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• Merde Actually by Stephen Clarke
  |genre=General Fiction ...it of travel thrown in) is your thing, take a look at [[Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson]]. I must also suggest [[A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle]
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• Pendragon Legacy: Sword of Light by Katherine Roberts
  ...the daughter of Queen Guinevere and the King, born in secret on the misty island. She understands that in order to fulfil the prophecy and bring her father [[Category:Historical Fiction]]
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• This Is How We Are Human by Louise Beech
  |genre=General Fiction ...life. It becomes apparent that Sebastian is a huge fan of shows like Love Island; it's fueled what has become an obsession, and he has few boundaries in thi
  5 KB (805 words) - 10:31, 30 March 2024
• Merde Happens by Stephen Clarke
  |genre=General Fiction ...in the Merde by Stephen Clarke|A Year In The Merde]], [[Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson]] and [[A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle]]. If you have do
  4 KB (779 words) - 11:26, 26 September 2020
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Adrian Harvey
  ...and now work for a marvellous charity called Citizens Advice. But writing fiction is such a joy and I have so many ideas I'd love to pursue that, were the op ...reading at the moment - and which book would you want with you on a desert island?'''
  8 KB (1,501 words) - 06:36, 13 May 2014
• Costa Prize 2011
  |genre=Literary Fiction |genre=General Fiction
  10 KB (1,525 words) - 11:03, 31 January 2024
• Black Lung Captain: Tales of the Ketty Jay by Chris Wooding
  |genre=Science Fiction ...one composed of wraiths. But the self-contained saga of what was on that island, and what people want with it, and what they're prepared to do to each othe
  4 KB (758 words) - 10:22, 28 September 2020
• Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
  |genre=General Fiction ...ting Arrangements'', there's plenty of that going on. Set in a New England island called Waskeke, Winn Van Meter's eldest daughter, Daphne, who is already he
  4 KB (801 words) - 19:54, 29 August 2020
• River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
  |genre=Historical Fiction The first section ''Islands'' concentrates on the island of Mauritius and of a family's rather arduous journey to visit a shrine - D
  4 KB (747 words) - 16:51, 23 September 2020
• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
  |genre=General Fiction ...Because I learn this way, I do wonder about people who profess not to read fiction. I wonder how much of the truth of how the world really is passes them by
  8 KB (1,422 words) - 17:17, 23 April 2018
• Orange Prize for Fiction 2012
  |genre=Literary Fiction |genre=General Fiction
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• The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
  |genre=General Fiction Marina, in her eighties, is about to head out to Drake Island, where her son has his Dacha... for her granddaughter's wedding. "There is
  6 KB (1,069 words) - 15:46, 21 February 2018
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Robert Parker
  ...criminal underworld were often more chilling and more eye-opening than the fiction I was trying to put together. Some of the things I was told were more akin ...BB: Which three books have influenced you most? What would be your desert island book?'''
  10 KB (1,903 words) - 13:31, 21 February 2014
• Costa Book Awards 2015
  |genre=Literary Fiction |genre=Literary Fiction
  9 KB (1,450 words) - 10:46, 31 January 2024
• The Enchanted Wood (Gift Edition) (The Magic Faraway Tree) by Enid Blyton
  ...however, shows a vintage that subverts the logic of the usual, more modern fiction for the young. For one thing, we really don't get any character for the th [[Five on a Treasure Island - Famous Five by Enid Blyton]] is another chance to look back at Blyton –
  5 KB (790 words) - 08:38, 25 April 2018
• Gardens of Delight by Erica James
  |genre=Women's Fiction ...rfect by Delia Franklin]] but we weren't very impressed. [[Coming Home to Island House by Erica James]] would be a better choice.
  5 KB (815 words) - 08:32, 21 August 2020
• Star by Star by Sheena Wilkinson
  |publisher=Little Island .... I would recommend it to any girl, whether she's interested in historical fiction or not, from the age of 11 upwards.
  5 KB (737 words) - 17:26, 17 February 2018
• Escape Routes for Beginners by Kira Cochrane
  |genre=General Fiction Rita Mae Jones lives with her parents, Clara and Larry, on Las Focas, a tiny island off the coast of California, where her father works in the prison. Rita is
  4 KB (772 words) - 08:26, 17 September 2020
• Depths by Henning Mankell
  |genre=Literary Fiction ...still broken by Lars. I warmed most to Sara who has survived on the barren island since the death of her husband and who never quite believes in Lars:
  5 KB (782 words) - 13:20, 22 August 2020
• A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
  |genre=General Fiction Along the same lines you might like to try [[Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson]], for the sake of a fully rounded experience, [[A Year in P
  4 KB (732 words) - 12:07, 3 February 2024

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