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Shrines of Gaiety
Author :
Kate Atkinson
Published: 2022
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London as the 20s roared and hedonism boomed in the clubs of Soho
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18 Feb '24
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18 Feb '24
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fiction
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Prophet Song
Author :
Paul Lynch
Published: 2023
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Civil war in modern Ireland from pov of woman trying to protect her family
Synopsis 215 words
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17 Jan '24
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17 Jan '24
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fiction
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Pigs in Heaven
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 1993
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Follow on from The Bean Trees, Taylor and Turtle's journey continues as Turtle is introduced to her roots
Synopsis 202 words
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30 Nov '23
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30 Nov '23
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fiction
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The Sea of Tranquility
Author :
Emily St.John Mandel
Published: 2022
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Time travel with the simulation hypothesis and a hi-tech future
Synopsis 77 words
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05 Nov '23
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5 Nov '23
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fiction
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Deep Deception
unlisted author
Published: 2022
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The story ofspy-cops by 5 of the women deeply affected
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29 Oct '23
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29 Oct '23
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non-fiction
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Lily
A tale of revenge
Author :
Rose Tremain
Published: 2021
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Synopsis extract:
London 1860s-70s. ...
Synopsis 62 words
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25 Sep '23
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25 Sep '23
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fiction
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Death's Own Door
Lydmouth 6
Author :
Andrew Taylor
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No summary or synopsis available
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19 Sep '23
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19 Sep '23
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fiction
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The Anomaly
Author :
Hervé Le Tellier
Published: 2020
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Multiple universes - or just a simulation?
Synopsis 110 words
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16 Sep '23
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16 Sep '23
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fiction
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Demon Copperhead
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2022
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Growing up in Tennessee mountain fly-over country
Synopsis 68 words
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22 Aug '23
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22 Aug '23
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fiction
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The Glass Hotel
Author :
Emily St.John Mandel
Published: 2020
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Brother and sister from late teens to 30's - one dies, the other doesn't
Synopsis 134 words
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25 Jul '23
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25 Jul '23
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fiction
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The Lover of the Grave
Lydmouth #3
Author :
Andrew Taylor
Published: 1997
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Another murder in Lydmouth
Synopsis 39 words
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12 Jul '23
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12 Jul '23
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fiction
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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 Dawn of Everything
A new view of the history of humanity
Authors :
David Graeber , David Wengrow
Published: 2021
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An interpretation of the latest thinkingin human deep history and archaeology. It is not all an inevitable story of progress from cave to today - different ways were possible and can still be achieved.
Synopsis 108 words
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29 Apr '23
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29 Apr '23
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non-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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A Fortune-Teller Told Me
Author :
Tiziano Terzani
Published: 1997
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A journalist discovers the joys of not flying for a year
Synopsis 205 words
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20 Mar '23
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20 Mar '23
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non-fiction
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Utopia Avenue
Author :
David Mitchell
Published: 2020
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Imagined conversations between fictional and dead musicians. Utopia Avenue is a fictional psychedelic-folk group formed in 1966 and disbanded in 1968. The become stars and then it all ends.
Synopsis 13 words
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19 Feb '23
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19 Feb '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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