Lovereading.co.uk Top 10

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 The Golden Pig The Golden Pig Mark Penny, Jonathan Penny    This is one of those titles we love to discover on Lovereading and pass the word on about. A brilliantly funny detective novel from two new authors -The Penny Brothers. They have written each part ...Download free opening extract
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 Crossed Wires Crossed Wires Rosy Thornton When Peter phones his car insurance company to report an accident he gets put through to Mina and there starts a delightful, old fashioned love story. We follow their separate lives  which, although have vast differences also, have great parallels ... Download free opening extract
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 The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher Kate Summerscale     Winner of the Galaxy Book of the Year and Popular Non-Fiction awards 2009.   Reviewed on Richard & Judy's Book Club 2009 on Wednesday 28 January.   Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 4 December 2008.   This reads like a first rate ... Download free opening extract
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 My Secret Diary My Secret Diary Jacqueline Wilson   Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 12 March 2009.   In her second memoir the wonderful Jacqueline Wilson recounts her teenage years. A highly enjoyable read, the book also includes extracts from her real 'secret' teenage diaries.  Download free opening extract
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 A Simple Act of Violence A Simple Act of Violence R J Ellory   April 2009 Book of the Month.   This is a big book by an author with a big future.  He is one of my favourites and has now become one of the nation’s favourites too since his A Quiet Belief in Angels ... Download free opening extract
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 The Best of Times The Best of Times Penny Vincenzi A split second in time can change so many lives. A car crash sets the scene for the fantastic new Penny Vincenzi novel with fate changing the course of the lives of all those involved but is it for the ... Download free opening extract
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 Child 44 Child 44 Tom Rob Smith Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2008.  Winner of the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2009.   Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2008.Costa Book Awards 2008 Judges' comment: "This gripping, unputdownable thriller is ... Download free opening extract
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 We Need to Talk About Kevin We Need to Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver   Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 29 January 2009.   This review is provided by bookgroup.info.Drop everything! This spectacular book will grab you and will not put you down, keeping you guessing until the final pages. Eva’s words may ... Download free opening extract
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 Vision in White Vision in White Nora Roberts The first of a new quartet from Nora Roberts (the Bride Quartet). Four female friends have formed a successful wedding planning business but, unfortunately, their own love lives do not run as smoothly as the wedding planning business. Nora Roberts ... Download free opening extract
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 The Opposite of Love The Opposite of Love Julie Buxbaum An intelligent piece of female fiction about what happens when you say no.  It’s a book that balances work against a relationship and gets it all horribly wrong.  Clever, astute, moving and at times funny, it is a very assured ... Download free opening extract

Lovereading4kids.co.uk  TOP 10

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 The Stepsisters' Story The Stepsisters' Story Kaye Umansky A romping comedy of catastrophes, this version of the Cinderella story comes straight from the mouths of the step sisters. They make no apology for their terrible behaviour as they greedily pursue their own ends while doing down their step ... Download free opening extract
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 A Child's Garden: A Story of Hope A Child's Garden: A Story of Hope Michael Foreman This is a wonderful celebration of optimism and a thoughtful and touching book about the importance of growth, green shoots and new life in a war torn world. Growing up amidst rubble a small boy tends a green shoot which ... Download free opening extract
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 The Ask and the Answer The Ask and the Answer Patrick Ness Tense, shocking and deeply moving, The Ask and the Answer is a terrifying novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure. The sequel to the highly acclaimed and prize-winning The Knife of Never Letting Go, the author who is also ... Download free opening extract
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 Gone Gone Michael Grant Gripping from the first moment on, this is a scary, an unputdownable and a brilliantly plotted fantasy. One minute all the adults are there - next they're gone! Only the children remain and they are trapped, cut off from the ... Download free opening extract
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 Skellig - TV tie in edition Skellig - TV tie in edition David Almond This is a wonderfully eerie and magical story about believing in something extra special and why it may make a difference.  It’s full of happiness and sadness but ultimately it’s incredibly fulfilling. 'Touched with a visionary intensity, this strange life-affirming tale exercises every ... Download free opening extract
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 The Amazing Adventures of Curd The Lion and Us! in the Land at the Back of Beyond The Amazing Adventures of Curd The Lion and Us! in the Land at the Back of Beyond Alan Gilliland Reminiscent of the writing of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, this brilliant debut children's novel is completely unputdownable as well as being almost uncategorisable.  The author has succeeded in delivering on a book that incorporates a terrifically funny yet mysterious story, full ... Download free opening extract
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 Secret Garden - Illustrated Edition Secret Garden - Illustrated Edition Frances Hodgson Burnett This absolute classic has entranced children the world over since its first publication in 1911.  In this remarkable new hardback gift edition from Walker Books, Inga Moore’s beautifully observed illustrations capture the wonder of the garden coming alive again, bringing ... Download free opening extract
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 Beautiful Dead: Jonas Beautiful Dead: Jonas Eden Maguire This is the first of a proposed series of 4 books in the increasingly popular area of paranormal romance.  Fans of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series will love the intrigue, the excellent writing style, compelling characters coupled with a powerful mystery.  ... Download free opening extract
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 Blood Ties Blood Ties Sophie Mckenzie Terrifically paced, this thriller links two teenagers who must work fast to unravel the past and discover the dangerous secret that unites them. Theo and Rachel have a lot at stake as they foil the plot of a group of ... 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 ... Download free opening extract