Category:4 Star Reviews

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• Obedience by Jacqueline Yallop
• Obernewtyn (Obernewtyn Chronicles) by Isobelle Carmody
• Obliquity: Why Our Goals are Best Achieved Indirectly by John Kay
• The Obscure Logic of the Heart by Priya Basil
• Ocean of Blood (The Saga of Larten Crepsley) by Darren Shan
• Off Message: The Complete Antidote to Political Humbug by Bob Marshall-Andrews
• Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French
• Oh No, Monster Tomato! by Jim Helmore and Karen Wall
• Oh, Boris! by Carrie Weston
• Oh, What a Tangle! by Anita Pouroulis and Monika Filipina Trzpil
• Oil on Water by Helon Habila
• Old Macdonald had a farm by Pam Adams
• An Old-Fashioned Arrangement by Susie Vereker
• Oliver Twisted by J D Sharpe and Charles Dickens
• Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide by Mara Bergman and Nick Maland
• Olivia by Ian Falconer
• An Omelette and a Glass of Wine by Elizabeth David
• On A Stick! by Matt Armendariz
• On Balance by Adam Phillips
• On Borrowed Wings by Chandra Prasad
• On Kindness by Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor
• On The Floor by Aifric Campbell
• On the Trail of Arthur Conan Doyle: An Illustrated Devon Tour by Brian W Pugh and Paul R Spiring
• On Tolerance: The Life Style Wars: A Defence of Moral Independence by Frank Furedi
• Once Again to Zelda: Fifty Great Dedications and Their Stories by Marlene Wagman-Geller
• Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin
• Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
• One Beastly Beast by Garth Nix
• One Dog and His Man by Mike Henley
• One Flew Into The Cuckoo's Egg by Bill Oddie
• One Morning Like A Bird by Andrew Miller
• One Seriously Messed-Up Week: in the Otherwise Mundane and Uneventful Life of Jack Samsonite by Tom Clempson
• One Seriously Messed-Up Weekend: In the Otherwise Un-Messed-Up Life of Jack Samsonite by Tom Clempson
• One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis
• The One That Got Away by Lucy Dawson
• One True Bear by Ted Dewan
• One Year With Kipper by Mick Inkpen
• Online Therapy: Reading Between the Lines by Jethro Adlington
• Only Nooglebooglers Glow in the Dark by James McKnight and Mark Chambers
• Ooh, La, La, Connie Pickles by Sabine Durrant
• Operation Eiffel Tower by Elen Caldecott
• Operation Napoleon by Arnaldur Indridason
• Ophelia in Pieces by Clare Jacob
• The Opposite of Falling by Jennie Rooney
• The Optimist's/pessimist's Handbook by Niall Edworthy and Petra Cramsie
• The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas
• Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
• The Orchid Field by Amy McLellan
• Organ Music by Margaret Mahy
• The Origin of Violence by Fabrice Humbert
• Orphanage by Robert Buettner
• The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian, and the Night the Titanic Was Lost by Daniel Allen Butler
• Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell
• Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif
• Our Longest Days: A People's History of the Second World War by Sandra Koa Wing
• Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff
• The Outcast Blade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
• Outrage by Arnaldur Indridason
• Outside the Ordinary World by Dori Ostermiller
• Outsiders by Roberto Saviano, Carlo Lucarelli, Valeria Parrella, Piero Colaprico, Wu Ming, Simona Vinci
• Outsourced by Dave Zeltserman
• The Outstanding Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes by Gerard Kelly
• Ox Travels by Michael Palin
• Ox-Tales: Fire by Oxfam
• Ox-Tales: Water by Oxfam

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• Paddington Races Ahead by Michael Bond
• Paddington's Guide to London by Michael Bond

P cont.

• Paint It Black by P J Parrish
• Painting Fairies in Watercolour by Paul Bryn Davies
• Painting Unicorns in Watercolour by Rebecca Balchin
• Paisley Hanover Acts Out by Cameron Tuttle
• Palace Council by Stephen L Carter
• A Palace Full of Princesses by Sally Gardner
• The Palace of Strange Girls by Sallie Day
• Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
• Panic by Jeff Abbott
• Panicology by Simon Briscoe and Hugh Aldersey-Williams
• Panther Soup: A European Journey in War and Peace by John Gimlette
• The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi: Laughter, Madness and the Story of Britain's Greatest Comedian by Andrew McConnell Stott
• Pao by Kerry Young
• Paper Butterfly by Diane Wei Liang
• Paper Wings by Linda Sargent
• ParaNorman by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
• Paraphernalia: The Curious Lives of Magical Things by Steven Connor
• The Parish by Alice Taylor
• The Party Animal and Don't Look Under the Bed (Deadly Tales) by Roy Apps
• Passing Strange (Generation Dead) by Daniel Waters
• Passing the 11+ with NLP: NLP Strategies for Supporting Your 11 Plus Student by Judy Bartkowiak and Carolyn Fitzpatrick
• A Passionate Love Affair with a Total Stranger by Lucy Robinson
• Past Continuous by Tony Bayliss
• Past Reason Hated by Peter Robinson
• The Patience of the Spider by Andrea Camilleri
• Patio Produce by Paul Peacock
• Patisserie at Home by Will Torrent
• Pattern (Scavenger Trilogy) by K J Parker
• Paying For It by Tony Black
• Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
• Peaches for Monsieur Le Curé by Joanne Harris
• Peanut by David Lucas
• Pear Shaped by Stella Newman
• Peas! by Andy Cullen and Simon Rickerty
• The Peculiars by Maureen Doyle McQuerry
• Pedro The Penguin (Get Well Friends) by Kes Gray and Mary McQuillan
• Peepo Paw Prints by Smriti Prasadam and Melanie Mitchell
• Pegasus and The Origins of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn
• Penelope by Rebecca Harrington
• Penguin by Polly Dunbar
• Penguin Peril (The Secret Mermaid) by Sue Mongredien
• The Penguin TV Companion by Jeff Evans
• Penitence by Bruce Crowther
• Penny Dreadful is a Complete Catastrophe by Joanna Nadin
• Pentti and Deathgirl by Emma Rendel
• The People of Forever are not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
• People of the Day 3: The Rich and Famous Caricatured by Peter Wynter Bee and Lucy Clapham
• The People on Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam
• Perception by Kim Harrington
• Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
• A Perfect Day for a Picnic by Tori Finch
• The Perfect Present by Karen Swan
• A Perfect Ten by Chris Higgins
• Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong
• Persuade Me by Juliet Archer
• Pete the Sheep by Jackie French
• Peter the Penguin Pioneer by Daren King
• Pevsner: The Early Life: Germany and Art by Stephen Games
• The Phantom of The Open: Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer by Scott Murray and Simon Farnaby
• The Phantoms of Breslau: An Eberhard Mock Investigation by Marek Krajewski and Danusia Stok
• Phil Daniels: Class Actor by Phil Daniels
• Phil Vickery's Puddings by Phil Vickery
• Philip Ardagh's Book of Howlers, Blunders and Random Mistakery by Philip Ardagh
• The Phlunk by Lou Rhodes and Tori Elliott
• Phoebe Finds Her Voice (Star Makers Club) by Anne-Marie Conway
• The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek

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• Pictures of You by Jane Elmor
• Piece of My Heart by Peter Robinson
• Pieces of Us by Margie Gelbwasser
• Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
• Ping Pong Pig by Caroline Jayne Church
• The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
• Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, Geoffrey Brock, Umberto Eco and Fulvio Testa
• Pirates 'n' Pistols by Chris Mould
• The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle
• A Place of Safety by Tamsin Reeves
• A Place Of Secrets by Rachel Hore
• Play The Shape Game by Anthony Browne
• Playground by 50 Cent
• Playing With Fire by Peter Robinson
• Plea of Insanity by Jilliane Hoffman
• Please Don't Stop the Music by Jane Lovering
• The Pleasure of Thinking: A Journey Through the Sideways Leaps of Ideas by Theodore Dalrymple
• The Pleasure Seekers by Tishani Doshi
• The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams
• Pocket World in Figures 2012 by The Economist
• Pocket World in Figures 2013 by The Economist
• Poggle and the Treasure by Michael Evans
• Polar Bear Pirates and Their Quest to Engage the Sleepwalkers: Motivate Everyday People to Deliver Extraordinary Results by Adrian Webster
• The Polka Dot Girl by Darragh McManus
• Pongdollop and the School Stink by Michael Broad
• The Poodle Problem by Anna Wilson
• The Pool of Unease by Catherine Sampson
• The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
• Postman Pat and the Big Balloons (Postman Pat Special Delivery Service) by Various
• The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
• The Potter's Hand by A N Wilson
• Potty, Fartwell and Knob by Russell Ash
• A Practical Guide to Research Methods by Catherine Dawson
• Preacher Volume 1: Gone To Texas by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
• Precious by Sapphire
• Predators by Steve Backshall
• Prep School Children: A Class Apart Over Two Centuries by Vyvyen Brendon
• A Present From Lulu by Caroline Uff
• Previously by Allan Ahlberg
• The Prey by Andrew Fukuda
• The Price of Darkness by Graham Hurley
• Primeval: Extinction Event by Dan Abnett
• Prince William: Born to be King: An Intimate Portrait by Penny Junor
• The Princes In The Tower by Alison Weir
• The Princess and the Peas and Carrots by Harriet Ziefert and Travis Foster
• The Princess Who Had No Kingdom by Ursula Jones and Sarah Gibb
• The Prisoner of Paradise by Romesh Gunesekera
• Private Papers by Margaret Forster
• Prized (Birthmarked) by Caragh M O'Brien
• Procession of the Dead (The City Trilogy) by D B Shan
• Professor Gargoyle: Tales from Lovecraft Middle School by Charles Gilman
• The Professor of Poetry by Grace McCleen
• The Progressive Patriot by Billy Bragg
• The Promise by Lesley Pearse
• A Proper Education for Girls by Elaine di Rollo
• The Prophet from Ephesus (The Roman Mysteries) by Caroline Lawrence
• Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer
• Proven Guilty (Dresden Case Files) by Jim Butcher
• Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton and Eric Puybaret
• Pumpkin Pie by Jean Ure
• Punching Judy by David James
• The Puppy Diaries: Living with a Dog Named Scout by Jill Abramson
• The Puppy That Came For Christmas and Stayed Forever by Megan Rix
• Pure by Andrew Miller
• Pure Gold: Embracing God's Grace by Pam Davis
• Puzzled by David Astle