Lovereading.co.uk Top 10

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 Freedom Freedom Jonathan Franzen October 2010 Mega Book of the Month. Selected as the Oprah's Book Club pick. The long awaited new novel from Jonathan Franzen is a masterpiece, being heralded as the return of the Great American Novel and so it should be. The story ... Download free opening extract
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 Three Seconds Three Seconds Anders Roslund, Borge Hellstrom A "Piece of Passion" from the Publisher... "Roslund and Hellstrom's Three Seconds offers readers as tense and gripping, edge of seat experience as any novel I can remember reading. And a last twist that defies expectations and leaves the reader wrung ... Download free opening extract
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 Room Room Emma Donoghue August 2010 Book of the Month. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. This is probably the most extraordinary book you will read for a long time.  Although the premise has been done before and the story told from both the captor ... Download free opening extract
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 The Reversal The Reversal Michael Connelly October 2010 Book of the Month. A new Harry Bosch, which is always a treat. Harry is brought in to help out defence lawyer Mickey Haller on a case Mickey has been asked to prosecute rather than defend. Maybe the alarm ... Download free opening extract
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 Just My Type: A Book About Fonts Just My Type: A Book About Fonts Simon Garfield October 2010 Book of the Month. What may seem like a banal topic is brought to life in this very fascinating book about type face. You won’t be able to look at a book or a poster again without wondering about ... Download free opening extract
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 Bloody Women Bloody Women Helen FitzGerald It’s not often you come across a thriller that is as funny as it is scary but here is such a book with the title a slight give away to the tone. When Cat tries to settle her pre-wedding nerves ... Download free opening extract
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 The Swimmer The Swimmer Roma Tearne October 2010 Book of the Month. A tale of romance and Sri Lankan politics  from the author of Brixton Beach. It is  rather  pessimistic  and  tragic  and yet despite that is richly satisfying. Almost everything imaginable happens  to or has happened ... Download free opening extract
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 Fall of Giants Fall of Giants Ken Follett October 2010 Book of the Month. The first in a trilogy, this sweeping historical epic follows the fate of five families as they move through the years from the coronation of George V in 1911, through the First World War, the ... Download free opening extract
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 In a Strange Room In a Strange Room Damon Galgut Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. A novel of longing and thwarted desire, rage and compassion, In a Strange Room is the hauntingly beautiful evocation of one man’s search for love and for a place to call home. ... Download free opening extract
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 Kitchenella - The Secrets of Women: Heroic, Simple, Nurturing Cookery - for Everyone Kitchenella - The Secrets of Women: Heroic, Simple, Nurturing Cookery - for Everyone Rose Prince October 2010 Book of the Month. As a nation we have been hooked on the cooking bug in recent years, with the rise and rise of the celebrity chef, but sometimes all these glamorous books and shows don’t necessarily give us ... Download free opening extract