Shetland Diaries
By: Simon King
3.89
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Simon King moves with his family to the most remote point in the UK and reveals the natural splendo…
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1. The Penelopiad
By: Margaret Atwood
3.72
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
Now that all the others have run out of air, it's my turn to do a little story-making. In Homer'… read more
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"the gods often mumble"-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
"Boys with their first beards can be a thorough pain in the neck."-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
"Happy endings are best achieved by keeping the right doors locked"-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
"Even an obvious fabrication is some comfort when you have few others."-Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
2. The Summer Book
By: Tove Jansson , Esther Freud , Thomas Teal , Sophia Jansson
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island … read more
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3. Burial Rites
By: Hannah Kent
2.62
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant literary debut, inspired by a true story: the final days of a young woman accused of mu… read more
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4. The Corpse in the Waxworks (Henri Bencolin, #4)
By: John Dickson Carr
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in the nighttime world of Paris in the Twenties, this eerie mystery begins when a young woman i… read more
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6. Grief is the Thing with Feathers
By: Max Porter
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their … read more
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7. The Silent Pool (Miss Silver, #24)
By: Patricia Wentworth
4.11
Format: 192 pages,
An actress who fears her life is threatened comes to Miss Silver for help Mrs. Smith is not the fir… read more
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8. Eternity Ring (Miss Silver, #14)
By: Patricia Wentworth
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Mary Stokes discovers a dead body in Dead Man's Copse one evening but when she returns with a polic… read more
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9. Murder Underground
By: Stephen Booth , Mavis Doriel Hay
4.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
If you were suddenly to be found murdered, would your friends have theories about who had done the … read more
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10. Between Weathers: Travels in 21st Century Shetland
By: Ron McMillan
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Shetland Islands sit where the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea meet, closer to the Arcti… read more
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11. The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.05
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthe… read more
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12. The Cove (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #1)
By: L.J. Ross
4.05
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
THE PERFECT ESCAPE... Gabrielle Adams has it all – brains, beauty, a handsome fiancé, and a drea… read more
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13. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
14. Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories
By: Kate Atkinson
3.71
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author o… read more
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"Hello, Boy," Franklin said. He liked dogs, they were uncomplicated. "I'm a girl, actually," the dog said."-Kate Atkinson, Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories
15. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)
By: Richard Coles
3.32
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more
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16. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)
By: Richard Coles
3.90
Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition
It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more
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17. Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
By: Alba Donati
3.50
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Under the Tuscan Sun meets Diary of a Bookseller in this charming memoir by an Italian poet recount… read more
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"A Lucignana non abbiamo regine ma fate si, molte."-Alba Donati, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
"How did I get the idea? Ideas don't just spring out of nothing - they smoulder, ferment, crowd our mind while we sleep. Ideas walk on their own two legs, follow their own parallel path in part of us …"-Alba Donati, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
"Cit. p.81 "I fiori come noi pensano, intuiscono la via più semplice, evitano percorsi difficili. e lottano, hanno spiriti rivoluzionari. ... Penso alla povera erba medica che ripone dentro leggere sp…"-Alba Donati, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
18. Starve Acre
By: Andrew Michael Hurley
3.71
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died sudden… read more
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"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre
"The will of Richard's father had been to ensure that his son was in no doubt that a church was merely a meeting place for the mentally ill, and that all who gathered there--priest and parishioners--w…"-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre
19. The Salt Path
By: Raynor Winn
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home and… read more
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"It’s six hundred and thirty miles and we’ll have to camp all the way."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
"Give time for what you know you must do and you will have what you desire the most."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
"Refugees from western civilisation, cut adrift from life in a boat that rarely finds a harbour."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
"We had lost everything except our children and each other, but we had the wet grass and the rhythm of the sea on the rocks."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
20. Just Like You
By: Nick Hornby
3.37
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This warm, wise, highly entertaining twenty-first century love story is about what happens when the… read more
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"Als je hem voor de Nacht Zonder Jazz zou hebben gevraagd waar hij gelukkig van werd, dan zou hij niet goed hebben begrepen hoe relevant die vraag was. Nu wist hij het antwoord: naar bed gaan met Lucy…"-Nick Hornby, Just Like You
21. The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1)
By: Hannah Hendy
3.27
Format: 290 pages, ebook
Murder is a dish best served ice cold... Margery and Clementine are enjoying a peaceful middle-a… read more
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22. The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)
By: Elly Griffiths
3.97
Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition
Known as England’s Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparit… read more
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"He might be living on mice, but Chesterton does not look like an animal who is governed by his appetites. He's an ascetic, if Cathbad ever saw one."-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)
"Nelson is glad to see a handler and her dog coming towards him. The recognises the woman as Jan Adams, famous in Norfolk for having won several medals for bravery. Her dog, a beautiful long-haired Ge…"-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)
"Nelson's first thought is that Father Hennessey looks as bad as he does. The priest is still an intimidating presence, with his rugby player's shoulders and boxer's nose, but his eyes are shadowed an…"-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)
"As Ruth only knows one priest (one male priest that is) she's not that surprised to find Father Hennessey waiting for her at one of the long tables, a cappucino in front of him. 'Hallo Ruth, sorry to…"-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)
23. Swimming For Beginners
By: Nicola Gill
4.25
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
'The perfect mix of funny, poignant and heartwarming.' - Good Housekeeping 'Warm, witty but also … read more
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24. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People
By: Stuart Maconie
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North JB Priestley – who… read more
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25. The Outrun: A Memoir
By: Amy Liptrot
4.01
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDA… read more
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"I'm filling the void with new knowledge and moments of beauty. The dangerous thoughts will happen - and while I'm experiencing them I feel like that's the way I will feel for ever - but I just have t…"-Amy Liptrot, The Outrun: A Memoir
26. Close to Where the Heart Gives Out: A Year in the Life of an Orkney Doctor
By: Malcolm Alexander
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Close to Where the Heart Gives Out is the unflinchingly honest and moving memoir of rural life in O… read more
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27. Wild Fell: Fighting for Nature on a Lake District Hill Farm
By: Lee Schofield
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In 2015, England's last and loneliest golden eagle died in an unmarked spot among the remote easter… read more
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28. Held
By: Anne Michaels
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more
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"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."-Anne Michaels, Held
29. Elegy For a River: Whiskers, Claws and Conservation’s Last, Wild Hope
By: Tom Moorhouse
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE 'particularly enjoyable' 'Somehow laugh-out-loud funny - passionate, warm… read more
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30. Shetland Diaries
By: Simon King
3.89
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Simon King moves with his family to the most remote point in the UK and reveals the natural splendo… read more
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31. Curlew Moon
By: Mary Colwell
4.14
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
Curlews are the UK’s largest wading bird, about the size of a herring gull on long legs. They are p… read more
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