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"Recommended to me by a customer! (It works both ways you know!) This wonderful novel is the story of a modernist house built by a Jewish businessman and his wife in Czechoslovakia in 1930. But they are forced to flee when Germany invades during World War II. Will Liesel ever see her beloved home again? Wonderful." Bob ISBN 9780349121321 -
"Kick your shoes off, get comfy, because once you start on this you won't want to stop. Entertaining, witty, moving, all the elements of a modern classic with '50s style thrown in for good measure!!" Ann ISBN 9780141196312 -
"Boo, a Pulitzer Prize Winner, takes you deep into a Mumbai slum. She does it with ease and focus, smuggling plenty of current Indian issues in the meantime. It's a fascinating read, sometimes hard to believe it's non-fiction. Watched 'Slumdog Millionaire'? Now read this." Marta ISBN 9781846274510 -
"Featuring mystery, madness and romance, you will find yourself wanting to believe that the impossible is possible, that love can traverse time and save the damned. Very strange and very compelling." Ann ISBN 9781847671691 -
"A magical, incredibly gripping story set in former Yugoslavia filled to the brim with tigers (obviously), folk tales, war and moving on, a mysterious grandfather (that shines throughout the book) and plenty other thought-and-belief-provoking characters and situations. You're up for quite a discovery!" Marta ISBN 9781474613811 -
"If you weren't watching the Japanese TV series of the same name in the late seventies, then you missed something special. Pick up the original and experience the magic of Monkey." Ann ISBN 9780140441116 -
"Absorbing characters, a great sense of time and place, and a story with depth, excitement, and heart - Join the adventure..." Ann ISBN 9781841154930 -
"Not a happy tale but a tour de force, and it is easy to see how it shocked so many on its publication." Ann ISBN 9781847492401 -
"Often described as a 'cult classic' Bukowski's debut novel is much more than its label. An uncompromising and raw story of one man's determination not to be ground down by the system, this is powerful and seriously funny writing." Bob ISBN 9780753518168 -
"After reading so many mammoth works of fiction, I craved something short and sweet. Well, this is bitter-sweet, with the Queen's life being turned upside down by the discovery of the treasures of the mobile library!" Ann ISBN 9781846681332 -
"I kept having to stop reading this book to go and give my dog Homer an enormous hug, just to let him know how unspeakably fabulous he and all dogs were, just like Mr Bones!!" Ann ISBN 9780571229093 -
"Beryl Bainsbridge was a master of historical fiction. She takes an historical event and brings it to life through believable characters, attention to detail and truly wonderful writing. This account of Titanic's ill-fated voyage won the Whitbread novel of the year award in 1996 and is both intelligently written and emotionally involving." Bob ISBN 9780349108704 -
"A stunningly good book for both adults and teens set in a world where a wall divides a country where magic still works from one where technology has made it redundant. Warning - you'll want to read books 2&3 as soon as you finish this one!" Bob Great for Teens and Young Adults ISBN 9781471409622 -
"A stunning, intelligent and informative novel that examines the role of black maids in Mississippi as the issue of racial segregation becomes a political force." Bob ISBN 9780141039282 -
"If you are a fan of John Green, you are likely to have read 'Will Grayson, Will Grayson' and so David Levithan needs no introduction. Needless to say he is a brilliant writer and 'Every Day' is a great, compelling story that is funny, honest and heart felt."Carrie Great for Teens and Young Adults ISBN 9781405264426 -
"Ignore the slightly dubious film jacket! This is a wonderful, passionate and beautifully written love story where food reflects and compels the dramatic relationship between the two main characters. As a Spanish friend once said to me: 'Bob, you are English, you have tea in your veins. But I am Spanish, and I have fire in my blood!' A beautiful book." Bob ISBN 9780552995870 -
"I'm a big fan of Susan Hilll's writing (if you like crime writing do read her Serailler novels - they're great!) This novel gives a shocking insight into childhood bullying and the consequences that can follow. Powerful and psychologically intense." Bob ISBN 9780140034912 -
"In this novel by the Pulizer Prize winning Lahiri, you will meet Gogol and follow him through three decades, through his identity crises as a child born of Bengali parents who have moved to the U.S. who never feels like he quite fits in and his career an relationships to his gradual acceptance of who he is." Sinead ISBN 9780006551805
