Neville recommended four nonfiction books: The Golden Mile, a history of Prague by Richard Fidler, A Short History of Almost Anything by Bill Bryson and The Happy Isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux. He also recommended the novel, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell.
David highly recommended Alexander McCall Smith's recent collection of stories about espionage and intrigue, The Private Life of Spies, and rated it highly entertaining.
Keith said Colleen McCullough's six novels, which started with The Thorn Birds, captured his reading for about two years despite them each being about 800 pages. He also liked The Queen and I, a political satire by Sue Townsend, describing it as one of the funniest books he had read.
Growing With Autism captured Graham's imagination as had Terry Pratchett's writing.
David Palmer