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July - September 2011
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	Green Eyed Demon: Sabrina Kane Book 3 by Jaye Wells
April - June 2011
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	The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin		My Immortal Assassin by Carolyn Jewel		Invincible: The Chronicles Of Nick Book 2 by Sherilyn Kenyon		The Restoration Game by Ken Macleod
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January - March 2011
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October - December 2010
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July - September 2010
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January - March  2010
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October - December  2009
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	Makers by Cory Doctorow		Traitors Gate by Kate Elliot		At The Gates Of Darkness by Raymond E. Feist		Full Circle: The Castings Trilogy Book 3 by Pamela Freeman
	Being Of The Field by Traci Harding		The Whale's Tale by Edwina Harvey		The Dwarves by Markus Heitz Interview with the translator		They Is Us by Tama Janowitz
	The Word Witch by Margaret Mahy		Lonely Werewolf Girl by Martin Millar		Magic In The Shadows by Devon Monk		You Suck by Christopher Moore
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	Dracula The Undead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt		Gears Of War: Aspho Fields by Karen Traviss		Gears Of War: Jacinto's Remnant by Karen Traviss		Nekropolis by Tim Waggoner
	Black Dagger 7: Lover Avenged by J. R. Ward		Slights by Kaaron Warren
August - September 2009
	Memory Zero: Spook Squad 1 by Keri Arthur		Generation 18: Spook Squad 2 by Keri Arthur		Penumbra: Spook Squad 3 by Keri Arthur		Pride And Prejudice And Zombies by Jane Austen And Seth Grahame-Smith
	The Steep Approach To Garbadale by Iain Banks		Speak Of The Devil by Jenna Black		In Ashes Lie by Marie Brennan		The Furies Of Calderon by Jim Butcher
	Johannes Cabal The Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard		A Sword From Red Ice by J V Jones		Saturns Children by Charles Stross		The Dark Griffin by K J Taylor
June - July 2009
	Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie		The Edge Of The World by Kevin J. Anderson		The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong		Blood Line by Mark Billingham
	Small Favour by Jim Butcher		Turncoat by Jim Butcher		Nina Of The Dark by Ken Catran		SS-GB by Len Deighton
	Arrows Of Time by Kim Falconer		Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint		Blood Ties by Pamela Freeman		Dont Look Back by Scott Frost Interview with the author
	A Madness Of Angels by Kate Griffin		Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris		The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan		The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
	The Better Mousetrap by Tom Holt		Knife Of Dreams by Robert Jordan		Beyond The Wall Of Time by Russell Kirkpatrick Interview with the author		The Wounded Guardian by Duncan Lay
	Lavinia by Ursula K Le Guin		The Night Sessions by Ken Macleod		Magic In The Blood by Devon Monk		Parky by Michael Parkinson
	Zima Blue by Alastair Reynolds		B Is For Beer by Tom Robbins		Gladiatrix by Rhonda Roberts		Galileos Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson
	Wireless by Charles Stross		Legend Of Sigurd And Gudrun by J. R. R. Tolkien		The Link by Colin Tudge		Shadowmarch by Tad Williams
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April - May  2009
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	Astropolis Book 3: The Grand Conjunction by Sean Williams
March - April 2009
	Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop		Stories Volume 1 by Ray Bradbury		Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury		Wrath Of A Mad God by Raymond Feist
	Rides A Dread Legion by Raymond Feist
February - March 2009
	Black Ships by Jo Graham		Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore		Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore		Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
	The Lust Lizard Of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore		Debateable Space by Philip Palmer		Halting State by Charles Stross		Matter by Iain M. Banks
	Unmarked Graves by Shaun Hutson

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