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==Fiction==

'''Crime'''

|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]]?

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'''Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction'''

|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.

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'''General Fiction'''

|author=Maggie O'Farrell

|title=The Hand That First Held Mine

|summary=Two women come to London as adults, some fifty years apart - one from rural Devon, the other from Finland, yet there is a connection between them whih neither could have imagined. An exquisite story of love in all its forms - highly recommended.

We think that Mari Strachan is a promising new writer and can recommend [[The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan|The Earth Hums in B Flat]]. Growing up among family secrets in Wales in the late 1950's comes alive in this Dylan Thomas-meets-Nina Bawden five star read. Book groups should definitely browse this wise and accessible book.

[[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.

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'''Literary Fiction'''

|author=Atiq Rahimi

|title=The Patience Stone

|summary=While tending to her comatose husband in civil war-torn Afghanistan, a wife begins to address the taboos of her society, confronting issues of female oppression and sexuality in a brief, but beautifully poetic and courageous book with a twist.

[[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.

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'''Historical Fiction'''

|author=Michelle Lovric

|title=The Book of Human Skin

|rating=5

|genre=Historical Fiction

[[The Master of Bruges by Terence Morgan]] is a fabulous historical read, taking an artist into courtly intrigue and one of British royalty's biggest secrets. Thoroughly recommended.

You'll find these three books and some other in our [[Top Ten Historical Novels of 2010]].

'''Women's Fiction'''

|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]].

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'''Biography'''

|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]].

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'''Cookery'''

|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]].

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'''History'''

|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.

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'''Politics and Society'''

|author=Chris Mullin

|title=Decline and Fall: Diaries 2005 to 2010

[[The End of the Party: The Rise and Fall of New Labour by Andrew Rawnsley]] covers much of the same time frame and is a good read although it's definitely not an easy read. At 912 pages it's for the reader who is enthusiastic about their politics.

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'''Popular Science'''

|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]].

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'''Teens'''

|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]].

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'''Confident Readers'''

|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]].

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'''For Sharing'''

|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]]

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