Books we've enjoyed
Have a look at what our reading groups recommend and then check our book reviews pages to see if other people liked the books. If a book sounds interesting, visit our online library catalogue to check whether it's in stock.
Recommended reads from B&B reading group November 2008
After River by Donna Milner

The Buddha, Geoff and Me by Edward Canfor-Dumas
Whit by Iain Banks
Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I Predict a Riot by Colin Bateman
Recommended reads from B&B reading group September 2008
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
A Lifetime Burning by Linda Gillard
Recommended reads from B&B reading group August 2008
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Daughters of Jerusalem by Charlotte Mendelson
Monster Love by Carol Topolski
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Braclay
The Return by Victoria Hislop
Recommended reads from B&B reading group July 2008
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller
The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
The Stars' tennis balls by Stephen Fry
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
What was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale
Recommended reads from B&B reading group June 2008
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday

Once Upon a Time in the North by Phiip Pullman
The Song before it is Sung by Justin cartwright
The Language of Others by Clare Morrall
White Nights by Anne Cleave
Recommended reads from B&B reading group May 2008
Slam by Nick Hornby

The Servants by M M Smith
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Rody Doyle
Redmption Fall by Joseph O'Connor
What I loved by Siri Hustvedt
The Intruders by Michael Marshall
Recommended reads from B&B reading group April 2008

Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Moab is my Washpot by Stephen Fry
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
All that Glitters by Pearl Lowe
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Recommended reads from B&B reading group March 2008
Monster Love by Carol Topolski
Notes on an Exhibition by Patrick Gale
Blood River by Tim Butcher
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Recommended Reads from B&B reading group February 2008
Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris
Going Under by Ray French
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
The Rose of Sebastopol by Katherine McMahon
The Visible World by Mark Slouka