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Author |
Picked |
Proposer |
Comments |
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| Life of Pi |
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Tony |
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| Winter Games |
Rachel Johnson |
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Bella |
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| A Thousand Acres |
Jane Smiley |
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Sue |
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| The Guernsey Literacy & Potato Peel Pie Society |
Mary Ann Shafter & Annie Barrows |
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Berenice |
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| The Book Thief |
Markus Zusak |
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Sue |
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| The Island |
Victoria Hislop |
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Gill |
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| Charlie Wilsons War |
George Crile |
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Tony |
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| The Hanging Shed |
Gordon Ferris |
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Chris |
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| Alone in Berlin |
Hans Fallanda |
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Sue |
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| Daughter of Time |
Josephine Tey |
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Sue |
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| My Animals and other family |
Clare Baldwin |
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Bella |
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| A Street car named Bob |
James Bowen |
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Gill/Tracey? |
| The Spy Princess |
Shrabani Basn |
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Brenda |
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| Bare Bones |
Patricia Cornwall |
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Brenda |
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| The Thread |
Victoria Hislop |
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Gill |
not on reading list but suggested by Gillian as great book |
| The Last Runaway |
Tracey Chevalier |
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Berenice |
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| Hope, A Tragedy |
Salom Auslander |
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Sue |
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| Defending Jacob |
William Landay |
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Tracey |
not recommended but several people read it and thought it was a great read |
| Vulcan 607 |
Roland White |
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Chris |
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| The Fast Diet |
Dr Michael Mosley |
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? |
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| Little Girl Lost |
Brian Mc Gilloway |
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? |
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| Language of Flowers |
Vanessa Diffenburgh |
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Susie |
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| Inferno |
Dan Brown |
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Chris |
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| The Outsiders |
Gerald Seymour |
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John |
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| The King's Glass |
Carola Hicks |
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Cheryl |
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| Someone like you |
Roald Dahl |
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David |
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| This House is Haunted |
John Boyne |
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Jenny |
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| Every Contact leaves a Trace |
Elenor Dymott |
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? |
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| This Boy |
Alan Johnson |
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Tracey |
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| Jamaica Inn |
Daphne Du Maurier |
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John |
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| Small Island |
Andrea Levy |
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Susan |
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| No one ever has sex on a Tuesday |
Tracy Bloom |
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Gill |
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| Rush of Blood |
Mark Billington |
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David |
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| The Last Runaway |
Tracy Chevalier |
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Berenice |
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| The Kingmakers Daughter |
Philippa Gregory |
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Berenice |
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| The Light Between Oceans |
M L Stedman |
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Jenny |
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| Secret Lives of Bees |
Sue Monk kidd |
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Susan? |
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| The Return |
Victoria Hislop |
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Chris |
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| The World according to Bob |
James Bowen |
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Bella |
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| If Walls could Talk |
Lucy Worsley |
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Bella |
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| The Dinner |
Herman Koch |
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Jenny |
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| Dead Man's Time |
Peter James |
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David |
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| The Cuckoo's Calling |
Robert Galbraith |
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Chris |
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| Two Brothers |
Ben Elton |
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Susan |
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| The Ghost |
Robert Harris |
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Sue |
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| The Secret Keeper |
Kate Morton |
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Sue |
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| The Violinist's Thumb |
Sam Keen |
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Chris |
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| The Alchemist's Secret |
Scott Mariani |
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Chris |
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| Race Against Time |
Ellen McCarthy |
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Chris |
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| Shadow Year |
Hannah Richell |
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Bella |
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| The Kite Runner |
Khalid Hosseini |
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Jenny |
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| Vicious Cycle |
Wilbur Smith |
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Jenny |
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| We Need to talk about Kevin |
Lionel Shriver |
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David |
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| Into the Blue |
Robert Goddard |
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David |
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| The Secrets of the Lighthouse |
Santa Montefiore |
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Berenice |
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| The Lazarus Vault |
Tom Harper |
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John |
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| Twentieth Century Spies |
Neil Root |
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John |
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| The Bookseller of Kabul |
Asner Seirstad |
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Sue |
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| The Mozart Conspiracy |
Scott Mariani |
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Chris |
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| A Commonplace Killing |
Sian Bushy |
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Bella |
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| Cross Your Heart: Alex Cross 21 |
James Patterson |
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Brenda |
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| The Orrenda |
Joseph Boyden |
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Tony |
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| The Seamstress |
Maria Duenas |
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Berenice |
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| Food of Love |
Antony Capello |
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Jenny |
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| Never go Back |
Lee Child |
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Jenny |
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| The Deceiver |
Fredrick Forsyth |
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John |
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| Philomena |
Martin Sixsmith |
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sue |
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| The Pillars of the Earth |
Ken Follett |
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Chris |
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| The Fields |
Kevin Maher |
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Tony |
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| 12 years a Slave |
Solomn Northup |
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Dorinda |
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| Before I go to Sleep |
S J Watson |
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Gill |
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| Unravelling Oliver |
Liz Nugent |
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Susan |
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| A Foreign Country |
Charles Cuming |
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Jenny |
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| Sold with a Corpse |
J M Gregson |
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John |
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| Testament of Youth |
Vera Brittain |
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Sue |
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| The Fault in our Stars |
John Green |
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Gillian |
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| The Third Plantagenet |
Dr Ashton-Hill |
yes |
Gillian |
non fiction and intended for history buffs but interesting facts |
| The Son |
Jo Nesbo |
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Tony |
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| The Best of our Spies |
Alex Girlis |
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Chris |
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| Who Moved my Cheese |
Dr Spencer Johnson |
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Chris |
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| Childrn of the Revolution |
Peter Robinsn |
yes |
Cheryl |
Poor |
| Sycamore Row |
John Grisham |
Yes |
sue |
Good read. Good knowledge of US legal system |
| The Fault in our Stars |
John Green |
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Gill |
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| TheGoldfinch |
Donna Tartt |
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Gill |
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| The Husbands Secret |
Liane Morierty |
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Chris |
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| The Monogram Murders |
Sophie Hannah |
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Bella |
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| The Garden of Burning Sand |
Corban Anderson |
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Dorinda |
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| Saints of the Shadow Bible |
Ian Rankin |
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Dorinda |
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| Eeny, Meeny |
M J Arlidge |
yes |
Tony |
page turner |
| Started early, took my dog |
Kate Atkinson |
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John |
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| Personal |
Lee Child |
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David |
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| The Little coffee Shop of Kabul |
Deborah rodriguez |
yes |
Berenice |
everyone who read this enjoyed it |
| The Infinite Plan |
Isabel Allende |
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Jenny |
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| Gone Girl |
Gillian Flynn |
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Gill |
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| Suite Francoise |
Irene Nemirovsky |
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Sue |
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| The Lost Empress |
Steve Robinson |
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Susan |
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| The Humans |
Matt Haig |
yes |
Tony |
people who read it found it interesting. Love Story with a twist and a good insight to how people are when you look from the outsiders point of view |
| The Poisoner |
Stephen Bates |
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Brenda |
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| The Rosie Effect |
Graham Simsion |
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Jenny |
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| From a Distance |
Raphaella Barker |
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Jenny |
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| Closer than You Think |
Karen Rose |
yes |
Gill |
very grusome with loads of twists and turns. Good Character development |
| Elephant Moon |
John Sweeney |
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sue |
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| A Place Called Winter |
Patrick Gale |
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Bella |
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| A New Menace |
Roger Price |
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Brenda |
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| Under Mackerel Sky |
Rick Stein |
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Sarah |
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| Before we Met |
Lucy Whitehouse |
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Jenny |
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| The Girl on the Train |
Paula Hawkins |
yes |
Tony |
heavy going until about half way thro. Writing was good at hiding outcome |
| To Kill A Mocking Bird |
Harper Lee |
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sue |
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| Franklin and Winston |
John Meacham |
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Gill |
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| The Case of Hail Mary Celeste |
Malcolm Price |
yes |
Gill |
Terrible book |
| Jehovahs Witnesses- Reasons for Leaving |
Russell Walker |
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Russell |
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| The Undercover Ecconomist |
Tim Harford |
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Chris |
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| The Drums of Memory |
Sir Steven Hastings |
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Chris |
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| The Search for Richard 111 |
Phillipa Langley & Michael Jones |
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David |
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| Elizabeth is Missing |
Emma Healey |
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Bella |
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| The Silent Sister |
Diane Chamberlain |
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Susan |
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| Saint Zita Society |
Ruth Rendaell |
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John |
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| The Husbands Secret |
Leanne Moriety |
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Jenny |
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| Me Before You |
Jojo Moyes |
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Jenny |
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| Summertime |
Vanessa Laye |
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Gill |
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| I let you go |
Clare Mackintosh |
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Gill |
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| The Third Testament |
Craig Russell |
yes |
Chris |
unusual book but those who had read it enjoyed it. Hard going |
| Thinking Fast, And Slow |
Daniel Kahneman |
yes |
Russell |
Not Bedtime reading. Too much technical info for most people |
| I Know why the Caged Bird Sings |
Maya Angelou |
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Sue |
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| The Cake Shop in the Garden |
Carole Matthews |
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Brenda |
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| To Kill A Mocking Bird |
Harper Lee |
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Tony |
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| No Better Friend |
Robert Weintraub |
yes |
Bella |
no one like this book. Full of lists |
| Half the World Away |
Cath Staincliffe |
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Jenny |
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| A Brief Histoy of Time |
Stephen Hawking |
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Russell |
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| Various Pets Alive and Dead |
Marina Lewycka |
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John |
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| Go Set a Watchman |
Harper Lee |
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Gill |
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| Lord of the Flies |
William Golding |
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Chris |
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| Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell |
Susanna Clarke |
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Lynne |
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| The Shadow of the Wind |
Carlos Ruiz Zafon |
yes |
Sue |
excellent story writer. Very wellwritten highly recommended |
| The Martian |
Andy Weir |
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Chris |
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| Exoskeleton |
Shane Stradler |
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Andre |
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| Daughter of Fire |
Barbara Erskine |
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Dorinda |
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| The House by the Lake |
Thomas Harding |
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Susan |
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| The Tea Planters Wife |
Dinah Jefferies |
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Susan |
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| Man on Fire |
Stephen Kelman |
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Jenny |
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| Better off Dead |
Tom Wood |
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Brenda |
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| Gray Mountain |
John Grisham |
yes |
Gill |
Bad reviews. Weak hero. Nothing resolved |
| The Seven Sisters |
Lucinda Riley |
yes |
Gill |
ok but very Mills and Boon. Setting you up for reading the series |
| The Year of the Runaways |
Sunjeev Sahota |
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Sue |
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| The Sunrise |
Victoria Hislop |
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Chris |
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| Fahrenheit 451 |
Ray Bradbury |
yes |
Russell |
Differing views on the book but worth reading |
| What The Butler winked at |
Eric Horn |
yes |
Tony |
no one who read it enjoyed this book although there were some interesting facts about the workings of large houses in earlty 1900s |
| Transmission |
Hari Kunzru |
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Sue |
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| All the Light we cannot see |
Anthony Doerr |
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Sue |
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| The Good Liar |
Nicholas Serle |
no |
Tony |
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| The Career of Evil |
Robet Galbraith |
no |
Susan |
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| Bricking it |
Nick Spalding |
no |
Susan |
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| Die Again |
Tess Gerritsen |
no |
Brenda |
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| The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra |
Vseem Khan |
no |
Sue |
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| Life after Life |
Kate Atkinson |
yes |
gill |
no one enjoyed this book. Idea great but execution poor |
| Big Oil in a Small Country |
Andrew Smith |
no |
Chris |
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| The Rogue Lawyer |
John Grisham |
no |
Chris |
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| The Stranger |
Harlan Cohben |
yes |
Rusell |
Gripping. Very quick to get into. Lots of twists and turns |
| Catch 22 |
Joseph Heller |
yes |
Chris |
Not enjoyed A book of its age |
| You are Dead |
Peter James |
no |
Brenda |
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| Death of Lucy Kyte |
Nicola Upson |
no |
Berenice |
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| The Las Ten Seconds |
Simon Kernick |
no |
David |
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| To Catch a Tiger |
Eden Cole |
no |
Kevin |
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| Life on a Limb |
Sorry cant find this author |
no |
Kevin |
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| Lazy Blood |
Ross Greenwood |
no |
Russell |
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| Disclaimer |
Renee Knight |
no |
Jenny |
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| The Shock of the Fall |
Nathan Filer |
no |
sue |
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| Maestra |
L S Hilton |
Yes |
Gill |
Terrible book. Full of very explicit sex and very liitle suspense |
| The Long Way Home |
Louise Penny |
no |
Brenda |
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| The New Spy Master |
Stephen Grey |
no |
Chris |
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| View from the Corner Shop- The Diary of a Yorkshire Shop Assistant in Wartime |
Kathleen Hay |
no |
Brenda |
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| Hunters in the Dark |
Lawrence Osborn |
no |
Jenny |
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| You Belong to Me |
Samantha Hayes |
no |
Jenny |
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| Dead Gone |
Luca Veste |
Yes |
David |
good read. Had to discover the guilty party |
| Able Seacat Simon |
Lynne Barrett-Lee |
no |
Bella |
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| Daughters of the Silk Road |
Debbie Rix |
yes |
Susan |
gentle easy read but different timelines not well connected |
| The Dust That Falls From Dreams |
Louise de Bernieres |
no |
sue |
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| Moving |
Jenny Éclair |
No |
Gill |
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| The Killing Season |
Mason Cross |
no |
Gill |
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| Jpod |
Douglas Coupland |
No |
Tony |
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| The Taming of the Queen |
Phillippa Gregory |
no |
Berenice |
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| Dark Corners |
Ruth Rendell |
no |
Brenda |
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| Intrusion |
Mary McCluskie |
No |
Susan |
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| A Southwold Mystery |
Suzette A Hill |
No |
Susan |
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| Spectacles |
Sue Perkins |
yes |
Gill |
some really enjoyed this book |
| The Life and Loves of a He Devil |
Graham Norton |
no |
Gill |
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| The Periodic Table |
Primo Levi |
No |
Sue |
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| Quiet |
Susan Cain |
No |
Tony |
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| Ready Player One |
Ernest Cline |
Yes |
Russell |
Brilliant book. Well written |
| The Pilgrim |
Terry Hughes |
No |
Dawn |
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| Hitman Anders and the meaning of it all |
Jonas Jonasson |
no |
Tony |
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| The Death of Lucy Kyte |
Nicola Upson |
no |
Bella |
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| Nigel, my Family and other dogs |
Monty Don |
No |
Chris |
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| The Secret ways of Perfume |
Christina Caboni |
No |
Berenice |
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| The Sleeper |
Emily Barr |
No |
David |
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| Moriarty |
Anna Kronberg |
no |
Dawn |
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| Alone in Berlin |
Hans Fallanda |
No |
Dawn |
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| After the Crash |
Michael Bussi |
Yes |
Jenny |
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| Seven Brief Lessons on Physics |
Carlo Rovelli |
no |
Jenny |
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| Oryx and Crake |
Margaret Atwood |
Yes |
Sue |
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| Born to Crime |
Trevor Noah |
no |
Kerry |
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| The Whistler |
John Grisham |
No |
Chris |
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| The Butcher's Hook |
Janet Ellis |
No |
Brenda |
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| The Book of Night Women |
Marlone James |
No |
Jan |
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| The Telepath Chronicles |
David Gatewood |
No |
Russell |
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| The Devi'ls Music |
Jane Rusbridge |
Yes |
Tony |
3 had read this. Long winded and confusing. Noone would recommend it |
| The Husbands Secret |
Leanne Moriety |
no |
Dawn |
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| Waking Lions |
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen |
yes |
Jenny |
only one person enjoyed this book but all thought too long |
| Lying in Wait |
Liz Nugent |
No |
Susan |
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| Secret Wife |
Gill Paul |
No |
Gill |
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| The Silent Scream |
Angela Marsons |
No |
Gill |
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| Hag-Seed |
Margaret Atwood |
No |
Sue |
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| Walk across the Sun |
Addison Corban |
No |
Dawn |
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| The Long Way Home |
Saroo Brierley |
yes |
Chris |
good book. Simply written |
| Liar,Liar |
M J Arlidge |
No |
Tony |
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| Everyone Brave is Forgiven |
Chris Cleve |
No |
Bella |
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| The Gift |
Louis Jenson |
no |
Susan |
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| Lie with Me |
Sabine Durrant |
no |
Jan |
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| I am Pilgrim |
Terry Hayes |
No |
David |
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| Last train from Liguira |
Christine Dwye Hickey |
no |
Berenice |
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| A Tap on the Window |
Lynwood Barcley |
Yes |
Russell |
Great page turner. 9 had read it which is a BC record |
| The Cheshire Sect |
Dan Frazer |
no |
Jenny |
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| H is for Hawk |
helen McDonald |
no |
Kerry |
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| Unravelling Oliver |
Liz Nugent |
no |
Gill |
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| The Invention of Wings |
Sue Monk Kidd |
no |
Sue |
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| Sapiens |
Yuval Noah Harari |
No |
Chris |
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| The things you can only see when you slow down |
Haemin Surim |
No |
Chris |
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| Hitman Anders and the meaning of it all |
Jonas Jonasson |
no |
Tony |
Recommended previously |
| Dracula |
Bram Stoker |
No |
Jan |
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| Liar,Liar |
M J Arlidge |
yes |
Russell |
4 had read it but all thought it wasn’t his best |
| Daughter of Fortune |
Isabel Allende |
no |
Berenice |
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| The Beautiful Dead |
Belinda Bower |
no |
David |
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| Shtum |
Jem Lester |
no |
Phillipa |
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| American Wife |
Curtis Sittenfield |
no |
Gill |
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| The Starvation Lake |
Brian Gruley |
no |
Gill |
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| I'm Travelling Alone |
Samuel Bjork |
no |
Jenny |
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| The Three |
Sarah Lotz |
yes |
Sue |
marmite book. Only 1 had finished it but others couldn’t finsh it |
| Into the Water |
Paula Hawkins |
no |
Brenda |
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| The Girl Before |
J P Delaney |
No |
Tony |
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| All The Missing Girls |
Megan Miranda |
No |
Gill |
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| The Tobacconist |
Robert Seethaler |
Yes |
Sue |
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| 11.22.63 |
Stephen King |
Yes |
Russell |
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