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• Howl: A Graphic Novel by Allen Ginsberg
  |reviewer=John Lloyd For those who don't know Howl, it's almost a list poem in four parts. By far the longest, the first, itemises an inordinate
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• Wasp-Waisted by David Barrie
  |publisher= John Law Media {{toptentext|list=Bookbag's Christmas Gift Recommendations 2009}}
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• Touching Distance by Rebecca Abrams
  ...t Clair, which touches on some of the same themes, or [[Death In Hellfire (John Rawlings Mystery) by Deryn Lake]], a historical crime novel with a medical {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Historical Fiction Books}}
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• The Tiger that Isn't by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot
  ...ype of book then we think that you'd also enjoy [[How to Read a Novel]] by John Sutherland. {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books For Slightly Geeky People}}
  6 KB (1,099 words) - 09:54, 6 March 2018
• The Library of Unrequited Love by Sophie Divry
  |reviewer=John Lloyd {{toptentext|list=Top Ten General Fiction Books of 2013}}
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• The Body Under the Bridge by Nick Louth
  DI John Perry found that his private life was collapsing around him. His wife open If you'd like to read the books in order, you'll find a chronological list [[Nick Louth's DCI Craig Gillard Novels in Chronological Order|here]]. For
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• Bird in a Cage by Frederic Dard and David Bellos (translator)
  |reviewer=John Lloyd {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Crime Novels 2016}}
  3 KB (596 words) - 14:33, 23 August 2020
• August 2015 Newsletter
  In non-fiction, John thoroughly enjoyed [[Mythology: An Illustrated Journey Into Our Imagined Wo ...what can happen and it really is rather glorious. You are all down on the list for this highly entertaining and silly bop around the fruit bowl.
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• The Second World War in 100 Facts by Clive Pearson
  |reviewer=John Lloyd ...ping with the basic-essays-and-nought-else plan, there is no index, and no list of sources, so the entry, say, on Hitler's medication, needs a pinch of sal
  4 KB (650 words) - 13:03, 7 October 2020
• Dragon Shield by Charlie Fletcher
  ...brilliant story featuring Chingachgook from ''Last of the Mohicans'', Long John Silver from ''Treasure Island'' and Alan Breck from ''Kidnapped''. We also {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books for Confident Readers 2014}}
  4 KB (628 words) - 15:23, 28 August 2020
• The Bolter by Frances Osborne
  |reviewer=John Van der Kiste {{toptentext|list=Richard and Judy Shortlist 2009}}
  4 KB (618 words) - 11:16, 1 March 2018
• Small Crimes by Dave Zeltserman
  |reviewer=John Lloyd With everyone on the cast list at least dodgy – there are no heroes or heroines here – the moral maze
  4 KB (630 words) - 10:18, 24 September 2020
• All at Sea: One Man. One Bathtub. One Very Bad Idea: Conquering the Channel in a Piece of Plumbing by Tim Fitzhigham
  |reviewer= John Lloyd {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books For Your Boyfriend}}
  4 KB (638 words) - 09:42, 29 September 2020
• Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit
  ...suggestions for ''more like this'' are [[The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne]] and [[The Book Thief by Markus Zusak]]. But you might also want to {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books for Confident Readers 2016}}
  4 KB (634 words) - 16:43, 3 October 2020
• Greatest Magical Stories by Michael Morpurgo (editor)
  |reviewer=John Lloyd That mien comes a lot from the artwork, and I won't list everyone's names, I'll just say something semi-coherent like ''Wow!'' and l
  4 KB (614 words) - 09:33, 16 February 2018
• Notes From An Exhibition by Patrick Gale
  |reviewer=John Lloyd {{toptentext|list=Richard and Judy Shortlist 2008}}
  4 KB (616 words) - 09:23, 28 February 2018
• The Summoning by E.E. Richardson
  |reviewer=John Lloyd {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books For Children Who Love To Be Scared Silly}}
  4 KB (647 words) - 13:03, 5 March 2018
• Something Nasty in the Slushpile by Sammy Looker
  ...literary agent then you should read this book as it's a pretty exhaustive list of all the things which you really shouldn't do if you're hoping to be a tr ...rchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century by John B Thompson]] should tell you all that you need to know (and probably a bit
  4 KB (630 words) - 12:08, 23 March 2018
• Nigella Bites by Nigella Lawson
  ...er and then a stentorian voice would say "... and here is the recipe". The list of ingredients would appear on the screen and there would be complete silen ...This seemed fine. No one was turning over from the boredom of staring at a list of ingredients staring at them and the Radio Times got some free advertisin
  8 KB (1,451 words) - 15:48, 5 September 2020
• A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
  |reviewer=John Lloyd {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Fantasy Novels of 2014}}
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