World Book Night selection

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World Book Night is an annual celebration of reading and books which takes place on 23 April since 2011. It sees volunteers give hundreds of thousands of books away in their communities to share show more their love of reading with people who, for whatever reason, don’t read for pleasure or own books. show less
Years:
All, 2020 (26), 2019 (23), 2018 (23), 2017 (26), 2016 (15), 2015 (20), 2014 (20), 2013 (20), 2012 (24), 2011 (19), 2010 (6)
WorkYear
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2020
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
2020
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
2020
The Dead Ex by Jane Corry
2020
How to Be a Footballer by Peter Crouch
2020
The Truth About Lies by Tracy Darnton
2020
Darkness Rising by A. A. Dhand
2020
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2020
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
2020
The Man I Think I Know by Mike Gayle
2020
Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
2020
The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe by Milly Johnson
2020
One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
2020
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
2020
Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls
2020
East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman
2020
Diversify by June Sarpong
2020
Practical Zen by Julian Daizan Skinner
2020
The Spanish Promise by Karen Swan
2020
Somebody Give This Heart a Pen by Sophia Thakur
2020
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
2020
Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults by Various
2020
Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker
2020
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
2020
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
2020
Double Crossed: A Code of Honour, A Complete Betrayal by Brian Wood
2020
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
2019
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
2019
The Forgiveness Project: Stories for a Vengeful Age by Marina Cantacuzino
2019
Rosie Loves Jack by Mel Darbon
2019
Shadows in Heaven by Nadine Dorries
2019
Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. by Malcolm Duffy
2019
Thinking Out Loud: Love, Grief and Being Mum and Dad by Rio Ferdinand
2019
Mad Girl by Bryony Gordon
2019
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
2019
The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths
2019
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
2019
Himself by Jess Kidd
2019
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
2019
The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson
2019
The Children by Ann Leary
2019
Close Enough to Touch: A Novel by Colleen Oakley
2019
Die Last by Tony Parsons
2019
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
2019
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
2019
The Things We Thought We Knew by Mahsuda Snaith
2019
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2019
Artemis by Andy Weir
2019
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
2019
Kith by Jo Bell
2018
Our Summer Together by Fanny Blake
2018
Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be by Gemma Cairney
2018
Dangerous Lady by Martina Cole
2018
My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal
2018
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
2018
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
2018
After the Fire by Will Hill
2018
The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
2018
Gilded Cage by Vic James
2018
The Beach Wedding by Dorothy Koomson
2018
Satellite by Nick Lake
2018
Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart
2018
You Don't Know Me by Imran Mahmood
2018
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
2018
My Everything by Katie Marsh
2018
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
2018
At My Mother's Knee... And Other Low Joints by Paul O'Grady
2018
The Recovery Letters: Addressed to People Experiencing Depression by Olivia Sagan
2018
The Detective's Daughter by Lesley Thomson
2018
What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World by Cat Warren
2018
Mindfulness : a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world by Mark Williams
2018
Carry On, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
2018
The Bones of Grace by Tahmima Anam
2017
Payback by Kimberley Chambers
2017
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
2017
A Very Distant Shore by Jenny Colgan
2017
Streets of Darkness by A. A. Dhand
2017
The Beach Café by Lucy Diamond
2017
Faded Glory by David Essex
2017
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
2017
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding
2017
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old by Hendrik Groen
2017
The Traitor by Jonathan Holt
2017
False Nine by Philip Kerr
2017
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
2017
Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence
2017
The Secret Marriage Pact by Georgie Lee
2017
Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik
2017
Animal Kingdom: Color Me, Draw Me (A Millie Marotta Adult Coloring Book) by Millie Marotta
2017
The Good Son by Paul McVeigh
2017
One False Move by Dreda Say Mitchell
2017
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
2017
The Last Act of Love: The Story of My Brother and His Sister by Cathy Rentzenbrink
2017
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
2017
The Girl Who Wasn't There by Ferdinand von Schirach
2017
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2017
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
2017
The Missing by C. L. Taylor
2017
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
2016
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
2016
Now You See Me by Sharon Bolton
2016
Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne
2016
I Can't Begin to Tell You by Elizabeth Buchan
2016
Too Good to be True by Ann Cleeves
2016
The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe
2016
A Baby at the Beach Café by Lucy Diamond
2016
Love Poems by Carol Ann Duffy
2016
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
2016
Last bus to Coffeeville by J. Paul Henderson
2016
Someone Else's Skin by Sarah Hilary
2016
Treachery by S. J. Parris
2016
Perfect Daughter (No Greater Courage) by Amanda Prowse
2016
Whispering Shadows by Jan-Philipp Sendker
2016
Skellig by David Almond
2015
Essential Poems from the Staying Alive Trilogy by Neil Astley
2015
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M. C. Beaton
2015
A Street Cat Named Bob and How He Saved My Life by James Bowen
2015
Spring Tide by Cilla Börjlind
2015
Dead Man Talking by Roddy Doyle
2015
Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle
2015
Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts by Mary Gibson
2015
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2015
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden
2015
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
2015
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2015
Prime Suspect by Lynda La Plante
2015
Second Chances by Charity Norman
2015
The Moaning of Life: The Worldly Wisdom of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington
2015
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
2015
Honour by Elif Shafak
2015
Chickenfeed by Minette Walters
2015
The Martian by Andy Weir
2015
When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
2015
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
2014
Four warned by Jeffrey Archer
2014
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
2014
After The Funeral by Agatha Christie
2014
Vengeance Is Mine Inc. and Other Stories by Roald Dahl
2014
Confessions of a GP by Benjamin Daniels
2014
Hello Mum by Bernardine Evaristo
2014
Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon
2014
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
2014
The Humans by Matt Haig
2014
The Perfect Murder by Peter James
2014
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
2014
Today everything changes by Andy McNab
2014
Geezer Girls by Dreda Say Mitchell
2014
The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
2014
Whatever it takes by Adele Parks
2014
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
2014
The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton by Sathnam Sanghera
2014
Gorky Park by Marin Cruz Smith
2014
59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot by Richard Wiseman
2014
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
2013
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
2013
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
2013
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
2013
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
2013
A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich
2013
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
2013
Little Face by Sophie Hannah
2013
Damage by Josephine Hart
2013
The Island by Victoria Hislop
2013
Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay
2013
Last night another soldier ... by Andy McNab
2013
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
2013
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
2013
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
2013
The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
2013
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
2013
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
2013
Judge Dredd: the Dark Judges by John Wagner
2013
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
2013
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2012
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
2012
Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham
2012
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
2012
The Take by Martina Cole
2012
The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell
2012
Someone Like You by Roald Dahl
2012
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2012
Room by Emma Donoghue
2012
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
2012
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
2012
Misery by Stephen King
2012
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
2012
Small Island by Andrea Levy
2012
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
2012
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2012
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2012
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
2012
The Damned Utd by David Peace
2012
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
2012
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
2012
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson
2012
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
2012
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2012
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2011
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
2011
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
2011
A Life Like Other People's by Alan Bennett
2011
Killing Floor by Lee Child
2011
The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy
2011
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2011
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
2011
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
2011
Selected Poems, 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney
2011
Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
2011
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre
2011
Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters
2011
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
2011
Beloved by Toni Morrison
2011
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) by Philip Pullman
2011
Dissolution by C. J. Sansom
2011
Toast by Nigel Slater
2011
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
2011
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carré
2010
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2010
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
2010
One Day by David Nicholls
2010
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
2010
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
2010

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