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The Wish Maker is a sweeping, powerful epic that stretches back into the past of a troubled family in a troubled country.

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Author Book Choices

Ali Sethi talks about his favourite books.

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This month we see the launch of Peter Ackroyd's wonderful retelling of the legend of King Arthur as well as Nick Hornby's venture into Rock ‘n’ Roll with ‘Lonely Avenue’.

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The Readers' Forum

September 2010
Summer Reading

What are the best books you packed to take with you on holidays this year? Discuss it all on our forum.

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  • Readers' Group Book Ideas
The Help Perfume Juliet, Naked Not Untrue and Not Unkind Butterfly Brooklyn Javascotia We Are All Made of Glue Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad Alone in Berlin The Monday Night Cooking School Strangers The Horse Boy Julie & Julia Legend of a Suicide An Education The Winter House The Wake The Idea of Love Mr Toppit The Road from Damascus A Fraction of the Whole The Lost Book of Salem The Boy With The Topknot Kieron Smith, boy The Believers A Guide to the Birds of East Africa Company of Liars God's Own Country Monster Love Submarine The Diary of a Young Girl The Rain Before it Falls Life Class Counting the Stars What is the What The Painter of Shanghai Salt Brideshead Revisited

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This month, the Bearwood Book Group review The Wish Maker by Ali Sethi.

The Racketeers from Bolton

Penguin was the first publisher to have its own website dedicated to providing a service for Reading Groups. Here we give you our top tips on setting up your own group.

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Whoops!

Whoops!
by John Lanchestei
'wickedly funny' The New York Times'.

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D. H. Lawrence
'Beautiful and tender and frail as the naked self' Guardian

 

The One I Love

To enter, simply email your name and address here, heading your email offer, with the title of the book and the first 10 readers will receive a copy.

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Editors' Choice

by Stefanie Bierwerth,
Editorial Director, Michael Joseph

This month Stefanie Bierwerth, Editorial Director, Michael Joseph talks about Think of a Number by John Verdon.

The Lessons

Welcome to Book Group Notes. These are reading guides on the books we publish to help kick-start ideas and discussions for our Readers.

 

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