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Jenny McLachlan, the breakout star of young, laugh-out-loud teen
fiction. Annie…
Ill Will Michael Stewart
March 2018 Book of the Month I am William Lee: brute; liar, and
graveside thief. But you will know me by another name. A fiery,
emphatic and…
Encounters Jason Wallace
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Award | In a Nutshell: Alleged alien encounter inspired by true
events…
Turn a Blind Eye Vicky Newham
An absorbing, fresh, and ultimately incredibly satisfying police
procedural and start to a new series. DI Maya Rahman and DS Dan
Maguire investigate…
Out of the Blue Sophie Cameron
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Rising Hope | Falling in Love Compelling magic realist debut in
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Hangman Daniel Cole
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flinch and yet I couldn’t stop, didn’t want to stop
reading. If you…
The Fate of Kings Mark Stibbe, G. P. Taylor
An authoritative yet easy to read, absolute romp of a novel set
during the turbulence of the French Revolution. This is the first
adventure in…
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games is a searing novel set in a future with unsettling
parallels to our present. In a dark vision of the near future, The
Hunger Games…
The Island Victoria Hislop
A 2013 World Book Night selection. Winner of Newcomer of the Year
at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2007.Something a bit different, a
bit special.…
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir Jennifer Ryan
An engaging and charmingly bittersweet slice of fiction set during
the Second World War. In a Kent village during 1940, the vicar
closes the choir,…
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‘It is clear that the novel was meant by Spark to be
different from those she had previously written… For one
thing it was considerably…
The Ballad of Peckham Rye Muriel Spark
‘You either ‘get’ Spark or you don’t. She
always was different, and became more so with practice. An appetite
for…
The Comforters Muriel Spark
'There are two plots in The Comforters. One is fanciful and
improbable; the other imaginative and convincingly real. The first
is charming; the…
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark
‘By 1960, Spark was a novelist of some renown. But it was her
next novel, her sixth, which would make her famous and well off
enough to…
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‘[The Bachelors] appeared at a time when, in the words of her
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Letters to Iris Elizabeth Noble
April 2018 Book of the Month 'A gloriously uplifting story about
love in all its forms from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling
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The Sapphire Widow Dinah Jefferies
Another intensely vivid and expressive tale from Dinah Jefferies,
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Award at the…
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A beautiful, and heart-achingly touching read, step outside of
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The Trouble with Goats and Sheep Joanna Cannon
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | January 2017 Debut of the
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My Name is Leon Kit de Waal
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | Shortlisted for the Desmond
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just sings with…
Before the Rains Dinah Jefferies
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captivating novel, set in 1930’s India at the height of the
struggle for…
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without…
Lose Weight for Good Tom Kerridge
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He also…
Boundaries Jennie Miller, Victoria Lambert
A self-help book for our modern age, using boundaries to create a
mentally and physically healthier you. In this 24/7 world,
psychotherapist Jennie…
James Duigan's Blueprint for Health James Duigan
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