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» Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies. When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre, Oskar sets out to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father's closet.

» Diet Rehab

Mike Dow

Start the New Year with throwing out the junk food, dropping the pounds and becoming more confident in just four weeks! Dr Mike Dow will see you through each step of his 28 day programme, not only helping you lose weight but changing the way you think about food and ridding yourself of those food addictions.

» Everyday Enlightenment

Claudia Pattison

Modernise your spiritual leader and allow His Holiness to guide you to a broader spiritual horizon whilst learning to open yourself up to your true self. Abolish your ego, learn to love others and begin to lead a more compassionate life with Everyday Enlightenment.

» The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾

Sue Townsend

With 2012 being the 30th Anniversary of the Adrian Mole series, now is a better time than ever to get your teeth stuck into the awkward diaries of, self professed, intellectual Adrian. From commentary on the royal wedding (Diana & Charles not Wills and Kate) to the trials and tribulations of Pandora, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ is still as hilarious as it was 30 years ago.

» Me Before You

Jojo Moyes

Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane...

Me Before You, the heartbreaking novel of the year from Jojo Moyes, has been chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club for Spring 2012.

» The Promise

Lesley Pearse

London, 1914. Belle Reilly finally has the life she's dreamed of thanks to a devoted husband in Jimmy and the hat shop she's wanted to own since she was a child. But as the storm clouds of World War One begin to gather, Belle's already turbulent life is to change in ways she never imagined possible.

» The Pleasures of Men

Kate Williams

Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her Uncle in a rambling house in London's East End. She has few companions and little to occupy the days beyond her own colourful imagination. But then a murderer strikes, ripping open the chests of young girls and stuffing hair into their mouths to resemble a beak, leading the press to christen him The Man of Crows. And as Catherine hungrily devours the news, she finds she can channel the voices of the dead ... and comes to believe she will eventually channel The Man of Crows himself.