Books of the month for January

General Fiction: Matt Haig – The Humans

British Crime: Ann Granger – The Testimony of the Hanged Man

Tough Crime: G. M. Ford – Chump Change (Leo Waterman #8)

Science Fiction: Jacey Bedford – Empire of Dust (Psi-Tech #1)

Fantasy: C. S. Friedman – Dreamwalker (#1)

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy: Karen Marie Moning – Iced (O'Malley #1)

Classic of the Month: Djuna Barnes – Nightwood

Teen reading: Jennifer Niven – All the Bright Places

The Humans by Matt HaigThe Testimony of the Hanged Man by Ann GrangerChump Change (Leo Waterman #8)  by G. M. FordEmpire of Dust (Psi-Tech #1) by Jacey BedfordDreamwalker (#1) by C. S. FriedmanIced (O'Malley #1) by Karen Marie MoningNightwood by Djuna BarnesAll the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Book of the month – December

T. Jefferson Parker – Full Measure is our book of the month for December. Patrick Norris returns to rural California after serving with the US Army in Iraq. Fire has ravaged his home farm and it has all become too much for his parents and brother to manage. The country has changed though, notably after the mass killings of children in schools across the United States, invariably by lone gunmen, and a great tension exists in the people.

British Crime Book of the month – December

G. M. Malliet – Wicked Autumn is our british crime book of the month for December. A delightful new cosy crime series starring Max Tudor.

Tough Crime – December

Dwayne Alexander Smith – Forty Acres is our Tough Crime book of the month for December. Martin Grey, a smart, talented. young lawyer working out of a storefront in Queens, is taken under the wing of a secretive group made up of America's most powerful, wealthy, and esteemed black men.

Science Fiction – December

Eric Brown – Jani and the Greater Game is our Science Fiction book of the month for December. Jani and the Greater Game is the first book in a rip-roaring, spice-laden, steampunk action adventure series set in India and featuring a heroine who subverts all the norms...

Fantasy – December

E. C. Blake – Masks (Masks of Aygrima #1) is our Fantasy book of the month for December. Masks, the first novel in a mesmerizing new fantasy series

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy – December

Nailini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Leasa Shearin – Night Shift is our Paranormal/Urban Fantasy book of the month for December. Four masters of urban fantasy and paranormal romance plunge readers into the dangerous, captivating world unearthed beyond the dark…

Classic of the Month – December

Stella Gibbons  – Cold Comfort Farm is our Classic of the Month for December. 'We are not like other folk, maybe, but there have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm...'

Teen Reading – December

Terry Pratchett – Nation is our Teen Reading book of the month for December. When a giant wave destroys his entire Nation - his family and everyone he has ever known - Mau finds himself totally alone. Until he meets Daphne, daughter of a colonial Governor and the sole survivor from a shipwreck.

Storytelling for Children - Saturday 6th December

Bears can do amazing things like jump and crash and grab the moon. But they can’t use a spoon. So, will a pig miss a bear when it is gone?

Eleven o’clock, Saturday 6th December at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Wibbly Pig’s Silly Big Bear by Mick Inkpen

Wibbly Pig’s Silly Big Bear by Mick Inkpen