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want to get published? These books are the all-time community favourites – and each month we whip off the top five for a reading and review from our Editorial Board

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Going Out In Style
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Travel, Comedy
Once you know your expiry date, you are welcome on board the Luminous Liminality. Boris Schecter believes this exit cruise is his last chance.
Last week's position: 63
62
The Powder Treason
Fiction, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Crime
‘If I had thought there was the least sin in the plot, I would not have been in it for all the world…’
Last week's position: 61
63
Willow Pond
Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Crime
A little boy is kidnapped and his family struggles to bring him home.
Last week's position: 62
64
Fiction, Horror, Comedy
Being undead never felt more alive. Fred's just an ordinary zombie until one day he learns a trick.
no change in ranking
65
Chosen
Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult
Gallows-fodder, they called him. Hex means to prove them all wrong. He just needs to stay alive long enough to do it.
Last week's position: 68
66
Bravo's Veil
Fiction, Thriller, Romance, Historical Fiction
Evacuated schoolboy Paul Collins is sent on an errand by a beautiful billeting official. He becomes embroiled in a fierce struggle against German saboteurs .
no change in ranking
67
Tybalt & Theo
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Comedy
Theo is a merchant banker in recession-hit 2008. Tybalt is a condemned criminal in 1608. In a freak accident, they exchange places.
Last week's position: 65
68
Under The Same Sky
Romance, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, History
Maggie and Andrew live on separate continents, but are connected through their minds. Communicating through visions, they rescue each other from violence and death.

Last week's position: 67
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Einstein's Road Trip - Winslow to Thibodaux and Beyond
Literary Fiction, Fantasy
Magic Realism, Mystery, and Murder - An artist's fragile grasp on reality becomes more tenuous after he meets Albert Einstein on Arizona's high desert plateau.


Last week's position: 70
69 =
The Crier of Kathmandu
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Travel
Love is perilous at any time. Then there's love in war-time. Nothing like it to get to the heart of the matter.
Last week's position: 71
71
When Spirits Break Free
Literary Fiction, Thriller, Horror, Young Adult
Reality joins the unexplained in this gripping novel. From coal mining backgrounds to the horrors of drug induced psychosis to realities of what could be.
Last week's position: 69
72
THE LETTER       non-fiction narrative
Non-fiction
They found me lost in the snow. Offered to take me with them. Life could never be the same. All because of 'The Letter'
Last week's position: 80
73
Dropcloth Angels
Fiction, Horror
Dropcloth Angels is a dark, abstract Can-American road novel – picaresque and philosophical; gritty, oft times humorous, and graphically drawn.
Last week's position: 77
74
Killing Elizabeth
Fiction, Romance, Comedy, Crime
All Adrian wants is to kill his wife. It's the perfect crime... until his alibi implicates him in another death. Why isn't murder ever simple?
Last week's position: 72
75
The Halo (of Delight)
Literary Fiction, Thriller, Romance, Historical Fiction
A Gothic mystery/thriller in which a secret love affair is thwarted by death, witchcraft, jealousy and revenge.
One woman vows to discover why.
Last week's position: 78
76
Consequences Unforeseen
Fiction, Thriller, Romance, Crime
She died too young, too soon and too beautiful:
Love, death, retribution and unpredictable outcomes.
Last week's position: 74
77
Face the Music
Fiction, Romance, Popular Culture
When the sexy front-runner of America’s favorite reality TV show falls for an unknown local girl, people notice.
Last week's position: 73
78
Gathering of Rain - A Tale from the Path of Shades
Fiction, Fantasy
'There is a darkness coming, but I cannot yet see in what form...'



Last week's position: 76
79
Death and Destiny in Four Parts
Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Sanura Williams, a fire witch and Assefa Berber, a shapeshifting were-Mngwa are destined to fulfill an ancient African Doomsday prophecy.
Equal opportunity commenter and backer.
Last week's position: 75
80
The Harpist of Madrid
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biography, Erotica
How can a 17th century Spanish harpist and composer become a spy? By impressing his King.
Last week's position: 82