Quick Reads 2011 & 2012

Quick Reads is an initiative bringing brilliantly written new books by bestselling writers and celebrities to people who have lost the reading habit, find reading tough or simply want a fast, fun read.

Quick Reads for 2012

• Full House, by Maeve Binchy
• The Cleverness of Ladies, by Alexander McCall Smith
• The Little One, by Lynda La Plante
• Amy's Diary, by Maureen Lee
• Beyond the Bounty, by Tony Parsons
• Quantum of Tweed, by Conn Iggulden
• Get the Life You Really Want, by James Caan
• Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels, by Jacqueline Rayner

Quick Reads for 2011

• Bloody valentine by James Patterson [read the first chapter]
• Clouded vision by Linwood Barclay [read the first chapter]
• Follow me by Sheila O'Flanagan [read the first chapter]
• Men at work by Mike Gayle [read the first chapter]
• Trouble on the Heath by Terry Jones [listen to Terry Jones read the first chapter]
• Jack and Jill by Lucy Cavendish [read the first chapter]
• Strangers on the 16:02 by Priya Basil [read the first chapter]
• My Dad's a policeman by Cathy Glass [read the first chapter]
• Kung Fu trip by Benjamin Zephaniah [read the first chapter]
• Tackling life by Charlie Oatway

For more information about these, to register for the latest news, and for lists of Quick Reads from previous years, please visit the  Quick Reads website.