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Added Author Title Pages to Published stock Adiche, Chimamanda Ngozi Purple Hibiscus 307 Mar-19 2004 Allende, isabel A Long Petal of the Sea Translation 314 Jul-21 2020 Anglada, Maria The Auschwitz Violin Translation 128 Oct-11 2010 Atkinson, Kate Big Sky Crime 471 Jan-20 2019 Atkinson, Kate Transcription 379 Apr-19 2018 Attenborough, David Journeys on the Other Side of the World Non-fiction 413 Mar-19 2018 Atwood, Margaret Hag-seed 283 Aug-17 2016 Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility Classic 444 Jan-19 1811 Baily, Virginia The Fourth Shore 368 Apr-20 2019 Baldwin, James If Beale Street Could Talk Classic 173 Apr-21 1974 Barnes, Julian The Noise of Time 180 Oct-17 2016 Barnett, Laura Greatest Hits 433 Apr-18 2017 Barry, Sebastian Days Without End Historical 301 Jan-19 2016 Barton, Fiona The Suspect Thriller 469 Jan-20 2019 Bauer, Belinda Snap Thriller 434 Jan-19 2018 Beatty, Paul CW Children of Fire Crime 284 Mar-18 2017 Benedetti, Mario Springtime in a Broken Mirror Classic 179 May-19 1982 Bennett, Arnold Anna Of The Five Towns Classic 236 Mar-16 1902 Bennett, Brit The Vanishing Half 366 Jul-21 2020 Bentinck, Timothy Being David Archer (and other unusual ways of earning a living) Non-fiction 314 Jan-19 2017 Blake, Sarah The Guest Book 484 Apr-21 2019 Bond, Caroline The Second Child 314 Jun-18 2018 Boyd, William Love is Blind 370 Jun-19 2018 Boyne, John A Ladder to the Sky 419 Mar-19 2018 Bradley, Nick The Cat and the City 287 Jul-21 2020 Braine, John Room at the Top Classic 243 Feb-16 2002 Bronte, Anne Agnes Grey Classic 193 Mar-18 1847 Brooke, Amanda The Child's Secret 429 Mar-18 2016 Brooke, Amanda Don't turn Around Thriller 403 Feb-19 2019 Brookmyre, Chris Fallen Angel Thriller 343 Mar-20 2019 Burgess, Anthony Clockwork Orange Classic 204 Jan-17 1962 Burns, Anna Milkman 348 May-19 2018 Burton, Jessie The Confession 454 Jul-21 2019 Byatt, A. S. Possession Classic 606 Mar-18 1990 Cameron, Sharon The Light in Hidden Places: based on a true story Historical 390 Apr-20 2020 Candlish, Louise Our House Thriller 435 Oct-19 2018 Capek, Karel War with Newts Classic/Translation 340 Mar-19 1936 Chamberlain, Diane Big Lies in a Small Town 470 Jul-21 2020 Christie, Agatha The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Crime 299 Mar-20 1926 Clements, Rory Corpus Thriller 464 Oct-17 2017 Coben, Harlan The Boy from the Woods Thriller 370 Apr-21 2019 Cohen, Leonard Poems and Songs Poetry 243 Jan-19 2011 Collins, Bridget The Binding 438 Dec-19 2019 Collins, Wilkie No Name Classic 610 Mar-19 1862 Connolly, John The Dirty South Thriller 468 Jul-21 2020 Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim Classic 304 Mar-19 1899 Corbett, Judy Castles in the Air Non-Fiction 308 Sep-18 2004 Costeloe, Diney The Girl with No Name 486 Sep-16 2016 Creed, Ben City of Ghosts Crime 410 Jul-21 2020 Creese, Jannett V Defying the Odds (Local Author) Non-fiction 105 Feb-18 2017 Crofts, Freeman Wills The Groote Park Murder Crime 272 Apr-20 1923 Cronin, A J The Citadel Classic 464 Oct-19 1937 Dawson, Mark The Cleaner Thriller 361 Jul-21 2014 Dean, Will Dark Pines Crime 328 Jul-18 2018 Dhand, A A Girl Zero Crime 399 Mar-18 2017 Dickens, Charles The Personal History of David Copperfield Classic 744 Mar-20 1850 Drabble, Margaret The Dark Flood Rises 326 Jan-18 2016 Du Maurier, Daphne The House on the Strand Classic 329 Mar-19 1969 Dunmore, Helen Girl, Balancing Short Stories 368 Mar-19 2018 Dunn, Antony Take This One to Bed Poetry 66 Mar-18 2016 Dunnakey, Sarah The Companion 322 Nov-17 2017 Durrant, Sabine Lie with Me 310 Mar-17 2016 Edugyan, Esi Washington Black 417 May-19 2018 Edwards-Jones, Imogen The Witches of St Petersburg 426 May-19 2018 Eliot, George Silas Marner Classic 183 Mar-16 1861 Ellis, Kate The Boy who Lived with the Dead Crime 376 Jun-19 2018 Ellwood, Nuala My Sister's Bones Thriller 382 Sep-17 2017 Erskine, Barbara The Ghost Tree 576 Mar-19 2018 Evaristo, Bernadine Girl, Woman, Other 452 Apr-20 2019 Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury Classic 272 Mar-18 1929 Faulks, Sebastian Paris Echo 294 Oct-19 2018 Ferrante, Elena My Brilliant Friend Translation 331 Jan-17 2012 Fitzgerald, F Scott Tender is the Night Classic 338 Jul-21 1934 Forster, E M Howards End Classic 362 Jul-21 1910 Forster, Margaret Diary of an Ordinary Schoolgirl Non-Fiction 161 Mar-19 1954 Fortin, Sue Schoolgirl Missing Thriller 423 Jan-19 2019 Fraser, Antonia My History Non-Fiction 304 Jan-16 2015 French, Dawn Because of You 382 Jul-21 2020 French, Tana The Wych Elm Crime 511 Oct-19 2018 Fry, Stephen Mythos Non-Fiction 410 Mar-19 2017 Fuller, Claire Bitter Orange 280 Jun-19 2018 Gaiman, Neil Trigger Warning Short Stories 300 Aug-18 2015 Galbraith, Robert Lethal White Crime 771 May-19 2018 Gayle, Mike The Man I Think I Know 310 Jul-18 2018 Gillham, David Annelies 397 Jan-20 2019 Gilman, David The Englishman Thriller 464 Apr-21 2020 Goldie, Luan Nightingale Point 406 Jan-20 2019 Goodwin, Daisy Victoria Historical 457 Jan-17 2016 Gordon, Bryony Mad Girl Non-Fiction 304 Mar-17 2016 Gowar, Imogen Hermes The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock Historical 484 Mar-19 2018 Graham, Winston Ross Poldark Classic 464 Aug-15 2015 Grass, Günter Of All That Ends Short Stories 167 Dec-17 2015 Green, Linda The Last Thing She Told Me Thriller 370 Apr-19 2018 Green, Linda One Moment 386 Apr-20 2019 Greene, Graham Travels with My Aunt Classic 262 Dec-19 1961 Gregory, Philippa The Last Tudor Historical 513 Mar-18 2017 Grey, Iona The Glittering Hour 471 Dec-19 2019 Griffiths, Elly The Stranger Diaries Crime 406 Jun-19 2018 Gyasi, Yaa Homegoing 300 Aug-18 2016 Hadley, Tess Late in the Day 280 Apr-20 2019 Haig, Matt How to Stop Time 325 Jan-18 2017 Haig, Matt The Midnight Library 288 Jul-21 2020 Haig, Matt Notes on a Nervous Planet Non-Fiction 306 Mar-18 2018 Hannah, Kristin The Great Alone 438 Dec-19 2018 Hardy, Thomas The Woodlanders Classic 367 Jan-20 1887 Harris, Robert Imperium Historical 480 Jul-21 2006 Harris, Sarah J The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder 432 Mar-19 2018 Haruf, Kent Our Souls at Night 179 Mar-19 2015 Healey, Emma Whistle in the Dark 328 Mar-19 2018 Heaberlin, Julia Paper Ghosts Thriller 375 Nov-18 2018 Hensher, Philip The Friendly Ones 579 Mar-19 2018 Hepworth, Sally The Mother-in-law Thriller 340 Jun-19 2019 Hislop, Victoria Those who are Loved 481 Apr-21 2019 Hoag, Tami The Boy Crime 478 Oct-19 2019 Hogan, Ruth The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes 326 Mar-19 2018 Hollinghurst, Alan The Sparsholt Affair 454 Mar-19 2017 Howard, Catherine Ryan The Nothing Man Crime 341 Jul-21 2020 Isherwood, Christopher A Single Man Classic 152 Feb-18 1964 Isherwood, Christopher Goodbye to Berlin Classic 256 Jan-16 1989 Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go 282 Mar-11 2005 Ishiguro, Kazuo The Remains of the Day 258 May-09 1989 Ivey, Eowyn To the Bright Edge of the World Historical 461 Oct-17 2016 James, Peter Dead Man's footsteps Crime 566 Mar-17 2008 Jonasson, Jonas The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-year-old Man Translation 434 Aug-18 2018 Jonasson, Jonas Hitman Anders and the Meaning of it All Translation 370 Jul-16 2016 Jones, B E Halfway Thriller 296 Jan-19 2018 Jones, Sadie The Snakes 438 Mar-20 2019 Jones, Tayari An American Marriage 306 Oct-19 2018 Joyce, Rachel The Music Shop 354 Apr-18 2017 Kay, Adam This Is Going to Hurt: secret diaries of a junior doctor Non-Fiction 277 Jul-18 2017 Keneally, Thomas Napoleon's Last Island Historical 422 Aug-18 2016 Kent, Hannah The Good People Historical 380 Jan-19 2016 Kerouac, Jack On the Road Classic 281 Oct-17 1957 Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Classic 281 Oct-17 1973 Khan, Vaseem The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra Crime 294 Apr-17 2015 Kidd, Jess Things in Jars 402 Mar-20 2019 Kingsolver, Barbara Unsheltered 524 Jan-20 2018 Kline, Christina Baker A Piece of the World 296 May-18 2018 Koomson, Dorothy Tell Me Your Secret Thriller 472 Mar-20 2019 Kraus, Otto B The Children's Block 274 Dec-19 1993 Laverty, Maura Never No More Classic 284 Oct-19 1942 Le Carré, John A Legacy of Spies Thriller 353 Nov-18 2017 Lee, Harper Go Set a Watchman 278 Sep-15 2015 Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird Classic 309 Mar-18 1960 Lee, Laurie Cider with Rosie Non-Fiction / Classic 228 Mar-18 1959 Lefteri, Christy The Beekeeper of Aleppo 360 Mar-20 2019 Lehane, Dennis Since We Fell Thriller 418 Jan-19 2017 Lelic, Simon The House Thriller 340 Jan-19 2017 Lessing, Doris The Grass is Singing Classic 206 Jan-17 1950 Lively, Penelope Moon Tiger 208 Feb-19 1987 Llewellyn, Richard How Green was My Valley Classic 447 Apr-21 1939 Llewyn, Sophie van Bottled Goods 188 Jun-19 2018 Locke, Attica Bluebird, Bluebird Thriller 303 Jan-19 2017 Logan, T M The Holiday Thriller 480 Feb-20 2019 London, Kate Death Message Crime 406 Sep-17 2017 Lupton, Rosamund Three Hours Thriller 305 Jul-21 2020 Lyle, H B The Irregular: A Different class of Spy Thriller 277 Mar-19 2017 MacNeal, Elizabeth The Doll Factory Historical 372 Jul-21 2019 McEwan, Ian The Children Act 213 Jan-16 2014 McLean, Russel D Ed's Dead Crime 276 Jan-18 2017 McTiernan, Dervla The Ruin Crime 391 Jan-19 2018 Maine, Sarah Women of the Dunes 369 Mar-19 2018 Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga Kintu 410 Oct-19 2018 Malouf, David Remembering Babylon Classic 182 Mar-18 1993 Mangan, Christine Tangerine 387 Mar-19 2018 Mankowski, Guy An Honest Deceit 248 Mar-18 2016 Mansfield, Katherine The Garden Party and other stories Classic/Short Stories 153 Oct-17 1922 Marwood, Alex The Poison Garden Thriller 388 Mar-20 2019 Menmuir, Wyl The Many 141 Sep-16 2016 Michaelides, Alex The Silent Patient 339 Jul-21 2019 Miller, A D Independence Square 280 Jul-21 2020 Mitchell, Fiona The Maid's Room 308 Aug-18 2017 Moggach, Deborah The Carer 264 Jul-21 2019 Monroe, J. S. Find Me 396 Sep-17 2017 Morgan, Ann Beside Myself 405 Sep-16 2016 Morley, Carol 7 Miles Out 256 Feb-16 2015 Morrall, Clare The Last of the Greenwoods 342 Feb-19 2018 Morris, Heather The Tattooist of Auschwitz 265 Jan-19 2018 Mosse, Kate The Burning Chambers Historical 574 Mar-19 2018 Moyes, Jojo The Giver of Stars 435 Jan-20 2019 Myers, Benjamin The Offing 258 Apr-20 2019 Naipaul, V S A House for Mr Biswas Classic 623 Mar-19 1961 Nesser, Hakan The Darkest Day Crime/Translation 534 Jan-19 2017 Noble, Elizabeth Love, Iris 469 Mar-19 2018 Nolan, David Black Moss Crime 282 Nov-18 2018 North, Alex The Whisper Man Thriller 389 Mar-20 2019 Norton, Graham Home Stretch 359 Jul-21 2020 Nugent, Liz Lying in Wait Thriller 335 Jan-17 2016 O'Brien, Anne The Shadow Queen Historical 539 Apr-18 2017 O'Farrell, Maggie Hamnet Historical 367 Jul-21 2020 Osman, Richard The Thursday Murder Club Crime 377 Jul-21 2020 Overton, Hollie Baby Doll 371 Jan-17 2016 Owens, Delia Where the Crawdads Sing 368 Jan-20 2018 Palin, Michael Erebus: the story of a ship Non-Fiction 310 Oct-19 2018 Parks, Adele Just My Luck 374 Jul-21 2020 Parks, Tim In Extremis 342 Apr-18 2017 Patchett, Ann The Dutch House 337 Apr-21 2019 Patrick, Phaedra The Library of Lost and Found 371 Oct-19 2019 Penney, Stef The Tenderness of Wolves Thriller/Historical 485 Oct-17 2006 Perry, Karen Can You Keep a Secret? Thriller 378 Dec-17 2017 Perry, Karen Your Closest Friend Thriller 403 Jan-19 2018 Perry, Sarah Melmoth 271 Dec-19 2018 Purcell, Laura The Silent Companions 364 Jul-18 2017 Quinn, Kate The Huntress Crime 531 Dec-19 2019 Ramos, Joanne The Farm 321 Jun-19 2019 Rhys, Jean Wide Sargasso Sea Classic 155 Jan-16 2000 Riley, Lucinda The Butterfly Room 628 Dec-19 2019 Robotham, Michael The Secrets She Keeps Thriller 532 Feb-19 2017 Rodriguez, Deborah Island on the Edge of the World 290 Apr-20 2019 Rooney, Sally Normal People 266 Jun-19 2018 Rosen, Michael The Disappearance of Émile Zola: love, literature & the Dreyfus case Non-Fiction 277 Jun-19 2017 Russell, Leigh Deadly Alibi Crime 317 Jul-17 2017 Said, Kurban Ali and Nino Classic 237 Mar-18 1937 Sebag Montefiore, Simon Red Sky at Noon Historical 384 Aug-18 2017 Setterfield, Diane Once Upon a River 507 Dec-19 2018 Shamsie, Kamila Burnt Shadows 363 Oct-17 2009 Shaw, Clare Flood Poetry 79 Oct-19 2018 Shaw, William A Book of Scars Crime 418 Mar-16 2016 Shemilt, Jane Little Friends Thriller 373 Apr-20 2020 Sherratt, Mel Liar Liar Crime 349 Apr-20 2020 Shriver, Lionel Property: a collection Short Stories 317 Mar-19 2018 Shute, Nevil On the Beach Classic 312 Apr-20 1957 Simison, Graeme The Best of Adam Sharp 367 Sep-17 2016 Smith, Ali Spring 336 Apr-20 2019 Smith, Ali How to Be Both 371 Jan-16 2015 Smith, Ali Public Library and other stories Short Stories 220 Jul-16 2015 Spark, Muriel The Finishing School Classic 123 Nov-18 2004 Stedman, M L The Light Between Oceans 461 Nov-18 2012 Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men Classic 121 Jan-20 1937 Stevenson, Robert Louis Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Classic 74 Jan-17 1886 Stuart, Douglas Shuggie Bain 430 Jul-21 2020 Taneja, Preti We That are Young 553 Nov-18 2017 Theriault, Denis The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea Translation 207 Mar-19 2001 Theriault, Denis The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman Translation 119 Feb-16 2014 Thomas, Rosie The Kashmir Shawl 500 Oct-17 2011 Tolstoy, Leo War and Peace Classic 987 Jan-18 1869 Tremain, Rose Rosie: scenes from a vanished life Non-Fiction 194 May-19 2018 Tremayne, S K The Fire Child Thriller 389 Apr-17 2016 Tressell, Robert The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Classic 590 Jun-08 1910 Truss, Lynne A Shot in the Dark Crime 318 Jul-19 2018 Turton, Stuart The Devil and the Dark Water Thriller 548 Jul-21 2020 Tyce, Harriet Blood Orange Thriller 324 Mar-20 2019 Tyler, Anne Clock Dance 363 Oct-19 2018 Tyler, Anne Clock Dance 363 Oct-19 2018 Van Es, Bart The Cut Out Girl Non-Fiction 275 Feb-19 2018 Velton, Sonia Blackberry and Wild Rose Historical 399 Jan-20 2019 Vickers, Salley The Librarian 378 Jan-19 2018 Viskic, Emma Resurrection Bay Thriller 278 Jan-19 2015 Vuong, Ocean On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 242 Jul-21 2019 Ware, Ruth The Lying Game Thriller 446 Feb-19 2017 Wark, Kirsty The House by the Loch 365 Jan-20 2019 Watt, Holly To the Lions Thriller 435 Jan-20 2019 Weaver, Tim You Were Gone Thriller 486 Mar-19 2018 Wells, H. G. The Time Machine Classic 91 Apr-21 1895 Whitaker, Chris We Begin at the End Thriller 452 Jul-21 2020 Wilkins, Susan It Should have been Me Thriller 402 Jan-19 2019 Williams, John Stoner Classic 288 Mar-18 1965 Williams, Naomi J Landfalls Historical 396 Sep-16 2015 Winterson, Jeanette Frankissstein: a love story 340 Mar-20 2019 Wolfe, Thomas Look Homeward, Angel Classic 561 Mar-19 1929 Woolf, Virginia Mrs Dalloway Classic 191 Oct-17 1925 Science Wyndham, John The Chrysalids Fiction/Classic 204 Oct-19 1955 Young, David A Darker State Crime 348 Feb-18 2018 Young, Rosamund The Secret Life of Cows Non-Fiction 134 Jan-18 2017 Zola, Emile Therese Raquin Classic 288 Jan-16 2004 Zusak, Markus Bridge of Clay 579 Jan-20 2018

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