Lovereading Top 10

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 The Marble Collector The Marble Collector Cecelia Ahern One of our Books of the Year 2015. December 2015 Book of the Month. Absolutely delightful! Cecelia Ahern always writes with stirring compassion and a delicious secretive quirk, so I was really looking forward to starting this, her twelfth novel. ‘The Marble ... Download free opening extract
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 Spill Simmer Falter Wither Spill Simmer Falter Wither Sara Baume One of our Books of the Year 2015. November 2015 Debut of the Month. Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2015. Slow starting, slightly monotonous first-person monologue that builds into a hypnotic tale which becomes strangely compulsive.  It is a novel of ... Download free opening extract
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 The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins Shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2015. A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. In the footsteps of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep, the unreliable narrator domestic drama of untruths is the new 'hot' genre. ... Download free opening extract
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 The Glass Painter's Daughter The Glass Painter's Daughter Rachel Hore Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2010. Fran Morrison left home to pursue a career in foreign cities as a classical musician. But now her difficult father Edward is dangerously ill and it’s time to return, into ... Download free opening extract
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 The Absolution of Otto Finkel The Absolution of Otto Finkel John R. McKay An expressive and poignant tale, of six children who meet while on holiday in France in 1928, then as adults face the Second World War from very different perspectives. The prologue sets the tale firmly in motion, one man is ... Download free opening extract
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 The Story of a Nutcracker The Story of a Nutcracker Alexandre Dumas December 2015 Book of the Month. What a lovely Christmas treat this book is, from the beautifully designed cover, to the Foreword by the translator Sarah Ardizzone all add to the richly dark, yet magical tale within. As you read the ... Download free opening extract
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 The Snow Queen The Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen's magical tale of friendship and adventure is retold through the beautiful and intricate illustrations of Finnish illustrator Sanna Annukka. Cloth-bound in deep blue, with silver foil embellishments, The Snow Queen is a unique work of art. A ... Download free opening extract
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 Hidden Hidden Emma Kavanagh Full of suspense with any number of red herrings, this is cracking stuff by a former police psychologist.  Narrated from four points of view, it concerns a major shooting incident in a Welsh hospital.  Not only does it jump viewpoints, ... Download free opening extract
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 Cross Justice Cross Justice James Patterson November 2015 Book of the Month. The rather wonderful and fascinating Alex Cross returns in his 23rd novel, ‘Cross Justice’. I  almost forgot I was supposed to have my reviewing hat on and just sank into the depths of the story. ... Download free opening extract
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 Deirdre A Life on Coronation Street Deirdre A Life on Coronation Street Glenda Young This is the story of Deirdre from Coronation Street, a story told with love, laughter and drama. I don’t watch the soaps, however as I’ve grown up, I’ve been more than aware of Deirdre, from her gravelly husky voice, to ... Download free opening extract