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Coming soon - a full archive of bookseller recommendations and staff recommends, as well as handy reading-order guides for popular book series.

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Ever been stuck and don't know where to begin? Feel intimidated by the three shelves-worth of books in a series? Have no fear - here we gather together our reading lists for some of your favourite novelists.

The best books of 2015

2015 has been a heroic year for books with a cracking amount of publishing. For our roundups of the biggest and hardest hitting books, take a look at our best of 2015 lists.

Best Baking books of 2015

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Best Science Fiction books of 2015

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Best YA books of 2015

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