Ten Books to Talk About

Season of the Witch

by Natasha Mostert Season of the Witch tells the haunting story of a man who gets drawn into the mysterious world of two beautiful witch sisters who are practitioners of the lost, ancient Art of Memory.   Part murder mystery, part love story, this novel is wholly original in both theme and scope and takes on big themes.

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Congratulations!
Well deserved Natasha! Wishing you success in abundance with all your books - Nasreen Akhtar, author, Catch a Fish from the Sea (Using the Internet). read more
by Nasreen_Akhtar

Bad Traffic

by Simon Lewis Inspector Jian, a Chinese cop from the Siberian border, thinks he’s seen it all. But when his student daughter phones him frantic for help, he is pitched into an alien and frightening world – the mean streets of rural England. He needs to hunt down a gang of ruthless people traffickers and he needs to do it fast, but he has two problems: no English and no cash.

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loved it
No time to get bored or think about picking up another book - this kept me enthralled right until the end. read more
by marymod

The Opposite of Love

by Julie Buxbaum Emily, a successful young Manhattan attorney, should be overjoyed when her boyfriend seems on the verge of proposing. Instead she finds herself abruptly ending her happy relationship for reasons she can’t even explain to herself. As her world gradually starts to unravel there are laugh-out-loud moments but also times when the reader may be moved to tears.

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best book ever
After reading this book, I e-mailed Julie Buxbaum and told her it was the best book I had ever read. She sent me the nicest reply and also an autographed bookplate. I can't wait to read her new… read more
by kathzard

Imagine This

by Sade Adeniran Lola is a nine-year-old child who is wrenched from all that is familiar and thrust into village life in Nigeria, a culture so alien and removed from her childhood in Kent, that she is left bereft and adrift.

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Great book
This is a book for all to learn from and find a new understanding of life. Great read. read more
by Killa

Catch a Fish from the Sea (Using the Internet)

by Nasreen Akhtar Insightful and gripping, this is the true story of the realities of searching for a lifetime partner using the internet. It is the powerful memoir of a thirty-something British Muslim woman of Pakistani origin who embarks upon a remarkable journey of the self, society, soul and love.

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loved it!!
Absolutely amazing.Couldn't put it down.A must read!! read more
by Sephy

Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction

by Alison MacLeod In Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction you will meet lovers, would-be lovers and lovers gone wrong. You will discover modern life laid bare and the literature of the past re-imagined. You will travel from the Brighton seafront to the Nova Scotia coast. You will be in Ikea one minute and in the Hayward Gallery the next…

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#1 choice
Having read the books on the shortlist: this is a truly gifted author. My #1 choice. Surprised I am commenting to say I am sorry MacLeod did not win. read more
by Ogmios

Wild

by Jay Griffiths Wild is the product of Jay Griffith’s journey to find a childhood view of wilderness. She spent seven years on the book and to complete her journey she gave everything that she had – time, money and energy. Her search took her from the freedom fighters of West Papua to icebergs where polar bears slept, from kindly cannibals to sea gypsies, and finally it yielded a sweet surprise, the knowledge that “what is savage is in the deepest sense gentle, and what is wild is kind”.

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Thank You...
What a great book, on so many levels; emotional, cultural, geographical, political, philosophical, esoteric, Still reading it, slowly; it's full, beautiful, dramatic. I've already bought copies for… read more
by pkeseru

Vicky Had One Eye Open

by Darryl Samaraweera Vivid, honest and heart-wrenching, this novel chronicles how a patient, Vicky, and her family deal very differently with her lapse into a coma. Vicky’s Sri Lankan family struggles to cope with the traditional closeness of their family unit, made increasingly claustrophobic by the confines of the NHS. Tensions amongst the waiting family rise, whilst Vicky openly invites the reader into her mind.

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Beautiful
and moving. A story that will linger with me for a long time to come read more
by smurfette

Random Deaths and Custard

by Catrin Dafydd Sam Jones is a perfectly ordinary Valleys girl. Except for the random deaths, that is. Random deaths she only just manages to avoid. Narrowly escaping decapitation by the kitchen cupboard, concussed by a fall on the bus, then saved from choking on a fish finger by a complete stranger on her doorstep, she begins to see her life as a succession of near misses.

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You can pick it up but you won't be able to put it down!
What a refreshing change from the run of the mill novel all to often filling our bookshops today.This talented young Welsh writer grabs us by the throat and takes us on a journey of love , laughter… read more
by Kathryn

The Fantastic Book of Everybody’s Secrets

by Sophie Hannah Sophie Hannah, already well known for her acclaimed crime fiction and award-winning poetry, serves up these contemporary tales of the unexpected with a relish rarely matched since the offerings of Roald Dahl. The more comic the scenario, the scarier the consequences…

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BAD TITLE
WELL,U CAN JUDGE WHAT U WILL FIND INSIDE BY EXAMINING ITS OUTFIT SO I AM NOT INPRESSED AT ALL, AND I DONT THINK THIS COULD REALLY ATTRACT EVEN TO GIVE A SINGLE GLANCE ON THE FRONT PAGE. read more
by asim