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• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  |author=John Green John Green is a magnificent writer. His ability to capture atmosphere, time and
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• The Loveday Conspiracy by Kate Tremayne
  ...outside. Then you open the book and it's only when you idly glance at the list of the author's earlier books that you realise that you've made your entry ...ice before killing himself – and now his cousin Tristan has the house. St John's twin, Adam, vows that he will punish the man responsible. Amelia has bee
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• Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar by John Foster
  |author=John Foster John Foster has done a marvellous job of collating this poetry anthology. Seeing
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• For the Love of Letters: The Joy of Slow Communication by John O'Connell
  |author=John O'Connell |website=http://shortbooks.co.uk/author/john-oconnell
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• The Scandalous Duchess by Anne O'Brien
  ...revolving around them. Can we resist such a guilty pleasure? I couldn't: John had me at prithee! (No, you're right, he doesn't actually say that.) ...dangerous move. As John and Katherine fall in love and Katherine becomes John's mistress they endanger more than their hearts; their attraction provides
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• Painting Snails by Stephen John Hartley
  |author=Stephen John Hartley ...as the late, great John Peel: we have our own [[Margrave of the Marshes by John Peel and Sheila Ravenscroft|tribute]] to him.
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• The Stolen Queen by Lisa Hilton
  ...o don't like their history adjusted. For the rest of us this tale of King John's second wife Isabelle of Angouleme complete with a left field-ish, mischie ...ngland's King Richard the Lionheart all changes. Isabelle will marry King John instead – a totally different prospect for all concerned. This is a matc
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• Crooked: Honest Criminality by Bronwen John
  |author=Bronwen John ...- and then I was caught up in the story and it wasn't necessary. Bronwen John does a great job with her characters: I'll quibble very slightly and say th
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• Whizz Bang Orang-Utan by John Foster
  |author=John Foster ...kle Twinkle Chocolate Bar by John Foster|a companion book also compiled by John Foster]]. It's still worth a look.
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• Sod That!: 103 Things Not To Do Before You Die by Sam Jordison
  |reviewer= John Lloyd ...on a full fortnight tour of Iceland. But closer to home, were I to have a list, there would be many things left on it – I've been nowhere near Bath, or
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• The Witness by James Jauncey
  ...nian, John determines to return the boy to what's left of his family. What John doesn't realise is that Ninian himself is inextricably linked to the rebel ...parents' marriage. Without the words to articulate his grief or his guilt, John has thrown himself into stewardship of the land with his gamekeeper father
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• Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
  ...el by John Sutherland|How to Read a Novel]] by [[:Category:John Sutherland|John Sutherland]] do the same for maths and reading as ''Bad Science'' does for {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Non-Fiction Books To Make You Think}}
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• Prince of Darkness by Sharon Penman
  ...e Queen's Man'' series and now finds himself working for his enemy, Prince John. Bringing to mind the work of people like Shirley McKay and VM Whitworth, ...), bringing with it somewhat of a dilemma for Justin. As much as he hates John, de Quincy realises that getting to the bottom of the plot is in the intere
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• A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton
  [[Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne]] is another slightly surreal fable that is an absolute joy to read. {{toptentext|list=Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2012}}
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• When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
  ...a similarly riveting read and has high literary values (Benjamin Black is John Banville, Booker Prize Winner for his novel ''The Sea''). Detective fiction {{toptentext|list=Richard and Judy Shortlist 2009}}
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• The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Peerless Peer by Philip Jose Farmer
  |reviewer=John Lloyd ...is day and age, would be objecting at all. As for the other titles in the list I can't as yet tell, but would be eager to try, and am now expecting a very
  4 KB (600 words) - 09:44, 12 March 2018
• How to Climb Mont Blanc in a Skirt: A Handbook for the Lady Adventurer by Mick Conefrey
  |reviewer=John Lloyd ...ive them a gold star if they can name a single female entrant to history's list. Hence this book, for while some mountains have been topped by a lady firs
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• The Wolf in Winter (Charlie Parker Thriller) by John Connolly
  |author=John Connolly This is the 12th novel in the Irish thriller writer [[:Category:John Connolly|John Connolly's]] Charlie Parker series (or 13th if you want to count the novell
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• 1,234 QI Facts to Leave You Speechless by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson and James Harkin
  |author=John Lloyd, John Mitchinson and James Harkin |reviewer=John Lloyd
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• Dying to Know You by Aidan Chambers
  When Fiorella gives Karl a list of questions and asks him to write down his views on aspects of love, Karl ...ter, then you could make a sea change in terms of topic and choose [[WE by John Dickinson]], a wonderful sci-fi epic.
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