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Ian’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Ian Barker
Goodreads Author
Born
in Chesterfield, The United Kingdom
Website
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Genre
Influences
Member Since
August 2008
It’s All Write turned 7 today!
It’s All Write turned 7 today!
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Fallen Star
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2009
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5 editions
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One Hot Summer
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2012
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The Instant Guide to Windows 8
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2012
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Late Show
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2012
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The Instant Guide to Creating an App
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The Instant Guide to Android
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2012
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GameChangers: Apple's Breakthrough Moments
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2013
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Ian’s Recent Updates
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"I almost tossed this book before the required fifty pages because it was irritating me, but, boy, am I glad I didn’t. This is an extraordinary novel, fast paced - well, mostly - downright exciting at times and fairly terrifying. So what did I initial"
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| Although Britain pioneered the use of radar in the 1930s, Germany had been working on its own systems. With very little knowledge of how German radar worked or its capabilities, in early 1942 Britain launched Operation Biting – a plan to raid a ‘Wurz ...more | |
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| 1945, the war in Europe is ended and at a girls’ boarding school in England there’s been a murder. So far, so cosy crime. What makes this a bit different is that the story is narrated by the ghost of the victim as she tries to discover who killed her ...more | |
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TV spin off novels don’t always hit the mark thogh this one pretty much does. It borrows quite heavily from some of the TV scripts in places but that’s no bad thing, indeed it can be quite fun to spot the references. The plot is clever and absurd in f ...more |
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"I laughed aloud at the descriptions of the vagaries, eccentricities, machinations and structural deviousness in our Secret Services . I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the deciphering of a cover-up. Good pace and much intrigue, with a satisfyin"
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"Henri Isselin's book was published for the 50th anniversary of the battle, and looks to tell the story of those few weeks when Imperial Germany drove all before it and looked set to occupy Paris and bring down the French nation.
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“Graham glared him into silence, his eyes cold enough to make a penguin wish it had stocked up on thermal underwear.”
― Fallen Star
― Fallen Star
“I allowed an uncertain smile to cross my face, though it did so with a little reluctance, wary of being run down by some more powerful expression.”
― One Hot Summer
― One Hot Summer
“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.”
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.”
― Getting on
― Getting on
European Writers' Group
— 62 members
— last activity Feb 01, 2015 03:58PM
This is a discussion group for GoodReads authors in or from Europe, but members from elsewhere are welcome too, especially those who write stories tak ...more
Books, Blogs, Authors and More
— 3715 members
— last activity May 19, 2026 11:36AM
Need a place to advertise your blog? You can do that here. Need a place to advertise your book? You can do that here. Need a place to discuss books? Y ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 324991 members
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
The Underrated Authors Project 2013
— 140 members
— last activity May 04, 2020 09:50PM
Now, I am not sure if this has been done before, so I apologise if this already exists (I'd be surprised if it hasn't). I wanted to make a group dedic ...more
The Book Shelf
— 480 members
— last activity May 16, 2026 08:08AM
(A Brain to Books Group) Welcome to the Book Shelf where authors shelve their books and readers are invited to browse the selection, spam free. T ...more
Struggling Writers
— 5269 members
— last activity Aug 30, 2025 11:16AM
A space for aspiring writers, indie writers, passionate writers, fun-hearted writers, struggling writers 6/2020: As of June 2020, this group ...more
Q&A with Courtney Conant
— 33 members
— last activity May 19, 2011 10:56AM
Ask and get your answers!
Book Guys & Book Girls
— 242 members
— last activity Jul 17, 2016 10:37PM
A Group for listeners of The Book Guys Show & The Book Girls Show. ...more
Entangled in Romance
— 1806 members
— last activity Oct 14, 2023 01:18PM
Welcome to Entangled in Romance book group! We talk about all things Entangled, so join the fun! Our authors participate in this group, as well, so as ...more
The London Magazine
— 44 members
— last activity Aug 24, 2015 01:26PM
Do you read the magazine? Have you ever submitted to the magazine? Ever been published in the magazine? Want to learn what it's all about? Well, here ...more
