10 Feb
1837 Aleksandr Pushkin died at the age of thirty-seven, from a stomach wound suffered in a duel two days earlier. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Read works by Aleksandr Pushkin
Read the opening extract of the brand new Lauren DeStefano book before its publication on 16/02/2012
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... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Other Featured Books this Month
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... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A 2011 World Book Night selection.
February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...
Here’s a real find. A gorgeous (in every sense) young writer who makes modern stories sound fresh but as if they come from ancient story... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/01/2007
The Book Awards category on Lovereading will help you discover authors who are winners of, or have been in contention for, some of the most prestigious awards. By their very presence on this page, you can be sure that each of the books featured here is the 'crème-de-la-crème' of today's literature.
For each award, Lovereading will feature the shortlist of books and authors before the individual winner is announced. As with all our Featured Books, you will be able to download and print off free Opening Extracts of each book. In this way, you can choose your own winner and see if the judges agree with you!
And remember, even if the judges don't pick your favourite, all Book Award titles are available to order online at 25% off the RRP.
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A selection of other awards that will feature in this Lovereading category include:
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...
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...
One Day David Nicholls
One of Richard Bacon's favourite books.
A 2011 World Book Night selection.
Winner of 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...
The Bees Carol Ann Duffy
Winner of the Costa Poetry Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy UK Author of the Year Award 2011.
Reviewed and selected by our...
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...
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...
Before I Go to Sleep S. J. Watson
January 2012 Book of the Month.
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 29 January 2012.
Winner of the Galaxy Crime &...
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...
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 Month Before's Featured Books
Bounce: How Champions are Made Matthew Syed
Winner of the Best New Writer category of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2010.
Matthew Syed...
Room Emma Donoghue
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011.
A 2012 World Book Night selection.
Winner of the Galaxy Paperback of the Year Award 2011.
This was shortlisted for the Man...
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...
Before I Go to Sleep S. J. Watson
Winner of the Galaxy Crime & Thriller of the Year 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2011.
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
Trautmann's Journey : From Hitler Youth to FA Cup Legend Catrine Clay
Winner of the Best Biography category of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Shortlisted for the Best Football Book and Best Publicity Campaign categories of the British Sports Book Awards 2011.
Shortlisted...
A Monster Calls Siobhan Dowd, Patrick Ness
Winner of the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011.
May 2011 New Gen Book of the Month.
Prize-winning Patrick Ness displays...
When God Was a Rabbit Sarah Winman
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
Winner of the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Paperback of the Year 2011.
An utterly charming family...
A Tiny Bit Marvellous Dawn French
Winner of the Galaxy Popular Fiction Book of the Year Award 2011.
A Tiny Bit Marvellous is the brilliantly observed story of a modern family all living in
their own separate...
The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst
Winner of the Galaxy UK Author of the Year Award 2011.
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011.
July 2011 Book of the Month.
This...
How To Be a Woman Caitlin Moran
Winner of the Galaxy Book of the Year Award 2011.
There's never been a better time to be a woman: we have the vote and the Pill, and we haven't been...
Charles Dickens A Life Claire Tomalin
Winner of the Galaxy Biography of the Year Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2011.
Charles Dickens was most of all a great novelist - the creator of characters who...
A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011.
Winner of the Galaxy International Author of the Year Award 2011.
I came across Jennifer Egan with her first novel
Turn of Mind Alice LaPlante
Winner of the the Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2011.
Alice LaPlante imagines herself into the mind of an Alzheimer’s sufferer. Any number of non-fiction books can give you symptoms and describe...
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee
Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2011.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction 2011.
A magnificent, beautifully written biography of cancer --...
The Hare With Amber Eyes : Illustrated Edition Edmund de Waal
Winner of the Independent Booksellers' Book Award 2011.
Winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2011.
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011.
Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2010.
Costa Book...
The Good Cook Simon Hopkinson
Winner of the Galaxy Food & Drink Book of the Year Award 2011.
Simon Hopkinson loves food and he knows how to cook it. The ingredients you choose and the way...
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You Louisa Young
Winner of the Galaxy Audiobook of the Year of the Year Award 2011.
While Riley Purefoy and Peter Locke fight for their country, their survival and their sanity in the trenches...
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