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'''Crime'''

|author=Ian Rankin

|title=The Complaints

If you'd like a larger choice why not have a look at our [[Top Ten Crime Novels]]?

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'''Fantasy and Science Fiction'''

|author=K S Turner

|title=Before the Gods (Chronicles of Fate and Choice)

If you'd like more suggestions then have a look at [[Bookbag's Fantasy Picks]] and our [[Bookbag's Science Fiction Picks|science fiction picks]].

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'''General Fiction'''

|author=Sue Townsend

|title=Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years

If you're looking for some crisp writing with a slightly eerie feel then there have been some welcome re-issues of some [[:Category:Shirley Jackson|Shirley Jackson]] books - and for another welcome re-issue you could do a lot worse than [[Tell No One by Harlan Coben]].

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'''Literary Fiction'''

|author=Hilary Mantel

|title=Wolf Hall

|genre=Literary Fiction

|summary=It's been a vintage year for the [[Man Booker Prize 2009|Man Booker Prize]] and for once we didn't have a single quibble about the winner. Wolf Hall is quite the best historical fiction which our reviewer has read - and she's read a lot. If you enjoy short stories then we think that you might enjoy [[Collected Stories by Janice Galloway]]. We've also got a couple of reworkings of tales from the Mabinogion which drew on pre-Christian Celtic mythology - have a look at [[The Ninth Wave (New Stories from the Mabinogion) by Russell Celyn Jones|The Ninth Wave]] and [[White Ravens (New Stories from the Mabinogion) by Owen Sheers|White Ravens]] - both books would make a wonderful present. Fans of Tove Jansson will be delighted to see a translation of [[The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson|The True Deceiver]]: deception, truth, honour, friendship and self-interest blur in an intriguing tale set in the northern wastes as only Jansson can depict them.

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'''Women's Fiction'''

|author=Miss Read

|title=Christmas at Thrush Green

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]].

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'''Biography'''

|author=Tracy Borman

|title=Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen

If we haven't suggested something that you fancy then have a look at at [[Top Ten Biographies and Autobiographies]].

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'''Cookery'''

|author=Kate Colquhoun

|title=The Thrifty Cookbook

If there's nothing here which appeals to you then have a look at our [[Top Ten Cookery Books]].

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'''History'''

|author=Ian Mortimer

|title=1415: Henry V's Year of Glory

We've also got a brilliant [[The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir|book]] about Anne Boleyn by the unsurpassable Alison Weir and a [[Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary|history of world through Islamic eyes]] which our reviewer found to be a real page turner.

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'''Home and Family''' and '''Lifestyle'''

|author=Victoria Moore

|title=How to Drink

If you know of someone who is down-sizing or could do with help to make ends meet then we might have the [[Top Ten Books To Help Down-Size And Make Ends Meet|perfect suggestion]].

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'''Politics and Society'''

|author=Robert Winnett and Gordon Rayner

|title=No Expenses Spared

|genre=Politics and Society

|summary=We did wonder if it would be just a little bit ''soon'' to revisit the scandal of the MP's expanses, but this 'story behind the story' is a well-written and as exciting as many a thriller. It's also slightly frightening to realise how close we came to not getting the story. I did wonder if [[The Country Formerly Known As Great Britain by Ian Jack]] might a trip down memory lane, but it's actually a collection of thought-provoking and interesting writing. Those with an interest in India will find [[Listening to Grasshoppers by Arundhati Roy]] to be a shocking exposé of the India behind the shining Bollywood mask - and the writing is exquisite, as you might expect.

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'''Popular Science'''

|author=Ian Stewart

|title=Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures

Need some further suggestions? have a look at our [[Top Ten Books For Slightly Geeky People]].

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'''Teens'''

|author=Alison Goodman

|title=Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye

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]].

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'''Confident Readers'''

|author=Jeanette Winterson

|title=The Battle of the Sun

A classic makes a thoughtful Christmas gift so you might like to have a look at [[Top Ten Classics of Children's Literature]].

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'''For Sharing'''

|author= Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld

|title=Duck! Rabbit!

|genre=For Sharing

|summary=Is it a duck or is it a rabbit? No, it's a fun and quirky picture book that introduces children to a gentle optical illusion. Staying with the ducks, our reviewer loved [[Duck by Janet A Holmes and Jonathan Bentley]] - a gloriously sweet and brilliantly simple tale of a young boy looking for his lost toy. Both text and illustrations are packed with emotion, to make it a must-have for any young child. There's [[The Dudgeon is Coming by Lynley Dodd|another classic]] from Lynley Dodd, the creator of Hairy McLary, with a gentle message that things are not always what they seem. If you'd like a real bargain then it would be hard to do better than [[The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr Benn by David McKee]] with four stories of our intrepid hero. For a modern look at a classic, have a look at [[Jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurse and Was Eaten By A Lion by Hilaire Belloc and Mini Grey]], but if you'd just like a fun book then have a look at [[Jumpy Jack and Googily by Meg Rosoff and Sophie Blackall]].

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