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Quick Reads (UK) sets out to challenge beliefs that books are "difficult or boring" and to show that books and reading can be for everyone.
http://www.quickreads.org.uk/
A series of short books for adult & teen literacy, language learners, and others who just want a quick read, widely available in bookshops and libraries in the UK.
Some are original stories specially for the series, others are abridged versions or excerpts of longer books.
The Wales Quick Reads programme releases a selection of titles in English and Welsh. http://readingwales.org.uk/en/quick-r...
http://www.quickreads.org.uk/
A series of short books for adult & teen literacy, language learners, and others who just want a quick read, widely available in bookshops and libraries in the UK.
Some are original stories specially for the series, others are abridged versions or excerpts of longer books.
The Wales Quick Reads programme releases a selection of titles in English and Welsh. http://readingwales.org.uk/en/quick-r...
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Paris for One
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A Sea Change
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Six Foot Six
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Rules for Dating a Romantic Hero
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Blackout
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Four Warned
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Full House
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Bloody Valentine
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Clouded Vision
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Jack and Jill
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My Dad’s a Policeman
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The Perfect Murder
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Hello Mum
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A Dream Come True
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The Cave
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Looking for Captain Poldark
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Rowan Coleman (Goodreads Author)
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A Very Distant Shore
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The Other Side of You
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The Beach Wedding
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Wrong Time, Wrong Place
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Too Good To Be True (Shetland, #6.2)
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Dead Simple
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Red for Revenge
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The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe: Quick Reads 2020
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Milly Johnson (Goodreads Author)
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Pictures Or It Didn't Happen (Spilling CID, #8.5)
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Sophie Hannah (Goodreads Author)
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The Donor
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Clare Mackintosh (Goodreads Author)
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Notting Hill Carnival (Quick Reads): A West Side Story (Quick Reads 2020)
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Out of the dark
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A Fresh Start (Quick Reads) (Quick Reads 2020)
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Street Cat Bob: How one man and a cat saved each other's lives. A true story.
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Humble Pie
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Inspector Chopra and the Million-Dollar Motor Car (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #3.5)
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Vaseem Khan (Goodreads Author)
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The Escape
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The Double Clue: And Other Hercule Poirot Stories
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A Cruel Fate
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The Paratrooper's Princess
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Rugby Dads
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Y Gosb
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Gorau Chwarae Cydchwarae
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A Dreadful Murder: The Mysterious Death of Caroline Luard
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Arwyr Cymru
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Brett John: Ymladdwr
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Doctor Who: The Silurian Gift
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No Place to Call Home
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Love Is Blind
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Words Apart: Triumphs over Dyslexia (Quick Reads Book 2018)
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Today Everything Changes
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Stori Sydyn: Wil ac Aeron
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Music To Make Friends By: Quick Reads 2019
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The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #12.6)
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Reset Your Goals (Quick Reads 2019): Quick Reads 2019 (Quick Reads Wales 2019)
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The Little One
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Y Goliau a'r Dagrau: Stori Tash Harding
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Amy's Diary
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Stargazers: Quick Reads
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Beyond the Bounty
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Gun Shy: The True Story of the Army Dog Scared of War: Quick Reads
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Quantum of Tweed: The Man with the Nissan Micra
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Y Stelciwr
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Get the Life You Really Want
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Rhwng y Pyst - Hunangofiant Owain Fon Williams
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Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels
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Captain Courage
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Cwtch Me If You Can
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3.60 avg rating — 172 ratings
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My Sporting Heroes
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Follow Me
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Code Black: Winter of Storm Surfing
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Men at Work
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Bryn y Crogwr
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Trouble On The Heath: A comedy of Russian gangsters, town planners and a dog called Nigel
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Ar Dy Feic
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Stori Sydyn: Cymru a'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf
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Strangers on the 16:02
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O'r Llinell Biced i San Steffan
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Headhunter
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Kung Fu Trip
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Gareth Jones: Y Dyn Oedd yn Gwybod Gormod
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Tackling Life
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Do Not Go Gentle - the dying days of Dylan Thomas
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Be your Own Boss
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Foxy'r Llew: Jonathan Davies
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The Perfect Holiday
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Lionheart
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A Cool Head
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Oswald
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Star Sullivan
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Last Night Another Soldier...: Quick Read
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The Grey Man
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The Tannery
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One Good Turn
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The Dare
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Chickenfeed
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Doctor Who: Revenge of the Judoon
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Doctor Who: Code of the Krillitanes
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Doctor Who: Made of Steel
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How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
