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15/01/2025 - Miguel Delaney
29/01/2025 - Simon Mayo
12/02/2025 - Jojo Moyes
26/02/2025 - Scott Turow
19/03/2025 - Elif Shafak
03/04/2025 - Robert Crais
17/04/2025 - Abigail Dean
03/06/2025 - Andrew Hunter Murray
18/06/2025 - Nick Harkaway
02/07/2025 - Lucy Foley
02/09/2025 - Laura Shepherd-Robinson
24/09/2025 - Ian McEwan
14/10/2025 - William Boyd
29/10/2025 - Callie Hart
12/11/2025 - Ken Follett
03/12/2025 - Jonathan Freedland
18/12/2025 - Ann Cleeves

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1	States of Play: How Sportswashing Took Over Football by Miguel Delaney 4.23 avg rating — 819 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Black Tag by Simon Mayo 3.68 avg rating — 270 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	We all live here by Jojo Moyes (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 125,902 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Presumed Guilty (Kindle County #13; Presumed Innocent #3) by Scott Turow (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 14,685 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 105,435 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Big Empty (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #20) by Robert Crais 4.51 avg rating — 16,615 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Death of Us by Abigail Dean (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 12,655 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 3,519 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 6,995 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 307,549 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 7,805 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	What We Can Know by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 47,433 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Predicament by William Boyd 4.10 avg rating — 6,829 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Circle of Days by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 41,231 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland 4.21 avg rating — 2,104 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Killing Stones (Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves #1) by Ann Cleeves (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 15,779 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars