
The Wife Who Ran Away Tess Stimson
Kate Forrest is invisible. Ned, the husband she adores, doesn't seem to know she's alive, and her two charming children have grown into stroppy adolescents. Her boss is suddenly shunting...
Embassytown China Mieville
Shortlisted for the BSFA Best Novel Award 2011.
China Mieville is not just a galaxy in the science fiction firmament, he is a whole universe!
Following THE CITY AND THE CITY'S...
Catch Your Death Louise Voss, Mark Edwards
January 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.
A shining example of the power of self-publishing, this was an eBook sensation in 2011 and...
No One Left to Tell Karen Rose
January 2012 eBook of the Month.
The addictive Sunday Times bestseller Karen Rose serves up her most relentless thriller yet. It's her thirteenth...
Birthdays for the Dead Stuart MacBride
Grim, gritty and totally compelling, Stuart MacBride draws you in then you are up all night! In this stand alone novel dark secrets compromise the central detective in a savage...
Happily Ever After Harriet Evans
An ex-publishing insider, she has been described as ‘Rosamunde Pilcher rebooted – in the best possible way’ and her stories are modern, absorbing and compelling. Not sure how much of...
The Child Inside Suzanne Bugler
January 2012 Book of the Month.
Loss, grief, resentment and guilt can be a dangerous and destructive combination. The gripping new psychological drama...
Jubilee Shelley Harris
It is 1977, the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and a photographer captures a moment forever: a street party with bunting and Union Jacks fluttering in the breeze. Right in the centre...
The Sisters Brothers Patrick deWitt
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 5 February 2012.
Longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, deWitt's dazzlingly original second novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about...
Into the Darkest Corner Elizabeth Haynes
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 19 February 2012.
This is an edgy and powerful first novel, utterly convincing in its portrayal of obsession, and a tour de...
Rules of Civility Amor Towles
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 26 February 2012.
For fans of Fitzgerald and Capote, a witty, elegant fairytale of New York, set in 1938. 'If you want...
Doglands Tim Willocks
A gripping adventure, Doglands is also a stirring comment on power and those who wield it and bravery and those who can show it. Furgal, Keeva’s first-born pup, is born...
The Future of Us Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler
January 2012 NewGen Book of the Month.
Back to the Future for the Facebook generation.
Click here to visit the Facebook page...
Tempest Julie Cross
January 2012 NewGen Debut of the Month.
The Time Traveler's Wife meets The Matrix - an action-packed romance and a mind-blowing debut...
The Body Language of Love Allan Pease, Barbara Pease
How to look, how to smile, what to do with your eyes, hands, feet, shoulders, have you got the gaze right? Has your first move been picked up? Possibly not...
Stones for My Father Trilby Kent
Corlie Roux's farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that even...
The Shining Stephen King
Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook...
Tiny Sunbirds Far Away Christie Watson
Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2011.
Set in the Niger Delta, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away explores the world of twelve-year-old Blessing and her family. Part comic, part tragic, it...
Lilah May's Manic Days Vanessa Curtis
Life is complicated for Lilah. Her family falls apart when her brother Jay disappears. Managing her anger is only possible because of her great friendship with Bindi. Now Jay suddenly...
Fifteen Days without a Head Dave Cousins
In a tough, charged story, fifteen year old Laurence recounts the fifteen days he keeps himself and his little brother going when their mum abandons them. It’s a challenging story...
Blood Red Road Moira Young
January 2012 NewGen Book of the Month.
Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2011.
The story's searing pace, its spare style, the excitement...
The Family Fang Kevin Wilson
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 18 March 2012.
The Family Fang is an utterly unique, moving and hilarious novel
about one of life's greatest mysteries: the relationship...
Half of the Human Race Anthony Quinn
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 25 March 2012.
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 17 February 2011.
Combining national drama and private tragedy, "Half of...
You Deserve Nothing Alexander Maksik
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 1 April 2012.
Utterly compelling, brilliantly written, YOU DESERVE NOTHING is a
captivating tale about teachers and students, of moral uncertainties and
...
Girl Reading Katie Ward
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 4 March 2012.
With each chapter inspired by a real work of art, this richly textured
debut novel transports us into a...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John le Carre
The enduring novel by one of our greatest storytellers. George Smiley, who is a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy.
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