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cover of No Women Were Harmed by Heather Mottershead

No Women Were Harmed

January 12, 2026 Nanni 4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Leave a comment

by Heather Mottershead — is crime justified when it is in response to a society that is inherently unfair in its fundamental workings?

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The Greatest Possible Good

January 12, 2026 Nanni 3.5 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Leave a comment

by Ben Brooks — A well-off family is ripped apart when the father has an epiphany and decides to give all his money away.

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One Yellow Eye

January 6, 2026 Nanni 4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Leave a comment

by Leigh Radford — London is recovering from a zombie apocalypse after all the zombies have been killed. Or have they? Can a cure be found in case it resurfaces?

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Top 10 novels of 2025

December 29, 2025 Nanni 5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Leave a comment

Looking for a really great read among novels published in 2025? Here (in no particular order) are my top 10 favourites. Covering a range of fiction genres — literary, speculative, historical, crime and fantasy — they are all guaranteed great

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The Last Woman on Earth

December 12, 2025 Nanni 4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Leave a comment

by Bex Benjamin — Strong world-building, plotting and dialogue, and a love/lust romance that adds heart to this pacy post-apocalyptic thriller.

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Havoc

December 8, 2025 Nanni 5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Leave a comment

by Rebecca Wait — An absorbing, moving story set in an English boarding school where the social cohesion is crumbling even faster than the damp bricks.

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Circle of Days

December 5, 2025 Nanni 4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Leave a comment

by Ken Follett — A sweeping, epic tale of daily life, tribal hardships and struggles, and of the building of a timeless stone monument, set in 2500 BC.

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Hi, I'm Fiona, aka Nanni. Welcome to my book blog! My ambition is to share and promote the books I've loved and help readers discover great books to read. I cover a wide range of book genres, topics, styles and eras, with particular (but not exclusive) focus on novels written by and about women.

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