Lovereading.co.uk  Top 10

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 When God Was a Rabbit When God Was a Rabbit Sarah Winman June 2011 Mega Debut of the Month and eBook of the Month. This debut novel, charting the up and down, but unbreakable bond between a brother and sister, has been described by reviewers as ‘a little piece of heaven’, ‘enchanting’ and ... Download free opening extract
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 The Stranger's Child The Stranger's Child Alan Hollinghurst This is Alan Hollinghurst's first novel since The Line of Beauty, winner of the 2004 Man Booker Prize. As in The Line of Beauty, his impeccably nuanced exploration of changing taste, class and social etiquette is conveyed in deliciously ... Download free opening extract
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 The Villa Girls The Villa Girls Nicky Pellegrino Four friends, a sun-drenched escape and a holiday that will change everything...possibly forever. ... Download free opening extract
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 The Tiger's Wife The Tiger's Wife Tea Obreht Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011. June 2011 eBook of the Month.  From fragments of stories her grandfather told her as a child, Natalia realises he may have died searching for 'the deathless man', a vagabond who was said to ... Download free opening extract
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 The Lantern The Lantern Deborah Lawrenson Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 26 Jun 2011. A brooding contemporary gothic love story, beautifully told with rich and sensual imagery.  Moving  at a cracking pace it cleverly intertwines stories and events both and present into a ... Download free opening extract
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 I am God I am God Giorgio Faletti June 2011 Book of the Month. This has an unstoppable plot which hooks you in from the very first page.  A serial killer holds New York in his grip. The explosion of a twenty-two storey building, followed by the casual discovery ... Download free opening extract
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 Guilt by Association Guilt by Association Marcia Clark May 2011 Debut of the Month. This is one hell of a debut novel. It’s a super sharp, superbly constructed page turning legal thriller introducing us to a new protagonist, Los Angeles D.A.Rachel Knight, who you will want to read more ... Download free opening extract
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 The Passage The Passage Justin Cronin May 2011 Mega Book of the Month. A truly epic masterpiece that will have you hanging on for dear life for both its conclusion and the next volume.  It's a chilling end of the world as we know it saga, this ... Download free opening extract
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 The Birthday Party The Birthday Party Veronica Henry Secrets, rivalry, glamour - it's time for the party of the year...The stars are coming out to play in this the brilliant new novel from the author of THE BEACH HUT. But will Delilah's husband Raf be able to resist ... Download free opening extract
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 A Book for All and None A Book for All and None Clare Morgan June 2011 Debut of the Month. A beautiful, haunting literary debut from an extraordinary new talent who we can see scooping future literary prizes. When you are the Director of the Creative Writing Course at Oxford University there is, understandably, quite ... Download free opening extract