3.66 avg rating — 594 ratings

"Sequel to Nights of Villjamur,my favourite read of 2010 to date"

3.47 avg rating — 216 ratings

"Very imaginative and well written fantasy novel. A firm favourite"

3.89 avg rating — 82,022 ratings

"First in an exciting new trilogy. Excellent characterisation."

3.69 avg rating — 2,359 ratings

"Murder/mystery set in Aztec Mexico. Lots of dark magic"

3.41 avg rating — 2,243 ratings

"Dragons! A machiavellian prince schemes his way to power in a world with dragons :-)"

4.08 avg rating — 68,943 ratings

"The novella which spawned the Hellraiser series of films. Excellent"

4.12 avg rating — 173,997 ratings

"A classic novel from the master of all things science fiction"

3.75 avg rating — 15,343 ratings

"1st in new urban fantasy series. "

3.53 avg rating — 920 ratings

"Set in Belfast, the story of a girl growing up in the Troubles. Painful yet funny too"

3.43 avg rating — 21 ratings

"An excellent anthology of short stories by women authors"

2.85 avg rating — 80 ratings

"Very weird but worth reading for the twist at the end"

3.85 avg rating — 656 ratings

"Frightening possible future scenarios if climate change is not tackled now"

4.02 avg rating — 31,121 ratings

"OK tale of love between a gladiator and a slave who becomes the mistress of the emperor of ancient Rome"

3.88 avg rating — 4,053 ratings

"Sequel to Flood by one of my favourite authors"

4.03 avg rating — 4,001 ratings

"So-so science fiction romance"

3.77 avg rating — 15,591 ratings

"I re-read this book earlier in the year - the alternate history is imaginative and well realised. "

4.21 avg rating — 356,078 ratings

"Patti Smith autobiography focussing on her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe. Excellent!"

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,041,364 ratings

"Stark, chilling but brilliant"

3.89 avg rating — 11,113 ratings

"Post-apocalyptic novel set in 1950's England... a bit dated now but the plot is good"

4.03 avg rating — 13,400 ratings

"One of my favourite novels ever. Read again this year."

4.06 avg rating — 14,144 ratings

"Excellent novel from one of my favourite authors... secrets revealed in a post-apocalyptic matriarchal society"

3.60 avg rating — 4,674 ratings

"Very imaginative magic system. Really enjoyable 1st book in trilogy."

4.34 avg rating — 13,339 ratings

"Latest in The Black Jewels series."

3.58 avg rating — 1,183 ratings

"1st in new trilogy from one of the best alternate history writers around"

3.83 avg rating — 1,234 ratings

"Known for his non-fiction work, this is an excellent debut"

4.01 avg rating — 136 ratings

"A disillusioned and cynical 1961 Boston cop finds himself in the hell of Dante's Inferno. A blockbusting read!"

3.90 avg rating — 55,741 ratings

"The story of Mary Anning, fossil hunter extraordinaire"

3.20 avg rating — 6,360 ratings

"Good solid horror"

3.47 avg rating — 589 ratings

"Some really excellent short stories in this anthology"

3.62 avg rating — 28,768 ratings

"A giant squid is stolen from the Natural History Museum in London... lots of weirdness ensues as you would expect from award-winning China Miéville"

4.36 avg rating — 120,528 ratings

"Another Black Dagger Brotherhood book - one of the better paranormal romance series"

4.15 avg rating — 355,303 ratings

"First Black Dagger Brotherhood book - one of the better paranormal romance series"

4.43 avg rating — 189,357 ratings

"Another Black Dagger Brotherhood book - one of the better paranormal romance series"

4.11 avg rating — 122,977 ratings

"Another Black Dagger Brotherhood book - one of the better paranormal romance series"

4.28 avg rating — 144,578 ratings

"Another Black Dagger Brotherhood book - one of the better paranormal romance series"

4.31 avg rating — 141,368 ratings

"Another Black Dagger Brotherhood book - one of the better paranormal romance series"

4.32 avg rating — 202,610 ratings

"Another Black Dagger Brotherhood book - one of the better paranormal romance series"

4.14 avg rating — 14,939 ratings

"First in new trilogy, set in world of Terre D'Ange"

3.86 avg rating — 9,188 ratings

"Departure from Terre D'Ange world. Wasn't impressed"

3.49 avg rating — 1,331 ratings

"Well researched Vikings/werewolves novel. First in trilogy"