Books Audiobook Spotlight Read by the author.
Thomas Harding Blood on the Page
Whole Story, November 2017, £20.41, 9781510083318, 9 CDs)
Read by the author, an investigation into the 2006 case of Allan Chap- pelow, who was mur- dered by Chinese dissi- dent Wang Yam.
Science fiction & fantasy
Alastair Reynolds Elysium Fire
Orion, January, £19.99, 9781409170914
Alistair Reynolds returns to the world of The Prefect and Inspector Dreyfus in a standalone SF mystery.
Stephen Donaldson The Great God’s War: 01 Seventh Decimate
Orion, November 2017, £19.99, 9781409171065
Donaldson’s first new series since 1991. “Epic fantasy with a compelling quest plot and a tortured lead character.”
Brandon Sanderson The Stormlight Archive: 03 Oathbringer
Orion, November 2017, £25, 9781409150084
More epic fantasy in The Stormlight Archive series, read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading.
series, so let’s hope he’s back for book two.
Allie Esiri (ed) A Poem for Every Day of the Year
Macmillan Children’s Books, December 2017, £16.99, 9781509886302 (CD)
For reading aloud and for sharing, with those ages nine and above.
Bedtime Stories and Lullabies
Macmillan Children’s Books, March, £7.99, 9781509882533 (PB+CD)
Read by Derek Griffiths, this one is for children under seven years of age.
Rod Campbell Dear Zoo and Friends
Macmillan Children’s Books, March, £8.99, 9781509875672 (PB+CD)
For under-fives.
Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories
Macmillan Children’s Books, July, £9.99, 9781509838523 (PB+CD)
Lenny Henry reads; this one is for those aged five and over.
Alex Cross 25: The People vs Alex Cross
Random House, November, £18.99, 9781786140401 (8 CDs) Read by Andre Blake.
Michael Bennett: 11 Ambush
Random House, October, £18.99, 9781786141378 (7 CDs)
NYPD Red 5 Random House, March, £18.99, 9781786140364 (7 CDs)
The Texas Ranger
Ernest Cline Ready Player One
Random House, February, £20, 9781786140920 (13 CDs)
“Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg”, this is set in 2044. It’s a dystopian view of a wretched world with fam- ine and disease wide- spread, and a virtual- reality lottery is the only way out.
Children’s
Scarlett Thomas Worldquake:
02 The Chosen Ones
Canongate, April, £10.99, 9781786892232
Epic fantasy for children aged nine to 12. The amazingly good Roger Allam read Dragon’s Green, the first in the
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Julia Donaldson Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox
Macmillan Children’s Books, July, £8.99, 9781509864058 (PB+CD)
Read by Sophie Thomp- 35
Random House, August, £18.99, 9781786141347 (7 CDs)
Women’s Murder Club 17: 17th Suspect
Random House, February, £18.99, 9781786141330 (6 CDs)
(with Bill Clinton) The President is Missing
Random House, June, £18.99, 9781786141323 (CD)
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son, this is one of a new issue of Julia Donald- son story/audio packs for children aged five and under. The others in the series—listed as fol- lows—will also be avail- able in July: Sharing a Shell (4058), read by Julian Clary; Sugarlump and the Unicorn (3679), read by Joanna Page; The Princess and the Wizard (4089), read by Imelda Staunton; The Rhyming Rabbit (3693), read by David Tennant; and The Singing Mermaid (3167), read by Lauren Laverne; and. In addition, all read by Alexander Armstrong: What the Ladybird Heard (4065), What the Lady- bird Heard Next (4072) and What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday (4447).
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