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Richard and Judy - the most powerful people in British publishing?

Posted by Book Group Librarian in February 25th, 2005  
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Every book that features in their TV book club is an instant bestseller
From the Guardian:

When Joseph O’Connor’s The Star of the Sea, a novel about Irish refugees crossing the channel in 1847, came out in paperback in January, few expected it to trouble the bestseller charts unduly. “Everybody thought it would do fairly well,” says [...]

Richard and Judy Summer Reads - 2004

Posted by Book Group Librarian in February 12th, 2005  
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Here is a list of the summer reads from last year…
SUMMER READS 2004
A Gathering Light
Jennifer Donnelly
Set in 1906 and built around the real life murder of a young woman in a popular holiday resort this novel is touching, surprising, moving and compelling.
Want to Play?
P J Tracy
When the two separate investigations converge on an isolated Catholic [...]

Richard and Judy Book List 2005

Posted by Book Group Librarian in February 2nd, 2005  
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Richard & Judy (UK TV personalities) have had a Recommending Reading list of books since 2004.
BOOK LIST 2005

Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
In his extraordinary third novel, David Mitchell erases the boundaries of language, genre and time to offer a meditation on humanity’s dangerous will to power, and where it may lead us.
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
The Time [...]