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1st December |
2nd December |
Asylum by Marcus Low Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2019 9mobile Prize for Literature Shortlist 2017 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Truth and Other Lies by Sascha Arango International Dagger Shortlist 2016 BBC Radio 2 Book Club - 15 June 2015 BUY FROM AMAZON |
3rd December |
4th December |
Theory of War by Joan Brady Whitbread Book of the year 1993 Whitbread Novel Award 1993 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1996 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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5th December |
6th December |
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Hugo Award for Best Novel Winner 1993 Nebula Best Novel Award Shortlist 1992 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 spaceships in fictions BUY FROM AMAZON |
A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2019 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017 Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist 2017 BUY FROM AMAZON |
7th December |
8th December |
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist 2003 Nebula Best Novel Award Winner 2003 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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9th December |
10th December |
Groupie by Jenny Fabian & Johnny Byrne Guardian Top 10s: Caroline Sullivan's top 10 books on rock and pop Guardian Top 10s: Tiffany Murray's top 10 rock'n'roll novels Guardian Top 10s: Barry Miles's top 10 counterculture books BUY FROM AMAZON |
Kumukanda by Kayo Chingonyi Dylan Thomas Prize Winner 2018 Costa Poetry Award Shortlist 2017 Jhalak Prize Shortlist 2017 Somerset Maugham Award Winner 2018 BUY FROM AMAZON |
11th December |
12th December |
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions Guardian Top 10s: Jane Rogers's top 10 cosy catastrophes Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 clerics in fiction BUY FROM AMAZON |
Secret Dream World of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella Guardian Top 10s: Marian Keyes's top 10 relationship books Guardian Top 10s: Jane Blanchard's top 10 midlife crisis books BUY FROM AMAZON |
13th December |
14th December |
Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy TS Eliot Prize for Poetry Winner 2005 Guardian 100 best books of the 21st century 28 BUY FROM AMAZON |
You Can Live Forever by Julie Maxwell Betty Trask Award 2007 Waverton Good Read Nomination 2007/2008 BUY FROM AMAZON |
15th December |
16th December |
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2019 Children's Book of the Year - British Book Awards 2018 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2017 BBC Radio 2 Book Club 18 April 2017 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 novels about burning issues for young adults BUY FROM AMAZON |
Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel Edgar Best First Novel Award Winner 2004 Macavity Best First Novel Award Shortlist 2004 BUY FROM AMAZON |
17th December |
18th December |
Down Second Avenue by Es'kia Mphahlele's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions BUY FROM AMAZON |
Mother London by Michael Moorcock Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – Sci-Fi and Fantasy BUY FROM AMAZON |
19th December |
20th December |
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014 Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 treasure hunts in fiction BUY FROM AMAZON |
A Lot of Hard Yakka by Simon Hughes Guardian Top 10s: Vic Marks' top 10 books on cricket Guardian Top 10s: Shehan Karunatilaka's top 10 cricket books BUY FROM AMAZON |
21st December |
22nd December |
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas Man Booker Prize Longlist 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book - South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner 2009 BUY FROM AMAZON |
A Perfect Night to go to China by David Gilmour International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2007 BUY FROM AMAZON |
23rd December |
24th December |
The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman Waverton Good Read Nomination 2014/2015 Authors' Club Best First Novel Shortlist 2015 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Kick Ass by Mark Millar illustrated by John Romita Jr Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2010 BUY FROM AMAZON |
25th December |
26th December |
Bright Travellers by Fiona Benson Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2014 Felix Dennis Prize (Forward) for Best First Collection Shortlist 2014 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry Shortlist 2014 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 1998 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1999 BUY FROM AMAZON |
27th December |
28th December |
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh Costa Biography Award Shortlist 2014 Guardian First Book Award Shortlist 2014 BUY FROM AMAZON |
West End Final by Hugo Williams Forward Prize for Best Collection Shortlist 2009 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry Shortlist 2009 BUY FROM AMAZON |
29th December |
30th December |
The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Effi Briest by Theodore Fontane Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 novels about unfaithful wives BUY FROM AMAZON |
31st December |
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End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist 2007 BSFA Best Novel Award Winner 2006 BUY FROM AMAZON |
1st November |
2nd November |
Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi Waverton Good Read Nomination 2013/2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2015 9mobile Prize for Literature Longlist 2014 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 books about long marriages BUY FROM AMAZON |
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3rd November |
4th November |
Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2005 Richard & Judy Book Club 2004 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2019 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2019 BUY FROM AMAZON |
5th November |
6th November |
The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1999 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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7th November |
8th November |
Ekaterina by Donald Harington International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1996 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Radcliffe List 60 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions BUY FROM AMAZON |
9th November |
10th November |
Lucca by Jens Christian Grondahl International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2004 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Disclaimer by Renee Knight Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 2016 Waverton Good Read Longlist 2015/2016 Desmond Elliott Longlist 2016 New Writer of the Year Shortlist - British Book Awards 2016 BUY FROM AMAZON |
11th November |
12th November |
Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica by Hamish Henderson Somerset Maugham Award Winner 1949 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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13th November |
14th November |
The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza Macallan Gold Dagger 2002 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Shortlist 2002 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Just Mercy: a Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction Shortlist 2015 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Non-Fiction Winner 2015 Guardian Top 10: Top 10 books about miscarriages of justice BUY FROM AMAZON |
15th November |
16th November |
Under the Frog by Tibor Fischer Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1993 Betty Trask Award 1992 Guardian Top 10: Ray French's top 10 black comedies BUY FROM AMAZON |
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17th November |
18th November |
The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1998 Whitbread First Novel Award Shortlist 1998 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000 McKitterick Prize 1999 Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy BUY FROM AMAZON |
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Booker-McConnell Prize Shortlist 1996 Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 1997 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 1998 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions Guardian 50 Great Thrillers by Women Marie Claire magazine Best Books to Read Before You Die 30 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 modern Victorian novels BUY FROM AMAZON |
19th November |
20th November |
The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons Crossed Red Herring Award 1957 Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 90 BUY FROM AMAZON |
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution - 1891-1924 by Orlando Figes The Perfect Library: 110 Best books by the Telegraph Guardian Top 10s: Richard Vinen's top 10 history books Guardian Top 10s: James Meek's top 10 books of Russia BUY FROM AMAZON |
21st November |
22nd November |
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011 Amazon US 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 hospital stories BUY FROM AMAZON |
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot Guardian 100 Greatest Novels of all Time The Novel 100 65 Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition BBC 100 Greatest British Novels 70 UKTV Drama 20 Classic Books You Must Read Before You Die 12 Guardian Top 10s: Lynn Shepherd's top 10 fictional drownings BUY FROM AMAZON |
23rd November |
24th November |
25th November |
26th November |
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2013 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 books about South Korea BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl & CM Kornbluth Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy Guardian Top 10s: Michael Moorcock's top 10 science fiction novels BUY FROM AMAZON |
27th November |
28th November |
A Taste for Death by PD James Silver Dagger 1986 Edgar Best Novel Shortlist 1987 Macavity Best Novel Award 1987 Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 53 BUY FROM AMAZON |
After Me Comes the Flood by Sarah Perry Waverton Good Read Nomination 2014/2015 Guardian First Book Award Longlist 2014 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 depictions of British rain BUY FROM AMAZON |
29th November |
30th November |
The City of Your Final Destination by Peter Cameron PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 2003 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions BUY FROM AMAZON |
1st October |
2nd October |
High Rise by JG Ballard Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – Sci-Fi and Fantasy 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 modernisers in literature Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 novels about riots BUY FROM AMAZON |
Downriver by Iain Sinclair 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 1991 RSL Nation’s Favourite Second Novel - Voting List RSL Encore Award 1992 BUY FROM AMAZON |
3rd October |
4th October |
The Deadbeats by Ward Ruyslinck 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Crime - Best of the Rest BUY FROM AMAZON |
5th October |
6th October |
Rebecca, Born in the Maelstrom by Marie-Claire Blais International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Autumn Manoeuvres by Melvyn Bragg Guardian Top 10s: DJ Taylor's top 10 counter-factual novel BUY FROM AMAZON |
7th October |
8th October |
Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James Guardian Top 10s: Jenny Colgan's top 10 comic novels Guardian Top 10s: Mike Gayle's top 10 male confessionals BUY FROM AMAZON |
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2011 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2009 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 novels about Pakistan BUY FROM AMAZON |
9th October |
10th October |
Lovesick by Angeles Mastretta International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1999 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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11th October |
12th October |
Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Winner 2015 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2015 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 books about migrants BUY FROM AMAZON |
Lush Life by Richard Price Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 2009 Guardian Top 10s: CJ Box's top 10 US crime novelists who 'own' their territory BUY FROM AMAZON |
13th October |
14th October |
Gilgamesh by Joan London Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 2004 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 mothers, 'bad' and otherwise, in books BUY FROM AMAZON |
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15th October |
16th October |
Two Gentlemen on the Beach by Michael Kohlmeier International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Iron Council by China Mieville Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner 2005 Hugo Award for Best Novel Shortlist 2005 BUY FROM AMAZON |
17th October |
18th October |
Hellfire by Nick Tosches Guardian Top 10s: Nik Cohn's top ten rock 'n' roll books Guardian Top 10s: Peter Murphy's top 10 literary preachers BUY FROM AMAZON |
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman Whitbread Biography Award 1998 Guardian Top 10s: Leonie Frieda's top 10 biographies of historical figures BUY FROM AMAZON |
19th October |
20th October |
Men at Arms by Evelyn Waugh Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 1952 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Christening Party by Francis Steegmuller National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1961 BUY FROM AMAZON |
21st October |
22nd October |
The Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson Gold Dagger 1960 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 1960 Edgar Best Novel Shortlist 1962 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing Telegraph 100 Novels Everyone Should Read 89 Guardian 100 Best Novels Written in English Norwegian Book Club World Library The Novel 100 61 Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Family and Self 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions All-TIME 100 Novels BBC 100 Greatest British Novels 24 Vote 100 Books 28 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction #ThisBook 18 BUY FROM AMAZON |
23rd October |
24th October |
The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 cliques in fiction BUY FROM AMAZON |
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25th October |
26th October |
The Group by Mary McCarthy National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1964 Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - State of the Nation Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 cliques in fiction BUY FROM AMAZON |
Accelerando by Charles Stross Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist 2006 Hugo Award for Best Novel Shortlist 2006 BUY FROM AMAZON |
27th October |
28th October |
Ola by Albert Wendt Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book - South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner 1992 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Amber Fury by Natalie Haynes Waverton Good Read Nomination 2014/2015 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016 BUY FROM AMAZON |
29th October |
30th October |
Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold Hugo Award for Best Novel Winner 1992 Nebula Best Novel Award Shortlist 1991 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Crime - Best of the Rest Guardian Top 10s: Tom Rachman's top 10 journalist's tales BUY FROM AMAZON |
31st October |
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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Science Fiction and Fantasy Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Sci-Fi and Fantasy - Best of the Rest All-TIME 100 Novels Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist 1994 Guardian Top 10s: Dick Jude's top 10 science fiction books Guardian Top 10s: Sam Leith's top 10 alternative realities BUY FROM AMAZON |
1st September |
2nd September |
Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 2010 Betty Trask Prize 2010 John Llewellyn Rhys Shortlist 2010 Waverton Good Read Nomination 2010/2011 Guardian First Book Award Shortlist 2010 Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist 2010 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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3rd September |
4th September |
Cairo by Louis Armand International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Shortlist 2014 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Madman of Bergerac by Georges Simenon Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Crime Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Crime BUY FROM AMAZON |
5th September |
6th September |
The Devouring by James R Benn Macavity Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Novel Shortlist 2018 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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7th September |
8th September |
Wall of Days by Alastair Bruce Waverton Good Read Nomination 2011/2012 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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9th September |
10th September |
The Silent Land by Graham Joyce Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011 Guardian Top 10s: Lisa Tuttle's top 10 mould-breaking fantasy novels BUY FROM AMAZON |
Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003 Guardian Top 10s: Dan Rhodes's top 10 short books BUY FROM AMAZON |
11th September |
12th September |
Solitude by Victor Catala 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions BUY FROM AMAZON |
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey Oprah's Book Club 2005 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 books about mental hospitals BUY FROM AMAZON |
13th September |
14th September |
White City Blue by Tim Lott Whitbread First Novel Award 1999 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2001 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall Somerset Maugham Award Winner 2008 Waverton Good Read Nomination 2007/2008 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist 2008 Guardian Top 10s: Jim Bob's top 10 illustrated books for adults BUY FROM AMAZON |
15th September |
16th September |
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2016 Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist 2016 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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17th September |
18th September |
Speedboat by Renata Adler National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 1976 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 opening scenes in books BUY FROM AMAZON |
Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray National Geographic Extreme Classics 85 Guardian Top 10s: Andy Cave's top 10 books on Alpinism BUY FROM AMAZON |
19th September |
20th September |
Trumpet by Jackie Kay Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 1999 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2000 Guardian Fiction Prize 1998 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 1998 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Wake of the Wind by J California Cooper International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2000 BUY FROM AMAZON |
21st September |
22nd September |
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 1989 Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 civil war novels BUY FROM AMAZON |
Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye translated by John Fletcher International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2014 Vote 100 Books 88 BUY FROM AMAZON |
23rd September |
24th September |
25th September |
26th September |
Why I ‘m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge Jhalak Prize Winner 2017 Non-Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year - British Book Awards 2018 New Writer of the Year Shortlist - Specsavers National Book Awards 2018 Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year Shortlist - Specsavers National Book Awards 2018 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Moo by Jane Smiley National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 1995 Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy BUY FROM AMAZON |
27th September |
28th September |
The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2012 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Strange Case of Dr Simmonds & Dr Glas by Dannie Abse Man Booker Prize Longlist 2002 BUY FROM AMAZON |
29th September |
30th September |
Fear of Flying by Erica Jong 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 feminist books BUY FROM AMAZON |
1st August |
2nd August |
Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 dodgy lawyers in literature BUY FROM AMAZON |
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1997 Oprah's Book Club 1998 BUY FROM AMAZON |
3rd August |
4th August |
Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist 2014 Vote 100 Books 93 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes WH Smiths Richard & Judy Book Club Spring 2012 Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 difficult love stories BUY FROM AMAZON |
5th August |
6th August |
The Face of Battle by John Keegan Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books – War and History Guardian Top 10s: Simon Schama's top 10 history books BUY FROM AMAZON |
Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2018 Guardian Top 10s: Amy Sackville on the top 10 novels about painters BUY FROM AMAZON |
7th August |
8th August |
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2016 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 spaceships in fiction BUY FROM AMAZON |
River of Shadows by Valerio Varesi translated by Joseph Farrell International Dagger Shortlist 2011 Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 crime novels in translation BUY FROM AMAZON |
9th August |
10th August |
The Clay Machine-Gun (Buddha's Little Finger) by Victor Pelevin translated by Andrew Bromfield 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2001 Guardian Top 10s: James Meek's top 10 books of Russia BUY FROM AMAZON |
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11th August |
12th August |
Studs Lonigan by James T Farrell Modern Library 100 Best Novels Board's List 29 Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 restaurants and bars in modern literature BUY FROM AMAZON |
Four Bare Legs in a Bed by Helen Simpson Somerset Maugham Award Winner 1991 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award Winner 1991 BUY FROM AMAZON |
13th August |
14th August |
The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw Costa First Novel Award Shortlist 2009 Waverton Good Read Longlist 2009/2010 Desmond Elliott Prize 2010 Guardian First Book Award Longlist 2009 Guardian Top 10s: Graham Joyce's top 10 fairy fictions BUY FROM AMAZON |
Auto-da-Fe by Elias Canetti Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions Guardian Top 10s: From Bag End to Babel: Top 10 libraries in fiction BUY FROM AMAZON |
15th August |
16th August |
The Heat by Garry Disher Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Longlist 2017 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2017 BUY FROM AMAZON |
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews Folio Prize Shortlist 2015 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016 The Sunday Times 100 21st-Century Novels to Love BUY FROM AMAZON |
17th August |
18th August |
The 10pm Question by Kate de Goldi International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2010 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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19th August |
20th August |
Deliverance by James Dickey National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1971 Modern Library 100 Best Novels Board's List 42 Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - War and Travel All-TIME 100 Novels Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 chases in literature BUY FROM AMAZON |
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor Guardian 100 Greatest Novels of all Time Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century Readers' List 38 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions Guardian Top 10s: Peter Murphy's top 10 literary preachers BUY FROM AMAZON |
21st August |
22nd August |
Signs of Life by Anna Raverat Waverton Good Read Nomination 2012/2013 Desmond Elliott Longlist 2013 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2012 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Blue Tower by Thorarinn Eldjarn International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2001 BUY FROM AMAZON |
23rd August |
24th August |
Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci Betty Trask Award 1991 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize 1990 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Peculiar Life Of A Lonely Postman by Denis Theriault BBC Radio 2 Book Club - 1 December 2014 BUY FROM AMAZON |
25th August |
26th August |
The Information by Martin Amis Whitbread Novel Award Shortlist 1995 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1997 Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Comedy 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition Guardian Top 10s: Terence Blacker's top 10 tales of literary villainy BUY FROM AMAZON |
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Amazon UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Waterstones Books of the Century 90 Guardian Top 10s: Isabel Losada's top 10 books about the Dalai Lama and Tibet Guardian Top 10s: Saul David's favourite books on South African history Guardian Top 10s: Don Mullan's top 10 books on heroes BUY FROM AMAZON |
27th August |
28th August |
Mother And Son by Ivy Compton-Burnett James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 1955 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Last Seen in Massilia by Steven Saylor Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Shortlist 2001 Sunday Times 100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945 BUY FROM AMAZON |
29th August |
30th August |
Before the Earthquake by Maria Allen Waverton Good Read Longlist 2010/2011 Desmond Elliott Shortlist 2010 BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2014 Guardian First Book Award 2012 National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 2012 The Sunday Times 100 21st-Century Novels to Love Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 novels of desert war Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 books about guilt Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 books about the Iraq war BUY FROM AMAZON |
31st August |
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1st July |
2nd July |
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist 2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2009 National Book Award for Fiction Winner 2007 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George Guardian Top 10s: Megan Miranda's top 10 books set in a wintry landscape BUY FROM AMAZON |
3rd July |
4th July |
The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal Amazon UK 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Telegraph 500 Must-Read Books - Lives - Best of the Rest Costa Biography Award 2010 Ondaatje Prize 2011 New Writer of the Year - Galaxy National Book Awards 2010 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 48 Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time 5 Silver Dagger 1987 Sunday Times 100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945 Guardian Top 10s: Simon Lelic's top 10 lawyers in fiction BUY FROM AMAZON |
5th July |
6th July |
Any Other Mouth by Anneliese Mackintosh Waverton Good Read Nomination 2014/2015 Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2014 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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7th July |
8th July |
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Tobias Smollett Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read – Comedy 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions BUY FROM AMAZON |
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9th July |
10th July |
The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri Booker-McConnell Prize Longlist 2001 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 2002 McKitterick Prize 2002 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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11th July |
12th July |
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time 42 Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time 100 Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 civil war novels BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Chin Kiss King by Ana Veciana-Suarez International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 1999 BUY FROM AMAZON |
13th July |
14th July |
Blood-Drenched Beard by Daniel Galera International Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2016 BUY FROM AMAZON |
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition Guardian Top 10s: The top 10 books about addiction BUY FROM AMAZON |
15th July |
16th July |
Empire Falls by Richard Russo Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2002 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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17th July |
18th July |
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2015 BUY FROM AMAZON |
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19th July |
20th July |
Green Henry by Gottfried Keller 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions BUY FROM AMAZON |
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper by Alexandra Harris Somerset Maugham Award Winner 2011 Guardian First Book Award 2010 BUY FROM AMAZON |
21st July |
22nd July |
Vault: an anti-novel by David Rose Guardian Not the Booker Prize Longlist 2011 Guardian Top 10s: Nicholas Royle's top 10 first novels Guardian Top 10s: The 10 best books about cycling BUY FROM AMAZON |
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 1948 Best of the James Tait Black Shortlist Modern Library 100 Best Novels Board's List 40 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 2006 edition All-TIME 100 Novels BBC 100 Greatest British Novels 72 BUY FROM AMAZON |
23rd July |
24th July |
The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb National Book Award for Fiction Finalist 1955 Guardian Top 10s: Will Eaves's top 10 siblings' stories Guardian Top 10s: Peter Murphy's top 10 literary preachers Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 chases in literature Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 real-life monsters in fiction BUY FROM AMAZON |
All Souls Day by Cees Nooteboom translated by Susan Massotty International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2003 Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read - Love 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 editions Guardian Top 10s: 10 of the best books set in Berlin BUY FROM AMAZON |
25th July |
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Holiday by Stanley Middleton Booker-McConnell Prize Winner 1974 Guardian Top 10s: Top 10 seaside novels BUY FROM AMAZON |
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