 | The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Buy new: £9.49 / Used from: £4.19 Zafon is on safe ground here, reprising much of the same themes and characters previously seen in 'The Shadow of the Wind.' Just don't expect surprises.
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 | Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy new: £8.49 / Used from: £8.06 21st century ghost story by the author of the hugely popular 'The Time Traveler's Wife'
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 | A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 Old school spy thriller set in contemprary Hamburg and involving the War on Terror. Will delight JLC's fans. Expect to see it poolside all over the Med this summer
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 | The Einstein Girl by Philip Sington
Buy new: £8.94 / Used from: £2.94 Strong international buzz surrounds this evocative and powerful mystery, set in Berlin at the dawn of the Nazi era.
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 | The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave
Buy new: £8.48 / Used from: £16.20 Weird existential journey in an English seaside town. Looks intriguing.
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 | Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Stephanie Plum 15) by Janet Evanovich
Buy new: £11.04 / Used from: £9.80 The latest Stephanie Plum. Will be plucked from the shelves by her eager female fans - especialy as the UK price is reasonable.
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 | The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Buy new: £3.82 / Used from: £1.27 Meyer heads off into Sci-Fi territory in a departure that has her American fans up in arms. What? No Vampires?
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 | Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £8.53 Would have been a worthier Booker winner if it had been pruned a little. But there's still plenty to savour in this tale of Tudor politics and ambition.
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 | The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £7.27 Promising tale about African American women in the Deep South during the era of the Civil Rights movement. Oprah has been notified!
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 | Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Buy new: £3.57 / Used from: £3.12 An excellent dose of sanity in a world full of misinformation and bad reporting.
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 | Deaf Sentence by David Lodge
Buy new: £5.22 / Used from: £3.19 Humorous tale of hearing loss and a visit to Auschwitz. A mix only a confident veteran writer would attempt.
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 | Thanks for Nothing by Jack Dee
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £8.33 Misanthropic semi-biograophical tirade by the stand-up comedian. Patchy but often well observed and sometimes brilliant.
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 | Lustrum by Robert Harris
Buy new: £9.46 / Used from: £8.98 Putting the Lust back into Ancient Rome, with a vengeance. A well constructed tale, if occasionally wooden.
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 | Death on the Ice by Robert Ryan
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £2.14 Scott's doomed expedition brought chillingly back to life.
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 | The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Buy new: £9.00 / Used from: £7.49 Da Vinco Code fans are divided about this latest Dan Brown effort; so check that it's actually wanted before giving!
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 | Tickling the English by Dara O Briain
Buy new: £8.54 / Used from: £6.50 Gentle poke at the English by a charming Irish fella who knows which side his bread is buttered, as it were...
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 | One Day by David Nicholls
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £4.90 A big novel about growing up, relationships and all that big stuff.
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 | The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
Buy new: £9.48 / Used from: £9.00 Strong saga of families and children's literature in the twilight years of Edwardian England, and beyond.
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 | Daughters of Shame by Jasvinder Sanghera
Buy new: £3.85 / Used from: £0.98 The lot of women in contemporary Pakistan powerfully exposed.
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 | My Shit Life So Far by Frankie Boyle
Buy new: £9.48 / Used from: £9.00 In spite of the crudity (which often falls flat) this semi-autopbiographical effort will have you laughing out loud once you enter into the spirit of it.
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 | The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Buy new: £8.46 / Used from: £5.20 Post WW2 social history mixes with the supernatural in this not entirely welcome new direction for Waters.
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 | Under the Dome by Stephen King
Buy new: £7.99 / Used from: £6.50 Blockbuster sci-fi tale of a future community cut off from the world. Not King's normal stamping ground; so approach with caution.
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 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £7.99 The late Stieg Larsson's entire opus is being raced out in the UK as fast as the publisher's dare. Of course, he' s not around to object.
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 | The Humbling by Philip Roth
Buy new: £7.59 / Used from: £11.95 The latest from the titan of American letters: Philip Roth. Looks like a good one.
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 | Simon's Cat by Simon Tofield
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £7.10 Good gift for cat lovers everywhere
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