NOW that's what I call READING
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Xmas songs

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If you like music by Florence and the Machine, The Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Basshunter, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, MGMT, CSS:
                                      ...you might like these sort of books:

  • Grits by Niall Griffiths
  • Ectasy by Irvine Welsh
  • Stars Are Stars by Kevin Sampson
  • Cham by Jonathan Trigell
  • Generation X by Douglas Coupland
  • White Man Falling by Mike Stocks
  • The Crow Road by Ian Banks
  • Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud
  • Morvern Caller by Alan Warner
  • Survive the Worst by Kerry Katona (Quick Read)
  • Lolita by Nabokov

Or anything by Christopher Nicolas, PK Dick, TC Boyle, Hunter S Thompson or Wiliiam Burroughs
 
If you like music by DJ Shadow, Tupac, Lil Wayne, Public Enemy, Akala, Jay Z, Kanye West, The Streets, Outkast, 50 Cent, Missy Elliot:
                                      ...you might like these sort of books:

  • Kidulthood by Noel Clarke
  • Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah
  • Once Upon A Time In England by Helen Walsh
  • Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
  • The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle
  • Hell blazer: Joy Ride
  • Tough Guy by Louis Ferrante
  • What is the What by David Eggers
  • The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
  • Reaching for the Stars by Lola Jaye (Quick Read)
  • Richard Wright - Native Son
  • Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney

Or anything by Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Martina Cole, Ed Smith, John King, Jake Arnott or Martina Cole

 
If you like music by La Roux, Paramore, White Stripes, Aerosmith, Tenacious D, Oasis, U2 or Guns N Roses:
                                      ...you might like these sort of books:

  • Rock ’n’' Roll Babylon by
  • Sway by Zachary Lazar
  • Banquet for the Damned by Adam L.G. Nevill
  • The Book With No Name by Anonymous
  • Green River Rising by Tim Willocks
  • The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
  • Skarlet by Thomas Emson
  • Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
  • Cider with Roadies by Stuart Maconie
  • Season of the Witch by Natasha Mostertn
  • The Grey Man by Andy McNab Quick Read

Or anything by Terry pratchett, Anne Rice, Stephen King, China Melville, or David Wellington
 
If you like music by Noah and the Whale, Isobel Campbell, Portishead, The Smiths, Morrissey, Glas Vegas, Elbow or Anthony & the Johnsons:
                                      ...you might like these sort of books:

  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • Red Riding Quartet by David Peace
  • I am Legend by Richard Matheson
  • Snow Flower & The Secret Fan by Lisa See
  • The Cellist Of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
  • Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
  • Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Euginides
  • The Reader by Bernard Schlink
  • The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  • A Cool Head by Ian Rankin (Quick Read)

Or anything by Raymond Chandler, Walter Mosley, Henning Mankel, Martin Amis or Ian McEwan
 
If you like music by System of a Down, Linkin Park, Slipknot, Trivium, Architects, Velvet Revolver, Enter Shikari, Nine Inch Nails:
                                      ...you might like these sort of books:

  • Billie Morgan by Joolz Denby
  • Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
  • Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone
  • Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
  • The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
  • Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
  • We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
  • No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
  • Cleanskin by Val McDermid (Quick Read) 2006

Or anything by Stephen King, Michael Marshall, Thomas Harris, Frank Miller
or Alan Moore

If you like music by The Offsprings, The Clash, The Ramones, Stranglers, Green Day, Weezer, Avenged, Sevenfold Pixies, New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, MC5:
                                      ...you might like these sort of books:

  • Salad Days by Charles Romalotti
  • Double Duce by Aaron Cometbus
  • Cockney Reject By Jeff Turner
  • Human Punk by John King
  • The Rotters Club by Jonathan Coe
  • Once Upon a Time in England by Helen Walsh
  • Beige by Cecil Castellucci
  • The Empty Page: stories inspired by Sonic Youth
  • Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno
  • Diary of a Rock “n” Roll Star by Ian Hunter
  • Hell Island by Matthew Reilly  (Quick Read)

Or anything by John Robb, Alexei Sayle, Richard Hell, Dee Dee Ramone, William Gibson, China Mieville
 
If you like music by Lady GaGa,The Saturdays,Girls Aloud, Take That, Lily Allen, Kate Nash, Katy Perry, Sugababes, Rihanna, Beyonce, Duffy, Adele:
                                      ...you might like these sort of books:

  • Crystal by Katie Price
  • Pop Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones
  • David Beckham My Side: the autobiography
  • Marley & Me by John Grogan
  • I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
  • Breakfast at Tiffanys by Truman Capote
  • For crying out loud: The world according to Jeremy Clarkson
  • My world is my Bond: The Autobiography by Roger Moore
  • The To-Do List by Mike Gayle
  • Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe by Danny Wallace (Quick Read)

Or anything by Dorothy Koomson, Cecelia Aherne, Wendy Holden, Cathy Kelly,  Marian Keyes or Sophie Kinsella
 
If you like reading about music:
                                      ...you might like these books:

  • The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music 1972-1993 by Nick Kent
  • No More Heroes: A Complete History of UK Punk from 1976 to 1980 by Alex Ogg
  • Paint a Vulgar Picture: Fiction Inspired by the Smiths by Peter Wild
  • Perverted by Language: fiction inspired by The Fall
  • Gig: the life & times of a rock-star fantasist by Simon Armitage
  • You Don’t Love Me yet? by Jonathan Lethem
  • Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-84 by Simon Reynolds
  • England's Dreaming by Jon Savage, Faber 1991, re-issue 2009
  • Babylon’s Burning: from Punk to Grunge by Clinton Heylin
If you like music by Franz Ferdinand, the Arctic Monkeys, British Sea Power, Zutons, Little Boots...:
... you might like these books:

  • Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
  • The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Hadden
  • A History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
  • A History of the World in 10 1/2 chapters by Julian Barnes
  • The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Neffenegger
  • The Road Home by Rose Tremain
  • All These Lonely People by Gervase Phinn (Quick Read)

Or anything by Roddy Doyle, Nick Hornby, Tony Parsons, Douglas Coupland, Carl Hiassen
 
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Now that's what I call reading:

A new way to choose books: Some keen readers  working in public libraries in northwest england have put these lists together. You might not agree with their choices. To comment, give your views, or suggest other books you have enjoyed, please use the discussion board.
Lets keep the discussion to books , reading and music.
Remember books are free to borrow from public libraries.

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