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. 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 ‘completely incredible’. High praise indeed ... 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
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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 Collaborator The Collaborator Margaret Leroy June 2011 Book of the Month. Margaret Leroy explores a forbidden friendship in the frightening world of Guernsey during the German occupation in the Second World War.  With her husband fighting on the frontline Vivienne begins a relationship with a Nazi ... Download free opening extract
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 Minding Frankie Minding Frankie Maeve Binchy June 2011 Book of the Month. A great family tale about the power of love and friendships. Noel finds himself left alone to bring up baby Frankie but Noel is a troubled soul himself and when Social Workers start threatening to ... 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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 All the Hopeful Lovers All the Hopeful Lovers William Nicholson June 2011 Book of the Month. Nicholson casts an unflinching eye on men's attitude to sex, on women, love and family life. This is our own familiar world rendered pacy, funny, emotionally on the button and hugely entertaining. ... Download free opening extract
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 The Confession of Katherine Howard The Confession of Katherine Howard Suzannah Dunn May 2011 Book of the Month. The Confession of Katherine Howard by Suzannah Dunn tells the story of this ill-fated teenage queen as she is thrust into the wealth and terror of Henry VIII’s court. Start reading it and you'll be ... Download free opening extract
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 The Dealer and the Dead The Dealer and the Dead Gerald Seymour June 2011 Book of the Month. ‘Revenge is a dish best served cold’, or so the saying goes, and when a group of Croatian  villagers think they have found out who betrayed them during the Serb/Croat war 18 years ago they ... Download free opening extract
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 Fame Fame Tilly Bagshawe June 2011 Book of the Month. Escapist, indulgent, racy and fun. Set against a backdrop of a sumptuous crumbling English country house, the film-set of Wuthering Heights is as salacious as the setting is beautiful. This is not 'celebrity.' This is ... Download free opening extract