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ISBN Title Contributor Publisher Year

1 9780747591054 Harry Potter and the Deathly J.K. Rowling Bloomsbury 2007 Hallows Publishing PLC 2 9780330448444 The house at Riverton Kate Morton Pan 2007 3 9780141030142 The memory keeper's Kim Edwards Viking 2007 daughter 4 9780747581086 Harry Potter and the half- JK Rowling Bloomsbury 2005 blood prince 5 9780007200283 Half of a yellow sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Harper Perennial 2007 6 9780753821787 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Paul Torday Orion Publishing Co 2007 7 9780552153126 Relentless Simon Kernick Corgi 2007 8 9781842550670 Horrid Henry's underpants Francesca Simon: ill Tony Dolphin 2003 Ross 9 9780755331420 The interpretation of murder Jed Rubenfeld Headline Review 2007 10 9780099469681 Saturday Ian McEwan Vintage 2006 11 9780099437260 The Other Side of the Bridge Mary Lawson Vintage 2007 12 9781842550717 Horrid Henry and the football Francesca Simon ; ill Tony Orion Children's 2006 fiend Ross 13 9781842550687 Horrid Henry meets the Queen Francesca Simon ; ill Tony Orion 2004 Ross 14 9780747582793 A thousand splendid suns Khaled Hosseini Bloomsbury 2007 15 9780752893198 How to Talk to a Widower Jonathan Tropper 16 9780141025292 Getting rid of Matthew Jane Fallon Michael Joseph 2007 17 9780751537086 Marshmallows for breakfast Dorothy Koomson Sphere 2007 18 9780340822791 Black Swan Green David Mitchell Sceptre 2006 19 9781858818252 Horrid Henry's revenge Francesca Simon: ill Tony Dolphin 2001 Ross 20 9780007242511 The blue zone Andrew Gross Harper 2007 21 9781858813714 Horrid Henry tricks the tooth Francesca Simon ; ill Tony Orion 2004 fairy Ross 22 9780113413133 Life in the United Kingdom : a Home Office TSO 2007 journey to citizenship : th> 23 9781862079335 This Book Will Save Your Life A.M. Homes Granta Books 2007 24 9780224081184 On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan Jonathan Cape 2007 25 9781858815725 Horrid Henry gets rich quick Francesca Simon ; ill Tony Orion 2005 Ross 26 9780241143483 The inheritance of loss Kiran Desai Hamish Hamilton 2006 27 9781842555460 Horrid Henry's Christmas Francesca Simon ; ill Tony Orion Children's 2006 cracker Ross 28 9781842550663 Horrid Henry's stinkbomb Francesca Simon ; ill Tony Orion Children's 2003 Ross 29 9780752889689 The overlook Michael Connelly Orion 2007 30 9780099506928 A spot of bother Mark Haddon Vintage 2007 31 9780440865797 Best friends Jacqueline Wilson ; ill Nick Corgi Yearling 2005 Sharratt 32 9781858810706 Horrid Henry and other stories Francesca Simon: + ill David Orion Children's 1995 ISBN Title Contributor Publisher Year

Pace 33 9780141500539 But excuse me that is my book Lauren Child Puffin 2005 34 9780552547093 Sleepovers Jacqueline Wilson: ill Nick Young Corgi 2002 Sharratt 35 9780007161935 The Savage Garden Mark Mills HarperCollins 2007 36 9780755330355 The 6th target James Patterson and Headline 2007 Maxine Paetro 37 9781858818269 Horrid Henry and the bogey Francesca Simon: ill Tony Dolphin 2002 babysitter Ross 38 9780099499398 Digging to America Anne Tyler Vintage 2007 39 9780552772440 One Good Turn Kate Atkinson Black Swan 2007 40 9780552546539 Lizzie Zipmouth Jacqueline Wilson: ill Nick Young Corgi 2000 Sharratt 41 9780755309511 The island Victoria Hislop Review 2006 42 9781858812922 Horrid Henry and the secret Francesca Simon: ill Tony Dolphin 1996 club Ross 43 9781858818245 Horrid Henry and the Francesca Simon ; ill Tony Orion 2004 mummy's curse Ross 44 9780552155045 The Afghan Frederick Forsyth Corgi 2007 45 9780099488781 Suite francaise Irene Nemirovsky ; Vintage 2007 translated from the French by Sandra Smith 46 9780385608374 Candyfloss Jacqueline Wilson ; ill Nick Doubleday 2006 Sharratt 47 9781858816500 Horrid Henry's haunted house Francesca Simon: ill Tony Dolphin 1999 Ross 48 9781842550694 Horrid Henry and the mega- Francesca Simon ; ill Tony Dolphin 2005 mean time machine Ross 49 9780340835531 Salem Falls Jodi Picoult Hodder 2005 50 9780340838037 The pact Jodi Picoult Hodder 2005 51 9780755323159 Cross James Patterson Headline 2006 52 9780751537284 The historian : a novel Elizabeth Kostova Time Warner 2006 53 9780752868608 Exit music Ian Rankin Orion 2007 54 9780340835463 My sister's keeper Jodi Picoult Hodder 2004 55 9780330448338 Under orders Dick Francis Pan 2007 56 9780751538717 At risk Patricia Cornwell Sphere 2007 57 9780751537246 Buried Mark Billingham Sphere 2007 58 9780755328598 Close Martina Cole Headline 2006 59 9780007198917 A place called here Cecelia Ahern Harper 2007 60 9780099432333 The pea and the princess Mini Grey Red Fox 2004 61 9780099441519 Break no bones Kathy Reichs Arrow 2007 62 9780333710937 Gruffalo Julia Donaldson ; ill Axel Macmillan Children's 1999 Scheffler 63 9780141020525 A short history of tractors in Marina Lewycka Viking 2005 Ukrainian 64 9780385610179 Starring Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson ; ill Nick Doubleday 2006 Sharratt 65 9781858813530 Horrid Henry's nits Francesca Simon: ill Tony Dolphin 2000 Ross 66 9780330411981 Winter in Madrid CJ Sansom Pan 2006 67 9780593055922 The Mephisto Club Tess Gerritsen Bantam 2006 68 9780440864806 The worry website Jacqueline Wilson: ill Nick Corgi Yearling 2003 Sharratt 69 9780755335701 The quickie James Patterson & Michael Headline 2007 Ledwidge 70 9780593056691 Sisters Danielle Steel Bantam 2007 ISBN Title Contributor Publisher Year

71 9780099457169 The broker John Grisham Arrow 2005 72 9780752865843 Echo Park Michael Connelly Orion 2006 73 9780007203338 The last testament Sam Bourne Harper 2007 74 9780552772747 The undomestic goddess Sophie Kinsella Black Swan 2006 75 9780593057018 Bad luck and trouble Lee Child Bantam 2007 76 9780552773768 Chart throb Ben Elton Black Swan 2007 77 9780744583243 Ark angel Anthony Horowitz Walker 2005 78 9780340935279 Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult Hodder 2007 79 9780755323098 The 5th horseman James Patterson & Maxine Headline 2007 Paetro 80 9780755330492 Judge and Jury James Patterson & Andrew Headline 2007 Gross 81 9780330434195 Dead simple Peter James Macmillan 2005 82 9780141500669 Whoops! But it wasn't me Lauren Child Puffin 2007 83 9781841210780 I am not sleepy and I will not Lauren Child Orchard 2002 go to bed : featuring Charl> 84 9781843623663 I Am Too Absolutely Small for Lauren Child Hachette Children's 2004 School Books 85 9780719564567 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones John Murray 2007 86 9781844082469 The night watch Sarah Waters Virago 2006 87 9780340835494 Vanishing acts Jodi Picoult Hodder 2006 88 9780141500652 My wobbly tooth must not ever Lauren Child Puffin 2007 never fall out 89 9780198384106 Dad's birthday Cynthia Rider, Alex Brychta Oxford University 2005 Press 90 9780099464464 The time traveler's wife Audrey Niffenegger Vintage 2005 91 9780091796266 The ghost Robert Harris Hutchinson 2007 92 9780198384090 Silly races Roderick Hunt and Alex Oxford University 2005 Brychta Press 93 9780141016979 A lesser evil Lesley Pearse Penguin 2006 94 9780755330393 Step on a crack James Patterson ; with Headline 2007 Michael Ledwidge 95 9781841215655 Giraffes can't dance Giles Andreae ; ill Guy Orchard Books 2000 Parker-Rees 96 9780198384151 The real Floppy Roderick Hunt and Alex Oxford University 2005 Brychta Press 97 9780755328611 Close Martina Cole Headline 2007 98 9780747566533 The kite runner Khaled Hosseini Bloomsbury 2004 99 9780752868585 The naming of the dead Ian Rankin Orion 2006 100 9781852428891 We need to talk about Kevin : Lionel Shriver Serpent's Tail 2005 a novel 101 9780440865780 Midnight Jacqueline Wilson ; ill Nick Corgi Childrens 2004 Sharratt

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