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Complete list of Radio 4 book club books from 1998-2008

Posted by Book Group Librarian in September 25th, 2008  
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This is a fantastic list.  I currently own 40 of these excellent titles.  Enjoy!
1998

3.5.98 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
7.6.98 Beloved - Toni Morrison
5.7.98 Fatherland - Robert Harris
2.8.98 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis de Bernières
6.9.98 Wild Swans - Jung Chang
4.10.98 Angela’s Ashes - Frank McCourt
1.11.98 [...]

Richard and Judy books - the aftermath - what happens after the successful first book

Posted by Book Group Librarian in September 5th, 2008  
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From the bookseller:
When talking of “the Richard & Judy effect” on book sales, one must be very careful to include the caveats. Admittedly, running the sales of the 82 books to date that have been included in the 10 “Richard & Judy” (R&J hereafter) clubs to date through Nielsen BookScan’s online database generates some impressive [...]

Book Group Favourites 2005

Posted by Book Group Librarian in March 12th, 2006  
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Most popular books read at book groups in 2005, or at least the top 20 of them!

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Street Press)
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking)
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger (Harvest)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz [...]

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 [...]