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Biography

B ALIAli, Ayaan HirsiInfidel
B ARAWalker, Tony & Andrew GowersArafat: the biography
B CAGMcCalman, IainThe seven ordeals of Count Cagliostro
B CAICain, MichaelMichael Caine: what's it all about?: the autobiography
B CHUJenkins, RoyChurchill [donated by Tim McQueen]
B COECoetzee, J.M.Boyhood: a memoir
B CONStephenson, PamelaBilly
B COORobertson, GeoffreyThe tyrannicide brief
B CUNCunxin, LiMao's last dancer
B DARKeynes, RandalAnnie's box: Charles Darwin, his daughter and human evolution
B DUNDuncan, SusanSalvation Creek
B FITMizener, ArthurFitzgerald and his world
B GALSobel, DavaGalileo's daughter
B GLAMorley, JohnThe life of William Ewart Gladstone [2 volumes]
B HARSobel, DavaLongitude
B HOWHoward, Elizabeth JaneSlipstream: a memoir
B JOHPostgate, RaymondThe conversations of Dr Johnson: extracted from the life by James Boswell
B JONMacmillan dictionary of biography
B KEAKeay, JuliaWith passport and parasol
B LANMorpurgo, J.E.Allen Lane: King Penguin
B MARFraser, AntoniaMarie Antoinette: the journey
B MCCMcCourt, FrankAngela's ashes
B MELZiegler, PhilipMelbourne: a biography of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
B MERCrane, NicholasMercator: the man who mapped the planet
B MINWinchester, SimonThe surgeon of Crowthorne
B MOYMoya;, AnnBreakfast with Beaverbrook: memoirs of an independent woman
B NAFNafisi, AzarReading Lolita in Tehran
B PEPPepys, SamuelThe diary of Samuel Pepys
B PYTCunliffe, BarryThe extraordinary voyage of Pytheus the Greek: the man who discovered Britain
B ROSRose, PhyllisParallel lives: five Victorian marriages
B SHAShapiro, James1599: a year in the life of William Shakespeare
B SICKeneally, ThomasAmerican scoundrel
B TILTillyard, StellaThe aristocrats
B VICSitwell, EdithVictoria of England
B WEBRadice, LisanneBeatrice and Sidney Webb: Fabian socialists
B WESMarnham, PatrickWild Mary: a life of Mary Wesley


Literary Merit

LM ALBAlbom, MitchThe five people you meet in heaven
LM ALIAli, MonicaBrick Lane
LM ALLAllende, IsabelZorro: the novel
LM ARCArcher, JeffreySons of fortune
LM ATWAtwood, MargaretAlias Grace
LM BANBanville, JohnThe sea
LM BARBarnes, JulianArthur and George
LM BINBinchy, MaeveTara Road
LM BOYBoyle, T.C.The inner circle
LM BRABragg, MelvynA son of war
LM BROBrooks, GeraldineForeign correspondence
LM BROBrooks, GeraldinePeople of the book
LM BROBrooks, GeraldineMarch
LM BUTButler, SamuelThe way of all flesh
LM CHAChandra, VikramSacred games
LM CHEChevalier, TracyBurning bright
LM CHEChevalier, TracyThe lady and the unicorn
LM COECoetzee, J.M.Elizabeth Costello
LM COECoetzee, J.M.Slow man
LM CONConnelly, JohnThe book of lost things
LM COUCouper, LouisePhilippa's folly
LM DEADean, DebraMadonnas of Leningrad **2008 Winter Book Club selection**
LM DEBde Blasi, MarlenaA thousand days in Venice
LM DEBde Bernieres, LouisBirds without wings
LM DEBde Bernieres, LouisRed dog
LM DEKde Kretser, MichelleThe Hamilton case
LM DESDesai, KiranThe inheritance of loss
LM DILdi Lampedusa, TomasiThe leopard
LM DOBDobbs, MichaelFirst lady
LM DOCDoctorow, E.L.The march
LM DRADrabble, MargaretThe peppered moth
LM DRADrabble, MargaretThe seven sisters
LM EDWEdwards, KimThe memory keeper's daughter
LM FABFaber, MichelThe crimson petal and the white
LM FARFarrell, J.G.The siege at Krishnapur
LM FIEFielding, HenryTom Jones
LM FLEFletcher, BerylThe word burners
LM FOLFollett, KenThe pillars of the earth
LM FRAFrazier, CharlesCold mountain
LM FRAFrancis, ClareHomeland
LM FRAFrazier, CharlesThirteen moons
LM GALGalsworthy, JohnThe Forsyte saga
LM GARGarwood, JulieCastles
LM GOLGolden, ArthurMemoirs of a geisha
LM GRIGrisham, JohnThe appeal
LM GRIGrisham, JohnPlaying for pizza
LM HANHansen, DerekBlockade
LM HANHansen, DerekLunch with a soldier
LM HANHansen, DerekLunch with Mussolini
LM HANHansen, DerekLunch with the generals
LM HANHansen, DerekSole survivor
LM HARHarris, JoanneFive quarters of the orange
LM HARHarris, JoanneGentlemen and players
LM HARHarris, JoanneHoly fools
LM HARHarris, JoanneThe lollipop shoes
LM HARHarris, RobertThe ghost
LM HARHarris, RobertImperium
LM HARHarris, RobertPompeii
LM HENHensher, PhilipThe mulberry empire
LM HEYHeyer, GeorgetteDevil's club
LM HIGHighsmith, PatriciaRipley's game
LM HOLHollinghurst, AlanThe line of beauty
LM HORHornby, Simonetta AgnelloThe almond picker
LM HOSHosseini, KhaledThe kite runner
LM HOSHosseini, KhaledA thousand splendid suns
LM IGNIgnatieff, MichaelScar tissue
LM ISHIsherwood, ChristopherMr Norris changes trains
LM ISHIshiguro, KazuoNever let me go
LM JACJacq, ChristianFor the love of Philae
LM JAMJames, EricaLove and devotion
LM KADKadare, IsmailThe successor
LM KELKelly, CatherineAlways and forever
LM KINKing, StephenLisey's story
LM LAWLaw, Phillip (ed.)Testament: the bible odyssey
LM LECLe Carre, JohnAbsolute friends
LM LECLe Carre, JohnCall for the dead
LM LECLe Carre, JohnThe mission song
LM LECLe Carre, JohnA murder of quality
LM LESLessing, DorisThe cleft
LM LESLessing, DorisThe sweetest dream
LM LEVLevy, AndreaSmall island
LM LEWLewycka, MarinaA short history of tractors in Ukranian
LM LYNLynn, Jonathan and Antony JayThe complete Yes Prime Minister (Volumes 1 and 2)
LM MARMartel, YannLife of Pi
LM MARMarai, SandorEmbers
LM MASMason, DanielThe piano tuner
LM MATMatton, SylvieRembrandt's whore
LM MCCMcCarry, CharlesOld boys
LM MCCMcCarthy, CormackThe road
LM MCEMcEwan, IanSaturday
LM MCEMcEwan, IanOn chesil beach
LM MCGMcGahan, AndrewThe white earth
LM MISMistry, RohintonA fine balance
LM MORMorgan, PaulTurner's paintbox
LM MURMurdoch, IrisThe sea, the sea
LM OATOates, Joyce CarolMother, missing
LM OFAO’Farrell, MaggieThe vanishing act of Esme Lennox
LM OZOz, AmosA tale of love and darkness
LM PATPatchett, AnnBel Canto
LM PATPatterson, Richard NorthBalance of power
LM PATPatterson, Richard NorthConviction
LM PATPatterson, Richard NorthThe race
LM PERPerez-Reverte, ArturoThe queen of the south
LM PETPeterson, MichaelA time of war
LM PICPicault, JodiKeeping faith
LM PICPicault, JodiMy sister's keeper
LM PICPicoult, JodiNineteen minutes
LM PICPicault, JodiThe tenth circle
LM ROBRobinson, MarilynneGilead
LM SCHSchlink, BernardHomecoming
LM SETSeth, VikramTwo lives
LM SHIShields, CarolUnless
LM SHRShreve, AnitaA wedding in December
LM SMISmith, Alexander McCall44 Scotland Street
LM SMISmith, Alexander McCallEspresso tales
LM SMISmith, ZadieOn beauty
LM SMOSmollett, TobiasThe expedition of Humphry Clinker
LM SPASparke, MurielFinishing school
LM STEStegner, WallaceCrossing to safety
LM STOStockwin, JulianArtemis
LM TANTan, AmySaving fish from drowning
LM TOIToibin, ColmThe master
LM TRETrevor, WilliamThe story of Lucy Gault
LM TROTrollope, JoannaBrother and sister
LM TURTurnbull, SarahAlmost French: a new life in Paris
LM UPDUpdike, JohnTerrorist
LM VICVickers, SalleyMiss Garnet's angel
LM VICVickers, SallyThe other side of you
LM VREVreeland, SusanLuncheon of the boating party **2008 Winter Book Club selection**
LM WATWaters, SarahThe night watch
LM WINWinterson, JeanetteLighthouse keeping
LM ZAFZafon, Carlos RuizThe shadow of the wind
LM ZUSZusak, MarkusThe book thief


Mystery

M BALBaldacci, DavidThe Camel Club
M BALBaldacci, DavidHour game
M BECBeckett, SimonThe chemistry of death
M BLABlack, BenjaminChristine Falls
M BLABlack, BenjaminThe silver swan
M BRABrady, JoanBleedout
M BRIJakubowski, Maxim (ed.)The best British mysteries
M BROBrown, DanAngels and demons
M BROBrown, DanDeception point
M BROBrown, DanDigital fortress
M BURBurdett, JohnBangkok eight
M BURBurdett, JohnBangkok haunts
M BURBurdett, JohnBangkok tattoo
M BURBurnell, MarkThe rhythm section
M CALCaldwell, Ian & Dustin ThomasonThe rule of four
M CAMCamilleri, AndreaExcursion to Tindari
M CAMCamilleri, AndreaThe patience of the spider (Inspector Montalbano)
M CAMCamilleri, AndreaRounding the mark (Inspector Montalbano)
M CAMCamilleri, AndreaThe scent of the night (Inspector Montalbano)
M CAMCamilleri, AndreaThe shape of water
M CAMCamilleri, AndreaThe snack thief
M CAMCamilleri, AndreaTerracotta dogs
M CAMCamilleri, AndreaThe voice of the violin (Inspector Montalbano)
M CHIChild, LeeBad luck and trouble (Jack Reacher)
M CONConnolly, MichaelThe closers
M CONConnolly, MichaelThe lincoln lawyer
M CONConnolly, MichaelThe overlook
M CORCornwell, PatriciaAt risk
M CORCornwell, PatriciaBook of the dead
M CORCornwell, PatriciaPredator
M CORCornwell, PatriciaTrace
M COTCotterill, ColinThe coroner's lunch
M CRICrichton, MichaelNext
M DAVDavis, LindseyScandal takes a holiday
M DEADeaver, JeffreyThe cold moon
M DEADeaver, JeffreyThe sleeping doll
M DEADeaver, JeffreyThe twelfth card
M DEXDexter, ColinThird Inspector Morse omnibus: Last bus to Woodstock; The wench is dead; The jewel that was ours
M DHAd’Hage, AdrianThe Bejing conspiracy
M DIBDibdin, MichaelBack to Bologna: an Aurelio Zen mystery
M DIBDibdin, MichaelBlood rain
M DIBDibdin, MichaelDead lagoon
M DIBDibdin, MichaelMedusa
M FAIFairstein, LindaBad blood
M FAIFairstein, LindaKiller heat
M FESFesperman, DanThe prisoner of Guantanamo
M FLYFlynn, GregThe Berlin cross
M FOEFoer, Jonathan SafranExtremely loud and incredibly close
M FORForbes, ColinBlood storm
M FORForbes, ColinThe main chance
M FORForsyth, FrederickThe Afghan
M FOXFox, KathrynMalicious intent
M FRAFrancis, DickUnder orders
M FYFFyfield, FrancesSafer than houses: a Sarah Fortune novel
M GARGardner, LisaGone
M GEOGeorge, ElizabethWith no one as witness
M GIFGifford, ThomasThe Assassini
M GIMGimenez, MarkThe abduction
M GLAGlaister, LesleyAs far as you can go
M GRAGrafton, SueR is for ricochet
M GRAGrafton, SueS is for silence
M GRAGrafton, SueT is for trespass
M GRAGranger, AnnWatching out: a Fran Varady crime novel
M GREGregory, PhilippaThe other Boleyn girl
M GREGregory, PhilippaThe Queen's fool
M HILHill, ReginaldThe death of Dalziel
M HOGHogan, ChuchPrince of thieves
M HUGHughes, DeclanThe colour of blood (an Ed Loy novel)
M IGNIgnatius, DavidBody of lies
M INDIndridason, ArnaldurSilence of the grave
M JACJacq, ChristianBeneath the pyramid
M JACJacq, ChristianShadow of the sphinx
M JAMJames, P.D.The lighthouse
M JAMJames, PeterLooking good dead
M KANKanon, JosephAlibi
M KATKatzenbach, JohnThe madman's tale
M KELKellerman, FayeThe burnt house (a Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus thriller)
M KELKellerman, JonathanRage
M KELKellerman, JonathanTherapy
M KOOKoolmees, JillMy desert kingdom
M KOSKostova, ElizabethThe historian
M LAPLa Plante, LyndaAbove suspicion
M LAPLa Plante, LyndaClean cut
M LAPLa Plante, LyndaThe red dahlia
M LEOLeon, DonnaAcqua alta
M LEOLeon, DonnaThe anonymous Venetian
M LEOLeon, DonnaBlood from a stone
M LEOLeon, DonnaDeath at La Fenice
M LEOLeon, DonnaDeath in a strange country
M LEOLeon, DonnaThe death of faith
M LEOLeon, DonnaDoctored evidence
M LEOLeon, DonnaFatal remedies
M LEOLeon, DonnaFriends in high places
M LEOLeon, DonnaNoble radiance
M LEOLeon, DonnaA sea of troubles
M LEOLeon, DonnaSuffer the little children (a Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery
M LEOLeon, DonnaThrough a glass, darkly
M LEOLeon, DonnaA Venetian reckoning
M LIPLippman, DonnaBy a spider's thread
M LORLord, GabrielleBaby did a bad bad thing
M LUDLudlum, RobertThe Bancroft strategy
M LUSLustbader, Eric vanThe Bourne betrayal
M MAIMaitland, BarryNo trace
M MANMankell, HenningChronicler of the winds
M MANMankell, HenningDepths
M MANMankell, HenningFirewall: the new Kurt Wallander novel
M MANMankell, HenningKennedy's brain
M MANMankell, HenningThe man who smiled
M MANMankell, HenningSidetracked
M MARMarkaris, PetrosZone defence (Inspector Haritos)
M MCCMcCarry, CharlesThe tears of autumn
M MCDMcDermid, ValThe grave tattoo
M MILMills, MarkAmagansett
M MORMortimer, JohnRumpole and the Penge Bungalow murders
M MORMortimer, JohnThe second Rumpole omnibus
M NABNabb, MagdaleneDeath of an Englishman
M OXFCraig, Patricia (ed.)The Oxford book of English detective stories
M PAMPamuk, OrhanMy name is Red
M PARPeretsky, SaraIndemnity only ; Deadlock ; Killing orders
M PARPeretsky, SaraFire sale: a V.I. Warshawski novel
M PATPatterson, JamesDouble cross
M PATPatterson, JamesLifeguard
M PATPatterson, JamesMary Mary
M PATPatterson, James & Andrew GrossJudge and jury
M PATPatterson, James & Howard RoughanYou’ve been warned
M PATPatterson, James & Michael LedwidgeStep on a crack
M PATPatterson, James & Maxine PaetroThe 6th target (Women's murder club series)
M PATPatterson, James & Maxine Paetro7th heaven
M PEAPearl, MatthewThe Dante Club
M RANRankin, IanExit music (Detective Inspector John Rebus)
M REIReichs, KathyBones to ashes (Tempe Brennan novel)
M REIReichs, KathyBreak no bones
M REIReichs, KathyCross bones
M RENRendell, RuthEnd in tears
M RENRendell, RuthNot in the flesh
M RENRendell, RuthThirteen steps down
M ROBRobb, J.D. (Nora Roberts)Born in death
M ROBRobb, J.D. (Nora Roberts)Creation in death
M ROBRobb, J.D. (Nora Roberts)Innocent in death
M ROBRobb, J.D. (Nora Roberts)Memory in death
M ROBRoberts, NoraHigh noon
M ROBRobinson, PeterFriend of the devil (Chief Inspector Banks series)
M ROBRobinson, PeterIn a dry season
M ROBRobotham, MichaelThe night ferry
M ROSRose, HeatherThe butterfly man
M SCOScottoline, LisaDead ringer
M SCOScottoline, LisaKiller smile
M SIESierra, JavierThe secret supper
M SILSilva, DanielThe confessor
M SILSilva, DanielThe English assassin
M SILSilva, DanielThe marching season
M SILSilva, DanielPrince of fire
M SILSilva, DanielThe secret servant
M SILSilva, DanielThe unlikely spy
M SLASlaughter, KarinFaithless
M SLASlaughter, KarinSkin privilege
M SLASlaughter, KarinTriptych
M SMISmith, Alexander McCallBlue shoes and happiness
M SMISmith, Alexander McCallFriends, lovers, chocolate
M SMISmith, Alexander McCallThe full cupboard of life
M SMISmith, Alexander McCallThe good husband of Zebra Drive
M SMISmith, Alexander McCallKalahari Typing School for Men
M SMISmith, Alexander McCallIn the company of cheerful ladies
M SMISmith, Alexander McCallMorality for beautiful girls
M SMISmith, Alexander McCallThe No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
M SMISmith, Alexander McCallThe Sunday Philosophy Club
M SMISmith, Alexander McCallTears of the giraffe
M SMISmith, Martin CruzStalin's ghost
M SMISmith, Martin CruzWolves eat dogs
M SPESpeares, Steve J.Murder by manuscript
M STAStark, RichardAsk the parrot
M STESteinhauer, OlenThe Vienna assignment
M STESteinhauer, OlenThe bridge of sighs
M STESteinhauer, OlenThe confession
M TEMTemple, PeterThe broken shore
M TOOToole, F.X.Pound for pound
M VARVargas, FredWash this blood clean from my hand (Commissaire Adamsberg investigates)
M WALWall, AlanThe school of night
M WALWalters, MinetteThe chameleon's shadow
M WALWalters, MinetteThe devil's feather
M WELWelsh, LouiseThe bullet trick
M WILWilson, GregThe domino game
M WILWilson, RobertThe hidden assassins
M XIAXiaolong, QuiA case of two cities
M XIAXiaolong, QiuA loyal character dancer
M XIAXiaolong, QuiRed mandarin dress


General Non-Fiction

NF ABEA’Beckett, G.A.The comic history of England
NF ALYAly, WaleedPeople like us: how arrogance is dividing Islam and the West
NF ARCArchitecture 3s: lost masterpieces
NF ARTLawton, RichardGrand illusions
NF BARBarendt, JohnThe city of falling angels
NF BEHBehrens, C.B.A.
NF BRABragg, Melvin12 books that changed the world
NF BREBreuer, William B.Unexplained mysteries of World War II
NF BURBurchell, S.C.Age of progress
NF CALCallil, CarmenBad faith
NF CARCarey, JohnPure pleasure: a guide to the 20th century's most enjoyable books
NF CASCasson, LionelAncient Egypt
NF CHIDong, StellaShanghai
NF COXCox, CarrieYou take the high road and I'll take the bus!
NF DARDarmody, SarahTicket to ride: lost and found in America
NF DUNDunn, JohnSetting the people free: the story of democracy
NF ENGDanzinger, Danny & John Gillingham1215 - the year of Magna Carta
NF FARFara, PatriciaPandora's breeches: women, science and power in the enlightenment
NF GEOMorton, H.V.Through the lands of the bible
NF GOFLe Goff, JacquesMedieval civilisation
NF HEABrown, Stephen R.Scurvy: how a surgeon, a mariner and a gentleman solved the greatest medical mystery of the age of sail
NF HISBlainey, GeoffreyA short history of the world
NF HISWilson, A.N.The Victorians
NF HOLHolland, TomPersian fire: the first world empire and the battle for the west
NF HOLHolland, TomRubicon: the triumph and tragedy of the Roman republic
NF INDMacDonald, SarahHoly cow! an Indian adventure
NF JUDJudt, TonyPostwar: a history of Europe since 1945
NF LANThe facts on file visual dictionary
NF LANWatson, DonDeath sentence: the decay of public language
NF MASMason, PhilipThe English gentleman: the rise and fall of an ideal
NF PERPerrottet, TonyOff the deep end: travels in forgotten frontiers
NF POLHobhouse, L.T.Liberalism
NF RELBrooks, GeraldineNine parts of desire
NF RELWakeman, Henry OffleyAn introduction to the Church of England: from the earliest times to the present day
NF SASSassoon, DonaldMona Lisa: the history of the world's most famous painting
NF SCHSchaffer, Edward H.Ancient China
NF SCIBriggs, AsaThe power of steam: an illustrated history of the world's steam age
NF SOBSobel, DavaThe planets
NF STAStarkey, DavidMonarchy: from the middle ages to modernity
NF TILTillyard, StellaA royal affair: George the III and his troublesome siblings
NF WATWatson, DonWatson’s dictionary of weasel words
NF WEIWeiner, TimLegacy of Ashes: the history of the CIA
NF WOMMill, John StuartOn liberty; Representative government; the Subjection of women: three essays
NF YOUYoung, G.F.The Medici