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Reading Group List 14 November 2019 Titles available to be reserved only by reading groups Author Title Column1Genre Column2 Beowulf 829.3 I am Heathcliff : stories inspired by Wuthering Heights Aaronovitch, Ben Whispers under ground Aaronovitch, Ben Rivers of London Aaronovitch, Ben Moon over Soho Aboulela, Leila Lyrics Alley Abulhawa, Susan Mornings in Jenin History Achebe, Chinua Things fall apart Aciman, Andre Call me by your name Ackerman, Diane The zookeeper's wife Acosta, Carlos Pig's foot Adam, Claire Golden child Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Americanah Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi The thing around your neck Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Purple hibiscus : a novel Adiga, Aravind The white tiger Adiga, Aravind The white tiger Ahern, Cecelia PS, I love you Ahern, Cecelia Where rainbows end Albom, Mitch The first phone call from heaven Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young Albom, Mitch man, and life's greatest lesson Albom, Mitch The five people you meet in heaven Alcott, Louisa May Little women Science Alderman, Naomi The power Fiction Alderman, Naomi The liars' gospel Alderman, Naomi Disobedience Alexander, Keir The ruby slippers Alexandra, Belinda Wild lavender History The watchers : a secret history of the reign of Alford, Stephen Elizabeth I 942.055 Ali, Monica Brick Lane Allende, Isabel The Japanese lover Allende, Isabel The house of the spirits New Title! Allende, Isabel Zorro : the novel Pegasus Bridge : D-Day : the daring British Ambrose, Stephen E. airborne raid Amis, Martin Yellow dog Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio Angelou, Maya I know why the caged bird sings 920 ANG Angelou, Maya Mom & me & mom 920 ANG Angelou, Maya I know why the caged bird sings 920 ANG The elephant whisperer : learning about life, loyalty and freedom from a remarkable herd Anthony, Lawrence of elephants Archer, Jeffrey Paths of glory Crime Arnold, Gaynor Girl in a blue dress Ashdown, Isabel Summer of '76 Atkins, Lucy The missing one Atkinson, Kate Case histories Crime New Title! Atkinson, Kate Transcription Atkinson, Kate A god in ruins Atkinson, Kate Case histories Atkinson, Kate A god in ruins Atkinson, Kate Life after life Atkinson, Kate Life after life Atkinson, Kate When will there be good news? Atkinson, Kate Started early, took my dog Atkinson, Kate Life after life Atwood, Margaret The testaments New Title! Atwood, Margaret The Penelopiad Atwood, Margaret The handmaid's tale Atwood, Margaret Cat's eye Atwood, Margaret Alias Grace Atwood, Margaret The blind assassin Crime Atwood, Margaret Hag-seed : the Tempest retold Atwood, Margaret The blind assassin Crime Atwood, Margaret The year of the flood Atwood, Margaret Oryx & Crake Atwood, Margaret MaddAddam Atwood, Margaret The heart goes last Austen, Jane Emma Austen, Jane Persuasion Austen, Jane Sense and sensibility Austen, Jane Northanger Abbey Austen, Jane Pride and prejudice Auur A. Olafsdottir, Butterflies in November Backman, Fredrik Beartown New Title! Backman, Fredrik A man called Ove Bailey, Catherine The secret rooms 942.54 Bailey, Jenna Can any mother help me? Bainbridge, Beryl An awfully big adventure New Title! Bainbridge, Beryl The bottle factory outing Bainbridge, Beryl Every man for himself Baker, Jo The telling Baker, Jo Longbourn Baker, Jo A country road, a tree Baker, Sam The woman who ran Bakewell, Joan She's leaving home Stop the clocks : thoughts on what I leave Bakewell, Joan behind Baldwin, James Go tell it on the mountain Bale, Tom Blood falls Banks, Lynne Reid The L-shaped room Barbery, Muriel The gourmet Barbery, Muriel The elegance of the hedgehog Barclay, Linwood No time for goodbye Barclay, Linwood Fear the worst Barker, Pat Union street Barnes, Julian Levels of life 920 BAR Barnes, Julian The sense of an ending Barnes, Julian The sense of an ending Barnes, Julian Arthur & George Barnes, Julian The noise of time Barnett, Laura The versions of us Barrett, Shirley Rush oh! History Barry, Sebastian Days without end : a novel History Barry, Sebastian On Canaan's side : a novel Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest) Fair stood the wind for France Bauby, Jean-Dominique The diving-bell and the butterfly 362.1968 Bauby, Jean-Dominique The diving-bell and the butterfly 362.1968 Beard, Mary Women & power : a manifesto 305.42 Beatty, Paul The sellout Belfoure, Charles The Paris architect : a novel Benjamin, Chloe The immortalists Bennett, Alan The lady in the van 828.914 Bennett, Alan The uncommon reader Bennett, Alan The uncommon reader Bennett, Alan Untold stories 920 BEN Bennett, Alan The uncommon reader Bennett, Arnold Anna of the five towns Bennett, Arnold The card Bennett, Vanora Portrait of an unknown woman History Betts, Charlotte The spice merchant's wife History Behind the beautiful forevers : life, death and Boo, Katherine hope in a Mumbai slum 305.569 Boyd, William Any human heart Boyd, William An ice-cream war History Boyd, William A good man in Africa Boyd, William Ordinary thunderstorms Thriller Boyd, William Restless Boyd, William Waiting for sunrise Boyd, William Solo Thriller Boyd, William Sweet caress : the many lives of Amory Clay Boyne, John The heart's invisible furies Boyne, John The boy in the striped pyjamas Bradley, C. Alan The sweetness at the bottom of the pie Crime Bradley, Marion Zimmer The mists of Avalon History Bragg, Melvyn Grace and Mary Brand, Jo Look back in hunger : the autobiography 920 BRA Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney Oscar Wilde and the candlelight murders Crime Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney Oscar Wilde and the dead man's smile Crime Brodrick, William The sixth lamentation : a novel Bronte, Anne The tenant of Wildfell Hall Bronte, Anne The tenant of Wildfell Hall Bronte, Anne Agnes Grey Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights Brook, Rhidian The aftermath Brookes, Al The gift of looking closely New Title! Brooks, Geraldine People of the book Brooks, Geraldine Caleb's crossing History Brooks, Geraldine Year of wonders : a novel of the plague History Brown, Dan The lost symbol Crime The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid : Bryson, Bill travels through my childhood 920 BRY The road to Little Dribbling : more notes from Bryson, Bill a small island 914.1048 Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) The good earth History Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) The good earth History Bude, John The Sussex Downs murder Crime Burgess, Melvin Junk His bloody project : documents relating to the Burnet, Graeme Macrae case of Roderick Macrae : a novel Thriller Burns, Anna Milkman Burton, Jessie The muse Burton, Jessie The miniaturist Thriller Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan) Possession : a romance Byrne, Paula The real Jane Austen : a life in small things 920 AUS Cadwalladr, Carole The family tree Camilleri, Andrea August heat Crime Campbell, Alastair My name is Camus, Albert The outsider Candlish, Louise The sudden departure of the Frasers Thriller Cannon, Joanna The trouble with goats and sheep Cannon, Joanna (Psychiatrist) Three things about Elsie New Title! Capote, Truman Breakfast at Tiffany's Carew, Keggie Dadland Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey : Carnarvon, Fiona the lost legacy of Highclere Castle 942.291 Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey : Carnarvon, Fiona the lost legacy of Highclere Castle 942.291 Carr, Caleb The alienist Thriller Carr, J. L. (Joseph Lloyd) A month in the country Carter, Angela Nights at the circus Cartwright, Justin The promise of happiness Case, Alison A. Nelly Dean Cather, Willa My Antonia Catton, Eleanor The luminaries Cecil, Veronica Drums on the night air Chadwick, Elizabeth The winter crown Chadwick, Elizabeth The summer queen Chadwick, Elizabeth The autumn throne Challis, Sarah Footprints in the sand Chamberlain, Diane Before the storm Empress Dowager Cixi : the concubine who Chang, Jung launched modern China 920 CIX Chatwin, Bruce On the black hill Chatwin, Bruce On the black hill Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) The innocence of Father Brown Crime Chevalier, Tracy The lady and the unicorn History Chevalier, Tracy Remarkable creatures History New Title! Chevalier, Tracy At the edge of the orchard History Chevalier, Tracy Burning bright Chevalier, Tracy At the edge of the orchard History Chevalier, Tracy Remarkable creatures Chiaverini, Jennifer Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker History Christie, Agatha The murder at the vicarage Crime Christie, Agatha Murder on the Orient Express Crime Christie, Agatha Death on the Nile Crime Christie, Agatha The body in the library Crime Down to the sea in ships : of ageless oceans Clare, Horatio and modern men 910.45 Clark, Mary Higgins The lost years Thriller Cline, Emma The girls : a novel Coe, Jonathan What a carve up! Coe, Jonathan The rotters' club Coetzee, J. M. Boyhood : scenes from provincial life 920 COE Cole, Martina Dangerous lady Crime Coleman, Rowan The accidental family Colette, Gigi ; and, The cat Collins, Wilkie The moonstone : a romance Crime Collins, Wilkie The woman in white Collins, Wilkie The woman in white Conrad, Joseph Heart of darkness Constantine, Liv The last Mrs Parrish Thriller Cornwell, Bernard The pale horseman History Cotterill, Colin The coroner's lunch Crime Court, Dilly The mistletoe seller Crace, Jim Harvest Craig, Amanda The lie of the land Craig, James Buckingham Palace blues Crime Craven, Margaret I heard the owl call my name Dahl, Alex The boy at the door Thriller Dangarembga, Tsitsi Nervous conditions : a novel New Title! Darznik, Jasmin The good daughter : my mother's hidden life 920 DAR Davies, Caitlin The ghost of Lily Painter Davies, Peter Ho The Welsh girl Davy, Nelle The legacy of Eden De Bernieres, Louis Birds without wings De Bernieres, Louis Captain Corelli's mandolin The hare
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