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Bear Witness
unlisted author
Published: 2013
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Releasing bears into the wild and the sex-life of a young female scientist
Synopsis 335 words
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08 Jul '23
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8 Jul '23
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fiction
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Oryx and Crake
Author :
Margaret Atwood
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Dystopian post-deluvian future based on genetic engneering
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01 Jul '23
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1 Jul '23
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fiction
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The Mortal Sickness
Lydmouth #2
Author :
Andrew Taylor
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Everyday village murder mystery
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18 Jun '23
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18 Jun '23
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fiction
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The Bean Trees
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 1988
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Young woman escapes from life in Oklahoma and is given an indian baby on the way - they end up in Arizona
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01 Jun '23
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1 Jun '23
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fiction
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The Rabbit Factor
Author :
Antti Tuomainen
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Mathematician looses job in insurance and inherits an amusement park
Synopsis 29 words
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29 May '23
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29 May '23
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fiction
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Moving Pictures
Discworld 10
Author :
Terry Pratchett
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Riffing on Holywood and celebrity culture
Synopsis 19 words
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22 May '23
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22 May '23
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fiction
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The Silence of the Girls
Author :
Pat Barker
Published: 2018
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Troy. Captured Trojan queen recounts her life as Achilles's prize in the Greek camp besieging Troy.
Synopsis 56 words
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16 Apr '23
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16 Apr '23
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fiction
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The Siege of Krishnapur
Author :
J.G. Farrell
Published: 1972
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No summary or synopsis available
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25 Jan '23
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25 Jan '23
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fiction
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Unsheltered
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2018
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Twin stories from 1880s and 2010s of a house (possibly the same house) falling apart with the occupants lives.
Synopsis 279 words
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24 Dec '22
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24 Dec '22
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fiction
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Agent Running in the Field
Author :
John le Carre
Published: 2019
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Classic post-cold war spy story
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28 Nov '22
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28 Nov '22
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fiction
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Bleeding Edge
Author :
Thomas Pynchon
Published: 2013
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New York early noughties in aftermath of dot-com crash. Maxine, an unlicensed fraud investigator wanders through the wreckage.
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26 Nov '22
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26 Nov '22
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fiction
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Troubles
Author :
J.G. Farrell
Published: 1969
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No summary or synopsis available
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(no review)
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1 Oct '22
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fiction
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Ross Poldark
Poldark Series Book 1
Author :
Winston Graham
Published: 1945
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Synopsis extract:
Ross Poldark returms from soldiering in the American war of independance slightly wounded to discover the girl he intended to marry (Elizabeth) has just married his cousin Francis. ...
Synopsis 186 words
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15 Aug '22
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15 Aug '22
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fiction
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The Apothecary's Daughter
orig. The Angel Gateway
Author :
Jane Adams
Published: 2000
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Parallel stories
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(no review)
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15 Aug '22
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fiction
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Inherent Vice
Author :
Thomas Pynchon
Published: 2009
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Stoner & PI 'Doc' Sportello explores the underbelly of 1971ish LA looking into the apparent disappearance of his ex girlfried and her new property developer boyfriend. It rapidly gets more complicated than that.
Synopsis 77 words
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14 Aug '22
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14 Aug '22
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fiction
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The Lost Apothecary
Author :
Sarah Penner
Published: 2021
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Late 18th century London discovered by an american woman visiting London - murders were committed.
Synopsis 138 words
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27 Jul '22
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27 Jul '22
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fiction
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Circe
Author :
Madeline Miller
Published: 2018
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The true story of a minor goddess
Synopsis 359 words
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16 Jul '22
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16 Jul '22
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fiction
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Hamnet
Author :
Maggie O'Farrell
Published: 2020
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Shakespeare's son who died aged 9 and became the hero of a tragedy
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24 Jun '22
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24 Jun '22
22 Jun '22
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fiction
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Winterkill
Dark Iceland 6
Author :
Ragnar Jonasson
Published: 2020
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Back in Siglufjörður with Ari Thor, now police inspector for the town, as a girl dies and his partner and child visit for Easter weekend
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18 May '22
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18 May '22
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fiction
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Wyrd Sisters
Author :
Terry Pratchett
Published: 2014
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Macbeth meets Discworld
Synopsis 44 words
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20 Apr '22
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20 Apr '22
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fiction
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The Sea, the Sea
Author :
Iris Murdoch
Published: 1978
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Theatre luvvy actor/director star retires to house by sea.
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02 Jan '22
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2 Jan '22
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fiction
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The Gustav Sonata
Author :
Rose Tremain
Published: 2017
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Only in their sixties do Gustav and Anton achieve their destiny
Synopsis 77 words
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21 Nov '21
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21 Nov '21
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fiction
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Rupture
Author :
Ragnar Jonasson
Published: 2012
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Dark Iceland (book 4 in English series)
Synopsis 186 words
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18 Nov '21
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18 Nov '21
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fiction
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Recursion
Author :
Blake Crouch
Published: 2019
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Memory and time. Paradoxes and spirals.
Synopsis 73 words
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08 Nov '21
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8 Nov '21
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fiction
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Author :
Olga Tokarczuk
Published: 2009
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Polish existential thriller
Synopsis 86 words
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22 Oct '21
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22 Oct '21
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fiction
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