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'''Crime'''
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|author=Dorothy Koomson
|title=The Ice Cream Girls
If you'd like a larger choice why not have a look at our [[Top Ten Crime Novels]]?
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847443648</amazonuk>
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'''Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction'''
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|author=Robert Jackson Bennett
|title=Mr Shivers
If the idea of an adult ghost story appeals then you should try [[Dark Matter by Michelle Paver]]- set in the stark, desolate environment of the Arctic. Subtle and evocative, it's an absorbing and intelligent read.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1841498572</amazonuk>
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'''General Fiction'''
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|author=Maggie O'Farrell
|title=The Hand That First Held Mine
[[Tony and Susan by Austin Wright]] was first published in 1993 but we're hoping that this book within a book will get the recognition it deserves.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>075530845X</amazonuk>
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'''Literary Fiction'''
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|author=Atiq Rahimi
|title=The Patience Stone
[[Purge by Sofi Oksanen]] is a harsh but vivid novel of two women equally hiding from troubled pasts. Big themes of the ex-USSR and the sex industry focus on the horrors borne by women inside a subtle thriller narrative. It's a superb and powerful achievement, this novel, and Bookbag recommends it without reservation.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0701184167</amazonuk>
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'''Historical Fiction'''
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|author=Michelle Lovric
|title=The Book of Human Skin
You'll find these three books and some other in our [[Top Ten Historical Novels of 2010]].
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>140880588X</amazonuk>
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'''Women's Fiction'''
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|author=Suzanne Bugler
|title=This Perfect World
If you'd like some more suggestions have a look at our [[Top Ten Books For Your Auntie]] and [[Top Ten Books For Your Girlfriend]].
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>023074401X</amazonuk>
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'''Biography'''
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|author=Sarah Bakewell
|title=How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
If we haven't suggested something that you fancy then have a look at at [[Top Ten Biographies and Autobiographies]].
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0224082264</amazonuk>
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'''Cookery'''
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|author=Xanthe Milton
|title=Eat Me!: The Stupendous, Self-raising World of Cupcakes and Bakes According to Cookie Girl
If there's nothing here which appeals to you then have a look at our [[Top Ten Cookery Books]].
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0091925118</amazonuk>
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'''History'''
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|author=Mary Beard
|title=Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
[[We Die Alone by David Howarth]] is a superlative real-life story, of a near-death experience or three for a soldier trapped in enemy territory in the Second World War. Chilling.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846684714</amazonuk>
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'''Politics and Society'''
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|author=Chris Mullin
|title=Decline and Fall: Diaries 2005 to 2010
Fascinating and thought provoking, [[The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want by Garrett Keizer]] is a 'must read' for anyone who lives with, near, or even as far away as possible from, anything that makes a noise.
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846683998</amazonuk>
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'''Popular Science'''
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|author=Alex Bellos
|title=Alex's Adventures In Numberland
Need some further suggestions? have a look at our [[Top Ten Books For Slightly Geeky People]].
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0747597162</amazonuk>
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'''Teens'''
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|author=Jenny Downham
|title=You Against Me
If you'd like to look at some teen books yourself then have a look at our [[Top Ten Teen Books That Adults Should Read]].
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0385613504</amazonuk>
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'''Confident Readers'''
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|author=David Almond
|title=The Boy Who Climbed Into The Moon
A classic makes a thoughtful Christmas gift so you might like to have a look at [[Top Ten Classics of Children's Literature]].
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1406314579</amazonuk>
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'''For Sharing'''
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|author= Emily Gravett
|title=Blue Chameleon
If you're looking for something seasonal we can recommend [[The Christmas Eve Ghost by Shirley Hughes]] and [[The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg]]
|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0230704247</amazonuk>
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