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Books that have taken your breath away... 85 04/07/09 15:40
Anyone else read the Star Wars novels? 16 03/07/09 23:38
What are your Embarrassing Omissions and Guilty Pleasures 37 03/07/09 23:06
Anyone finished the new Karin Slaughter-Genesis, 4 03/07/09 22:03
Has anyone read the new Lee Child? 11 03/07/09 21:00
A Room With A Review. To whoever recommended it to me, a thousand thanks... 1 03/07/09 20:59
SPOILER WARNING - this thread is for us to chat about the ending of ''The Road'' by Cormac McCarthy 28 03/07/09 20:59
The Little House by Phillipa Gregory 9 03/07/09 19:47
Can't choose what to read next: The Book Thief or Revolutionary Road 23 03/07/09 16:16
Marian Keyes style 4 02/07/09 22:28
What's 'a bit like Philip Pullman but not Terry Pratchet'? 33 02/07/09 18:41
Can I have some book recommendations pretty please? 6 02/07/09 14:20
recommendations please for romantic books that aren't 'romance' 23 02/07/09 13:02
I reeeeeaaaallly need a good lol-book 37 01/07/09 22:38
Those keeping track of how many books they read this year... tis Midsummer... 33 01/07/09 21:30
i am reading Alison Weir's 'Innocent Trator' for the second time... 11 01/07/09 21:24
AIBU in thinking The Secret History was a pile of crap? 32 01/07/09 20:56
Can anyone recommend good/cheap on-line retailer that isn't stocked by different sellers? 5 01/07/09 13:38
The Guernsay Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 2 01/07/09 13:30
I have just finished The Vintner's Luck and I need to speak to someone else who loved it...anyone? 18 01/07/09 13:13
Life of Pi, Dice Man.....similar books? 30 01/07/09 09:07
Anyone else looking forward to the last WoT book? 59 30/06/09 18:53
Shantaram , I have just finished it and thought it was excellent 20 30/06/09 16:15
'Women cannot write important novels' ...help me choose a novel by a female writer for my book group to shut this male member up for good..please! 237 30/06/09 15:51
The Art of Racing in the Rain, anyone read it? 2 30/06/09 15:10
Under the Skin by Michel Faber , it really does get 'under' your skin! 3 30/06/09 14:18
New RL book club in central london: care to join us? 42 30/06/09 14:04
Fiction recommendations - my brain has gone blank 12 30/06/09 12:39
Musing about audio books... 2 30/06/09 12:10
tell me the name of this book... 6 29/06/09 23:20
The russuan concubine: Kate Furnival 1 29/06/09 18:34
The Finest Type of English Womanhood * SPOILER ALERT * 4 29/06/09 16:45
What line of fiction has sent a chill down your spine? 59 28/06/09 20:58
Books that have defeated you 202 28/06/09 09:55
Anyone read ''The Road'' by Cormac McCarthy? 41 27/06/09 06:57
I'd like some recommendations for a holiday read. 2 26/06/09 21:25
December by Elizabeth Winthrop 3 25/06/09 00:26
Am i the only one who feels a bit bereft and lost when they finish a good book? 38 24/06/09 12:51
Following on from chills, what line of fiction do you love? 5 23/06/09 10:41
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Should I persevere? 18 23/06/09 10:22
It's that time of year again 100 22/06/09 18:34
Anyone else enjoy The Tenderness of Wolves? 10 21/06/09 22:32
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee 12 21/06/09 21:45
Impressed with the book display in Waterstones this week (bear with me) 7 20/06/09 19:05
Help me choose from these three 11 20/06/09 17:05
The Declaration by Gemma Malley 2 20/06/09 15:53
Come and tell me about the books which have caused your best Book Group discussions! 10 20/06/09 15:05
Just to lower the tone - which literary hero/ine would you most like to cop off with? 218 18/06/09 20:56
Pride and Prejudice experts please: Which modern sequel? 28 18/06/09 19:11
Recommendations for 15 year-old boy 38 18/06/09 17:14
Apparently the BBC think that most people have only read 6 of these books how far of are you? 542 18/06/09 03:29
How do you structure a book group ? 10 17/06/09 09:38
Anyone read John Connolly? 20 16/06/09 06:15
Dragonfly in Amber - does ANYTHING EVER HAPPEN? 7 15/06/09 15:29
Timothy Findley 4 15/06/09 10:21
Recommendations please! 16 15/06/09 09:24
The Hindi-Bindi Club 1 15/06/09 07:59
Any other Winston Graham fans out there? Am reading the Poldark Novels and loving them! 1 14/06/09 19:01
Top 3 "must read before you die" books please! 49 13/06/09 21:45
The Other Hand - Chris Cleave 11 12/06/09 20:39
Off on holiday 28 weeks PG - nice reads please 8 12/06/09 13:43
The Sheikh and the Virgin Secretary! Honestly! 22 12/06/09 05:52
Looking for a really funny book- funny haha not funny peculiar ! 73 11/06/09 21:15
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue 4 11/06/09 20:28
Best books of 2009 - now published in Mumsnet Reviews 1 11/06/09 16:19
A Thousand Splendid Suns - anything similar I'd like? 25 11/06/09 13:01
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult - Made into movie 25 10/06/09 23:44
Anyone read Sunset Song? 7 10/06/09 22:10
It's my turn to choose the book for our Book Club, what shall I choose? 17 10/06/09 14:19
The end of Mr Y? Anyone read? 7 10/06/09 14:06
Doris Lessing's Mara and Dann. Oh My God what a book. 31 09/06/09 23:52
Interested in a Book Swap Group??? 4 09/06/09 20:45
A Clockwork Orange 24 09/06/09 18:35
I can't believe I've been so disturbed by a book! 64 09/06/09 17:11
GREAT EXPECTATIONS... God, it's taking me AGES to get through this 24 08/06/09 21:48
Am off to the library tomorrow, I want some well written non-cliched erotic fiction please! 15 04/06/09 23:27
Recommendations for my DP 12 04/06/09 20:00
Brilliant biographies 49 03/06/09 17:40
Diane Chamberlain's other books - can anybody get hold of them? 2 02/06/09 18:56
I loved the Forsyte Saga, and am now bereft... 20 02/06/09 13:14
Need recommendations for what to read next please? 25 01/06/09 23:17
Five Dolls in a House- F&Z or anyone with any knowledge! 6 01/06/09 21:10
Do you have a favorite book you cannot wait for your DC to read? 50 01/06/09 13:14
I find the adoration of Edward Cullen quite disturbing. 50 30/05/09 22:52
a.m. homes 10 29/05/09 21:40
I like Sarah Waters and Kate Atkinson, who else might I like? 29 29/05/09 11:39
books to start a library - inspiration please 21 29/05/09 09:10
David Sidaris - tell me about him.. 19 28/05/09 14:55
Which Ian McEwan novel next? 22 27/05/09 18:36
Really really the best books evah 21 26/05/09 22:45
Help! present ideas needed for tommorrow for 'saucy historical romance'! 13 26/05/09 09:23
If you could take only 5 books to a desert island... 29 25/05/09 23:32
Has anyone read Apples by richard milward? 2 25/05/09 19:35
Blind Faith by Ben Elton - anyone read it? 20 25/05/09 13:02
Yes we are still obsessed with Harry Potter! 95 24/05/09 23:25
Rides a Dread Legion. 2 24/05/09 13:33
The Graveyard Book (not strictly for adults but hey-ho) 4 23/05/09 15:46
I have just finished "the Other Queen" by Phillipa Gregory 7 22/05/09 19:30
Julie Myerson books 24 22/05/09 19:28
Mister Pip - wish I hadn't read it the day I gave birth 8 22/05/09 13:19
women's fiction /chick lit writing course 5 21/05/09 10:14
Just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns, Kite Runner and Book Thief.... 11 20/05/09 20:46
Help - our Book Club needs a 'happy' book! 32 19/05/09 20:12
Dickens - where to start? 36 19/05/09 14:01
Could anyone post Ted Hughes' "The Day He Died" please? 15 18/05/09 23:24
Light, but not shite fiction needed for an over-emotional pregnant bookworm! 55 18/05/09 14:00
Ten Story Love Song by Richard Milward 1 18/05/09 13:59
Help me to remember... what is this book? 4 18/05/09 10:32
Sony E Book - opinions please 3 16/05/09 17:43
Need a good, quality read about relationships, life etc 17 15/05/09 13:32
Great expectations! So which books were actually ^better^ than you thought? 17 14/05/09 18:45
Twilight books has any of you read them 11 13/05/09 19:56
Any Haruki Murakami fans 36 13/05/09 16:48
Confessions of a Windie 2 13/05/09 16:42
What great books have been overlooked for adaptation into movies? 27 12/05/09 16:51
Write your Life story - My Life Memorymountain 2 12/05/09 16:18
Fantastic Autobiography of My Life 4 12/05/09 16:03
"the two greatest novelists in the English language are women" 18 12/05/09 11:26
give me the low down on Byron please 13 08/05/09 19:44
Gripping classic to take on holiday! please i need ideas.. 67 08/05/09 11:50
Netherland - Joseph O'Neill 1 08/05/09 08:51
Eliza Graham - You about??? 16 08/05/09 08:30
I am starting a book club (YAY)- need recommendations for easy read, but good and challenging, novel for first meeting 18 07/05/09 22:50
Emma's Luck by Caludia Schrieber - RECOMMEND! 2 07/05/09 22:04
What books were you 'supposed' to enjoy but thought were a pile of crap? And why? 238 06/05/09 22:45
Could anyone recommend a happy book for me? 33 06/05/09 22:06
Whoever suggested Gideon Mack book... 2 06/05/09 17:41
Any Michael Connelly fans? 8 06/05/09 08:03
Karin Slaughter Skin Privilege - Sara & Jeffrey Tolliver Series SPOILER WARNING 22 06/05/09 00:17
The book where the husband loses his wife in a service station....title please!!! 29 05/05/09 23:46
KM Peyton fans 22 05/05/09 20:17
Anyone recommend good books for me please? 8 05/05/09 18:58
Finding authors you might like 6 04/05/09 15:37
Important book related pedant question - any takers?! 30 04/05/09 15:36
Thanks for the Jasper Fforde recommendation 5 04/05/09 15:25
Special topics in calamity physics 1 04/05/09 15:21
Can you help me find some good crime/murder/thriller books please? 56 03/05/09 21:49
Can you enthuse a reluctant reader? (Me) 48 03/05/09 21:24
If you read romantic fiction, how easy do you find it to have a realistic relationship in real life? 22 03/05/09 20:40
The Information Officer - mark Mills (savage garden author) 1 03/05/09 11:28
The Coroner - MR Hall. has anyone read it? 1 03/05/09 00:18
Sophie Hannah: A Room Swept White - A work in progress 6 02/05/09 22:28
The cider house rules . 26 01/05/09 16:00
Online Book Group 2 01/05/09 14:03
Online Book Group 1 01/05/09 14:00
FIL has recently really enjoyed CJ Sansom 8 30/04/09 19:50
Challenging and interesting adult books for a 15 year old book worm please 42 30/04/09 17:21
Anyone fancy joining me in a new MN book swap club? 9 30/04/09 12:46
What are you reading now and next ? 148 29/04/09 19:40
Random Acts of Heroic Love - 6 29/04/09 18:38
Wild Swans - Jung Chang 17 28/04/09 21:40
Any Robin Jenkins fans around? 2 28/04/09 20:17
The Luminous Life of Lily Aphrodite - have you read it? 4 28/04/09 18:01
What shall I read (or not read) next? 20 27/04/09 22:14
Stephen King - The Stand or It? 78 27/04/09 18:52
Can you recommend a book about being a parent (extra points for being a mother), fiction or non-fiction, that my bookclub might enjoy? 74 27/04/09 13:54
Quantum by Manjit Kumar 2 27/04/09 11:45
Which books or authors do you know you *ought* to like, but just can't? 66 26/04/09 22:41
book club st albans aned environs? 3 26/04/09 20:08
am i being unreasonable to wonder why people buy new books 92 26/04/09 19:15
a town like alice 25 26/04/09 18:28
*Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards* 9 25/04/09 19:44
Talk about Kevin 39 24/04/09 21:57
What is a "Goethe Dame rock" (sp?) 3 23/04/09 23:11
The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton 15 23/04/09 09:19
city of bones 1 22/04/09 20:51
The Killing Jar 1 22/04/09 19:45
The White Tiger - any thoughts? 6 22/04/09 14:24
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 11 22/04/09 11:23
Book written by female surgeon..write up in Observer few Sundays ago.. 2 21/04/09 22:46
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson - a not able to turn the page turner. 15 21/04/09 11:30
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 9 21/04/09 09:52
JG BALLARD HAS DIED 10 20/04/09 19:46
The Murder Farm - Andrea Maria Schenkel 4 20/04/09 18:52
Ok not adult fiction but has anyone read Boy in the Striped Pjamas? 45 20/04/09 06:51
The Road by Cormac McCArthy 19 19/04/09 21:45
Honest opinions on Twilight please? 138 19/04/09 10:40
Anyone keep several books on the go at once? Which ones are you reading at the moment? 13 19/04/09 10:31
Giggling in the Shrubbery - or something like that 5 19/04/09 10:01
The 19th Wife 23 19/04/09 08:26
Book control 41 18/04/09 22:19
Would you.... 9 16/04/09 19:13
I read a Joanne Trollope novel and really rather enjoyed it. 16 15/04/09 20:00
The Time Traveller's Wife and my outrageous DD (contains spoiler) 10 14/04/09 22:54
REALLY need a good book, what do you recommend?? 66 14/04/09 02:36
Womens history? 11 13/04/09 17:41
'my novel' 4 13/04/09 14:36
If I tell you some books I have loved, can anyone recommend something I would like? 82 12/04/09 15:08
following on from the sexist pig book thread....your most erotic read experiences... 38 11/04/09 12:28
What can I read next please? 95 09/04/09 18:45
The Earth Hums in B flat. 7 08/04/09 19:10
A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz 7 08/04/09 10:17
David Starkey's comments about female historical novelists. 14 07/04/09 16:17
Please Recommend a good Erotic/Adult Fiction Book... 24 06/04/09 21:58
Books which you couldn't understand when you were younger but now 'get' totally 41 06/04/09 18:18
Tender is the Night, help! 4 05/04/09 07:51
Am I allowed to recommend a novel by someone I know? 3 03/04/09 17:10
middlesex- jeffrey eugneides 22 03/04/09 14:03
Scary Book Alert - If you want to be terrified read The Birthing House by Christopher ransom 16 03/04/09 00:10
Feel like reading a weepie, any suggestions? 5 02/04/09 21:00


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