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From BBC Radio 2 to BookTok: recommended selections
Is there anything better than sharing the details of a brilliant book, and giving the gift of a fantastic read to our friends, family, neighbours - or even to the lucky stranger standing behind us in the queue at the supermarket?
On second thoughts – instead of bothering people in the supermarket, tell us instead! We're keen to hear and you might even see your recommendation shared in a future newsletter. Just hit reply and let us know the best books you've read recently.
Onto this month's picks: our highly rated choices below are books that others have been raving about - from BBC Radio 2's Book Club selections to the reader-driven trends of BookTok, which is sending books viral and turning authors into household names.
There's also upcoming releases from some of the biggest authors in the business - so remember to place a hold and save your spot in the queue.
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Hostage
Clare Mackintosh
You can save hundreds of lives. Or the one that matters most.
The atmosphere on board the inaugural non-stop flight from London to Sydney is electric. Numerous celebrities are rumoured to be among the passengers in business class and journalists will be waiting on the ground to greet the plane.
Mina is one of a hand-picked team of flight attendants chosen for the landmark journey. She's trying to focus on the task in hand, and not worry about her troubled five-year-old daughter back at home with her husband. Or the cataclysmic problems in her marriage.
But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives a chilling note from an anonymous passenger, someone intent on ensuring the plane never reaches its destination. Someone who needs Mina's assistance and who knows exactly how to make her comply.
It's twenty hours to landing.
A lot can happen in twenty hours.
Featured on:
Radio 2 Book Club
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Grave expectations
Alice Bell
Claire Hendricks is a hapless 30-something true crime fan working as a freelance medium. When she is invited to an old university friend's country pile to provide entertainment for a family party, her best friend Sophie tags along.
In fact, Sophie rarely leaves Claire's side, because she's been haunting her ever since she was murdered at the age of 17.
When the pair arrive at The Cloisters it's clear this family is hiding more than just the good china, as Claire realises someone has recently met an untimely end at the house.
Teaming up with the least unbearable members of the Wellington-Forge family - depressive ex-cop Basher and teenage reactionary Alex - Claire and Sophie determine to figure out not just whodunnit, but who they killed, why and when.
Featured on:
Radio 2 Book Club
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Upcoming release
"My name is Jack Reacher. No middle name, no address."
Lee Child's gripping Jack Reacher series has been captivating readers since 1997, and has been adapted for both cinema and television.
The latest release is the 29th instalment of Jack Reacher. As with all Reacher books, this novel is a standalone, so don't worry if you've not read Reacher before - you can jump into the series at any point.
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In Too Deep
Lee Child
Jack Reacher wakes up, alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed.
His right arm has suffered some major damage.
His few possessions are gone.
He has no memory of getting there.
The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road.
The driver was killed.
His captors assume Reacher was the driver's accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk.
A plan that will backfire spectacularly.
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If starting at book 29 isn't for you and you'd rather read from the beginning, then check out the very first novel in the Jack Reacher series: Killing Floor.
If you're a long time reader, you might like to relive some of Reacher's previous adventures before the latest book is released - or maybe you're wondering if you've missed one or two of the Reacher releases over the years?
If so, check out our Jack Reacher book collection by using the button below.
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Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Two kids meet in a hospital gaming room in 1987. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there.
Their love of video games becomes a shared world - of joy, escape and fierce competition. But all too soon that time is over, fades from view.
When the pair spot each other eight years later in a crowded train station, they are catapulted back to that moment.
The spark is immediate, and together they get to work on what they love - making games to delight, challenge and immerse players, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives. Their collaborations make them superstars.
Featured on:
Radio 2 Book Club and BookTok
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Verity
Colleen Hoover
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime.
Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.
Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started.
What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered.
Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father.
Featured on:
BookTok
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The cut
Christopher Brookmyre
Millie Spark can kill anyone.
A special effects make-up artist, her talent is to create realistic scenes of bloody violence.
Then, one day, she wakes to find her lover dead in her bed.
25 years later, her sentence for murder served, Millicent is ready to give up on her broken life - until she meets troubled film student and reluctant petty thief Jerry.
Together, they begin to discover that all was not what it seemed on that fateful night - and someone doesn't want them to find out why.
Featured on:
Radio 2 Book Club
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Upcoming release
Richard Osman needs little introduction - the television presenter, producer and comedian took the publishing world by storm with his acclaimed book series, Thursday Murder Club.
With his next release, Osman introduces us to a brand new series, with new detectives and a fresh new murder to solve.
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We solve murders
Richard Osman
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy's business now.
Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesn't stay still long enough for habits or routines. She's currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D'Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job.
Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy?
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A terrible kindness
Jo Browning-Wroe
Tonight nineteen-year-old William Lavery is dressed for success, his first black-tie do. It's the Midlands Chapter of the Institute of Embalmers Ladies' Night Dinner Dance, and William is taking Gloria in her sequined evening gown. He can barely believe his luck.
But as the guests sip their drinks and smoke their post-dinner cigarettes a telegram delivers news of a tragedy. An event so terrible it will shake the nation. It is October 1966 and a landslide has buried an entire school: Aberfan.
William decides he must act, so he volunteers to attend. It will be a choice that threatens his own happiness and forces him to think about the little boy he was and the losses he has worked so hard to bury.
Featured on:
Radio 2 Book Club
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Things we never got over
Lucy Score
Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Knox doesn't tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride.
Naomi wasn't just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin, Tina, finding herself in a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way - with fists and beer. Usually in that order.
Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn't changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi's car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn't know she had.
Now she's stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on 30 to take care of.
Featured on:
BookTok
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Summer sports & brand new bestsellers |
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Summer sports
It's been a sport filled summer, with more yet to come - and BookTok has been running hot with these sports themed romantic reads.
Check out our list of trending titles to find your next read - perfect for unwinding on a summer's evening.
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New Books Coming Soon
Take a scroll through our upcoming releases and bestsellers - all available to order.
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Everything you need to know about holds:
how to reserve a book
When you're looking for a specific book, it can be disappointing when it's not on the shelf at your local library. Not to worry - our easy-to-use holds system has you covered.
- When you place a hold on a book, if we have a copy on the shelf at another of our libraries, we'll send it over to your local library for you to collect.
- If all of our copies are on loan, you will join a queue and when it's your turn, we'll send a copy over to your local library for you to collect.
- You'll receive an e-mail when your hold is ready to collect, and you have 13 days after the hold arrives to collect it.
- Holds are free for children, and a small charge is made for adults.
- You can place up to 20 holds on your library account.
- You can place holds online - all you need is your library card number and password.
- Alternatively, our friendly staff are always happy to place holds for you.
You can ask in the library, or e-mail us with your request at: libraries@cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk
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