Lovereading.co.uk Top 10

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 Playing the Game Playing the Game Belle de Jour Unlike the previous two books by this author this has been marketed as fiction however, the story is about how things may have turned out for Belle and her friends so it will be up to you to decide if ... Download free opening extract
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 Killing God Killing God Kevin Brooks A thrilling, thought-provoking novel from the critically acclaimed Kevin Brooks. Dawn Bundy is fifteen. She doesn't fit in and she couldn't care less. Dawn has other things on her mind. Her dad disappeared two years ago and it's all God's fault. When Dawn's ... Download free opening extract
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 The Hungry Ghosts The Hungry Ghosts Anne Berry June 2009 Debut of the Month. A superb novel from a great new talent. The story unfolds told from the different perspectives of each family member and from Alice’s “Ghost”. Unloved by her mother and at a disadvantage in the family ... Download free opening extract
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 Tribute Tribute Nora Roberts June 2009 Book of the Month. A consistently good author delivers another highly addictive read of a thespian family with the daughter leaving that world and going into renovating property.  She has a gloriously sexy neighbour who she falls for and ... Download free opening extract
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 The Angel's Game The Angel's Game Carlos Ruiz Zafon June 2009 Book of the Month. Fans of  The Shadow of the Wind will be pleased to find that the Cemetery of the Forgotten Books reappears in Zafon’s new novel. Set in 1920’s Barcelona this is a haunting, thrilling, fascinating tale ... Download free opening extract
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 Home Home Marilynne Robinson Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 Jack Broughton returns to his family home after twenty years away. The book tackles the subject of family relationships and how they affect our lives in the past, present and future – inescapable ... Download free opening extract
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 In Bed With... In Bed With... Imogen Edwards-jones, Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson, Kathy Letter This is the most enormous fun – a collection of sexy short stories written by bestselling authors. To add to the fun, they have all used ‘porn’ pseudonyms, a combination of their first pet and their street names. ... Download free opening extract
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 White Nights White Nights Ann Cleeves Setting a detective novel in the Shetland Isles is a stroke of genius in itself as a close knit community such as that is the last place you would expect murder to take place. Adding to the chilling news that ... Download free opening extract
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 Tease Tease Immodesty Blaize The British Queen of Burlesque, Immodesty Blaize, turns her talents to writing, with great success. With all the racy, raunchy fun you could expect from a novel about a girl who has risen to the top of her game in ... Download free opening extract
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 No One You Know No One You Know Michelle Richmond June 2009 Debut of the Month. The devastating effect on a close family when their genius daughter is murdered.  The younger, carefree sister narrates this tragic tale 14 years after the event when she is at last able to piece the ... Download free opening extract

KIDS SITE TOP 10

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 Moon Moon Stewart Ross One of the greatest events of the twentieth century, the unforgettable moment of  man’s first landing on the Moon provides the perfect platform for this wide ranging introduction to many different aspects of the moon. After excellent coverage of the ... Download free opening extract
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 The Mysterious Benedict Society The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart This is a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller that we’ve been raving about since it went stratospheric across the water earlier this year. Here you will meet four very unusual children each with three things in common – all orphans, all incredibly ... Download free opening extract
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 The Knife of Never Letting Go The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award - the winner will be announced in July Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2008 and Booktrust Teenage Prize 2008. The electrifying and unflinching young ... Download free opening extract
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 Come On Danny (gr8 reads) Come On Danny (gr8 reads) Andy Croft Full of emotion and understanding but written in such a way that a struggling or reluctant reader will devour, Come On Danny is a hard hitting story describing the difficulties of dealing with life when everything goes wrong. Danny likes ... Download free opening extract
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 Airhead Airhead Meg Cabot From the creator of Allie Finkle and The Princess Diaries comes a brand new novel featuring two very different girls, one a superbrain and the other a supermodel. They have absolutely nothing in common until something extraordinary happens. Meg cabot’s trademark wit is here ... Download free opening extract
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 The Medusa Project: The Set-Up The Medusa Project: The Set-Up Sophie Mckenzie This is not science fiction.  Within the lifetime of children now the human race will have created new improved humans through genetic manipulation.  Frightening but true. Here in the first of a thrilling roller-coaster adventure series you can join four teenagers, each ... Download free opening extract
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 Bloodchild Bloodchild Tim Bowler If you’re on the hunt for a book that will really grab you, put shivers down your spine and ensure that at the end of every chapter you gasp for breath, then Bowler’s Bloodchild is the novel for you. Incredibly atmospheric of time ... Download free opening extract
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 Green Fingers and Muddy Boots Green Fingers and Muddy Boots Ivor Santer Children benefit immensely from spending time outdoors in the fresh air, and a great way to get them outside is to encourage an interest in their garden. This book presents fun and practical activities to do in the garden every ... Download free opening extract
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 Creature of the Night Creature of the Night Kate Thompson Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009 and shortlisted for the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award. From multi-award winning author Kate Thompson comes another absorbing read, blazing an enthralling path between the stark realities of modern-day society and the fantasy for which ... Download free opening extract
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 My Double Life My Double Life Joanna Nadin A double edition of Rachel's first two diaries - My So-Called Life: A breath of fresh air in teen girls’ fiction and one of the funniest things we’ve read in the Lovereading office this year.  Tipped to be the Adrian Mole ... Download free opening extract