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Human Croquet 

Author : Kate Atkinson 

16yo girl in small town england in 1960

Synopsis 19 words


11 Dec '24  

11 Dec '24

fiction

The Dark Forest 
Three Body Problem book 2

Author : Cixin Liu 

Spool forward about 100 years from first book and earth is grappling with the coming invasion fleet

Synopsis 142 words


01 Nov '24

1 Nov '24

fiction

You Can't See Me 

Author : Eva Bjoerg AEgisdottir 

Published: 2021

Country hotel murder mystery told through muliple points of view


18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

fiction

Animal Dreams 

Author : Barbara Kingsolver 

Published: 1991

Love story set in fictional Grace Arizona

Synopsis 158 words


16 Aug '24  

16 Aug '24

fiction

A Room Made of Leaves 

Author : Kate Grenville 

Published: 2020

18th Cnetury Young woman from Bridgerule marries and emigrates to Australia where whe finally achieves independence


11 Jul '24

11 Jul '24

fiction

Reykjavik 

Authors : Ragnar Jonasson , Katrín Jakobsdóttir 

Published: 2023

No summary or synopsis available


24 May '24

24 May '24

fiction

Light Over Liskeard 

Author : Louis de Bernieres 

Published: 2023

No summary or synopsis available


24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

fiction

Fearsum Endjum 

Author : Iain M Banks 

Life intersecting with a virtual world in a future


26 Mar '24  

26 Mar '24

fiction

Shrines of Gaiety 

Author : Kate Atkinson 

Published: 2022

London as the 20s roared and hedonism boomed in the clubs of Soho


18 Feb '24  

18 Feb '24

fiction

Prophet Song 

Author : Paul Lynch 

Published: 2023

Civil war in modern Ireland from pov of woman trying to protect her family

Synopsis 215 words


17 Jan '24  

17 Jan '24

fiction

Pigs in Heaven 

Author : Barbara Kingsolver 

Published: 1993

Follow on from The Bean Trees, Taylor and Turtle's journey continues as Turtle is introduced to her roots

Synopsis 202 words


30 Nov '23  

30 Nov '23

fiction

The Sea of Tranquility 

Author : Emily St.John Mandel 

Published: 2022

Time travel with the simulation hypothesis and a hi-tech future

Synopsis 77 words


05 Nov '23  

5 Nov '23

fiction

Deep Deception 

unlisted author

Published: 2022

The story ofspy-cops by 5 of the women deeply affected


29 Oct '23  

29 Oct '23

non-fiction

Lily 
A tale of revenge

Author : Rose Tremain 

Published: 2021

Synopsis extract: London 1860s-70s. ...

Synopsis 62 words


25 Sep '23  

25 Sep '23

fiction

Death's Own Door 
Lydmouth 6

Author : Andrew Taylor 

No summary or synopsis available


19 Sep '23  

19 Sep '23

fiction

The Anomaly 

Author : Hervé Le Tellier 

Published: 2020

Multiple universes - or just a simulation?

Synopsis 110 words


16 Sep '23  

16 Sep '23

fiction

Demon Copperhead 

Author : Barbara Kingsolver 

Published: 2022

Growing up in Tennessee mountain fly-over country

Synopsis 68 words


22 Aug '23  

22 Aug '23

fiction

The Glass Hotel 

Author : Emily St.John Mandel 

Published: 2020

Brother and sister from late teens to 30's - one dies, the other doesn't

Synopsis 134 words


25 Jul '23  

25 Jul '23

fiction

The Lover of the Grave 
Lydmouth #3

Author : Andrew Taylor 

Published: 1997

Another murder in Lydmouth

Synopsis 39 words


12 Jul '23  

12 Jul '23

fiction

Bear Witness 

unlisted author

Published: 2013

Releasing bears into the wild and the sex-life of a young female scientist

Synopsis 335 words


08 Jul '23  

8 Jul '23

fiction

Oryx and Crake 

Author : Margaret Atwood 

Dystopian post-deluvian future based on genetic engneering


01 Jul '23  

1 Jul '23

fiction

The Mortal Sickness 
Lydmouth #2

Author : Andrew Taylor 

Everyday village murder mystery


18 Jun '23  

18 Jun '23

fiction

The Bean Trees 

Author : Barbara Kingsolver 

Published: 1988

Young woman escapes from life in Oklahoma and is given an indian baby on the way - they end up in Arizona


01 Jun '23  

1 Jun '23

fiction

The Rabbit Factor 

Author : Antti Tuomainen 

Mathematician looses job in insurance and inherits an amusement park

Synopsis 29 words


29 May '23  

29 May '23

fiction

Moving Pictures 
Discworld 10

Author : Terry Pratchett 

Riffing on Holywood and celebrity culture

Synopsis 19 words


22 May '23

22 May '23

fiction