Annual Top Ten

Every ​12 months - during each February - the Annual Top Ten Update shows the overall Top Ten selling books on FeedARead.com for the preceding twelve months. This chart was generated in Sunday, 1 January 2017.

The top ten books will receive feedback on their opening chapters from editors for leading publishers, including Bloombury, Random House and Orion – publishers of bestselling authors such as JK Rowling, Dan Brown and Terry Pratchett.

The aim is for  authors to be considered by, and to receive feedback from world leading publishers to help develop their writing further. FeedARead authors are also free to take up any other advantageous publishing offers that they may be offered. If you would like to view more about any of the books, click on the book title.

1

Autismus - (m)eine andere Wahrnehmung

By Gee Vero

Autismus - (m)eine andere Wahrnehmung ist ein Buch für Menschen, die mit autistischen Menschen leben und arbeiten und diejenigen, die die Begegnung suchen und sich der Herausforderung des Mitmensch-Seins mit autistischen Menschen stellen wollen. Das Buch beschreibt in erster Linie den Autismus der Autorin und den Autismus ihres 10jährigen Sohnes, a...

ISBN: 9781784079734

Type: Paperback

$19.70

2

OVER MY SHOULDER

By DAVID DUNN-WILSON

A CONFESSION AND AN INVITATION Each year, like many Christians, I look for a book to be part of my Lenten devotions and there is never any shortage of excellent candidates. However, this year, I had a problem. It wasn’t their fault – it was mine. I once read of an old Methodist preacher who described himself by saying, “I am just a jobbing Christia...

ISBN: 9781786106438

Type: Paperback

$9.29

3

Arriving Where I Started

By Maggie Smith

She may not be the Downton Dame, but Maggie Smith is also in her mid-eighties – and a writer whose first three decades encompassed World War II and massive post-war social changes. This is not a misery memoir but a tale of the survival of a bright girl from a family where only a boy would have been worthy of higher education. Written with energy an...

ISBN: 9781786101693

Type: Paperback

$10.74

4

A MAN THAT LOOKS ON GLASS

By Derek Guiton

The Quaker movement in Britain is beset with problems — growing secularisation, incompatible belief systems, ideology as a substitute for faith. Add to these the emergence of theologically-based ‘special interest’ groups with their own sectarian agendas and campaigning methods and we have a genuine existential crisis on our hands. A Man that Looks ...

ISBN: 9781786102324

Type: Paperback

$12.95

5

Who's Stroking my Baby?

By Kim Maguire

The story of a woman who suffers a stroke following the birth of her baby. Kim battles for her life and then has to fight for her child to be returned to her. The honesty of the author is alive in her descriptions of loss and pain as she rebuilds her life as a stroke survivor, finally emerging from the trauma with extraordinary success.

ISBN: 9781786974204

Type: Paperback

$13.40

6

Flashman and the Seawolf

By Robert Brightwell

Following the popularity of the memoirs of Harry Flashman, the Victorian scoundrel who got himself embroiled in many events of his age, this book introduces a new generation of the family: Thomas Flashman, whose career covers the Napoleonic and Georgian era. This first book covers his adventures with Thomas Cochrane, one of the most extraordinary n...

ISBN: 9781781763636

Type: Paperback

$12.65

7

Good Morning, Corfu

By Maddie Grigg

Just like the Durrells, Maddie Grigg and her husband abandoned rainy Dorset for a new adventure on the Greek island of Corfu. With beautiful countryside, kind neighbours and plenty of sunshine, what could have been better? But Maddie was unprepared for the ache for home, which lives in us all. Good Morning, Corfu: A Year on a Greek Island is a stor...

ISBN: 9781786108937

Type: Paperback

$11.95

8

Buckinghamshire Spies and Subversives

By D J Kelly

Buckinghamshire has a 600 year history of subversion, sedition and espionage. The county has been home to radical plotters, heretics and heretic hunters, agents provocateurs and informers. Two world wars brought spies, secret agents and saboteurs to the county and many of our stately homes housed wartime code-breakers, eavesdroppers, boffins, intel...

ISBN: 9781785108471

Type: Paperback

$13.99

9

Flashman and Madison's War

By Robert Brightwell

This book finds Thomas Flashman, a British army officer, landing on the shores of the United States at the worst possible moment – just when the United States has declared war with Britain! Having already endured enough with his earlier adventures, he desperately wants to go home but finds himself drawn inexorably into this new conflict. He is soon...

ISBN: 9781785108419

Type: Paperback

$12.95

10

Flashman and the Cobra

By Robert Brightwell

This is the second instalment in the life story of Thomas Flashman, the uncle of the notorious Victorian rogue Harry Flashman, whose memoirs have already been published, edited by George MacDonald Fraser. Thomas shares many of the family traits, particularly the ability to find himself reluctantly at the sharp end of many major events of his age. T...

ISBN: 9781782990055

Type: Paperback

$12.95

11

Flashman in the Peninsula

By Robert Brightwell

This is the third instalment in the memoirs of the Georgian Englishman Thomas Flashman, which were recently discovered on a well-known auction website. Thomas is the uncle of the notorious Victorian rogue Harry Flashman, whose memoirs have already been published, edited by George MacDonald Fraser. Thomas shares many of the family traits, particular...

ISBN: 9781784075590

Type: Paperback

$12.95

12

Granite Grit

By Lee Cooper

Family man Joe, thirty two year old, loses the only job he’s known since school at a paper mill that supports him, his wife and two kids. Spiralling into debt as continuous job opportunities slip through his hands, he turns to the only thing he knows: boxing. Conned into a brutal, raw fight after a chance meeting with old training pal Tim, he scurr...

ISBN: 9781786103420

Type: Paperback

$15.36

13

The Beaufort Bride

By Judith Arnopp

As King Henry VI slips into insanity and the realm of England teeters on the brink of civil war, a child is married to the mad king’s brother. Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, takes his child bride into Wales where she discovers a land of strife and strangers. At Caldicot Castle and Lamphey Palace Margaret must put aside childhood, acquire the digni...

ISBN: 9781786108203

Type: Paperback

$11.95

14

WANDERING & WONDERING

By David Dunn-Wilson

AN INVITATION: The Bible is a map of Grace which gives access to a network of roads leading us to God. It has its splendid Motorways – the ‘fast-track’ highways along which we speed to precious truths (Psalms, the Gospels and the great Epistles spring to mind). It also has its ‘A Roads’ – those well-tried major routes leading to precious guidance a...

ISBN: 9781786974969

Type: Paperback

$10.25

15

Flashman's Escape

By Robert Brightwell

This book covers the second half of Thomas Flashman's experiences in the Peninsular War and follows on from Flashman in the Peninsular. Having lost his role as a staff officer, Flashman finds himself commanding a company in an infantry battalion. In between cuckolding his soldiers and annoying his superiors, he finds himself at the heart of the two...

ISBN: 9781785101021

Type: Paperback

$12.95

16

If It Wasn't For That Dog!

By Michael Forester

ISBN: 9781849234399

Type: Paperback

$12.65

17

The Writer's A-Z of Body Language

By Tim Ellis

This book is for writer's to cherry-pick body language for their characters. It does what it says on the cover - it's an A-Z list of emotions, attitudes and feelings with the associated body language.

ISBN: 9781785105548

Type: Paperback

$9.29

18

The Five Year Queen

By Janet Walkinshaw

The year is 1537. Mary of Guise, young, beautiful and widowed, is the reluctant bride of James V, King of Scots. The marriage is arranged to strengthen the alliance between France and Scotland. On the border Henry VIII seeks a reason to invade. The Reformation is sweeping through Europe. In Scotland Mary finds a cultured, lively but quarrelsome cou...

ISBN: 9781786108517

Type: Paperback

$12.95

19

Flamingos in the Desert

By Kevin Borman

From flamingos to earthquakes, gold mines to goats, prickly pears to wildfires, and white villages to the sets of cinematic history - Kevin Borman takes you on a unique journey from Cabo de Gata to the Sorbas Gypsum Karst and beyond,sharing his reflections and intimate understanding of the landscapes, wildlife and culture of this fascinating and li...

ISBN: 9781784074371

Type: Paperback

$12.95

20

More Tales from the Wood

By Adrian Farrel

Eighteen more original fairy stories in the style of The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, but with a whole lot more meaning and fun.

ISBN: 9781786972569

Type: Paperback

$11.95

21

Holistic Reflexology, the eight principles

By Glenda Hodge

Holistic Reflexology, the eight principles is more than a book about feet. It is a book about life, self-discovery and understanding the messages that the body is trying to convey. Your feet are not sore nor your body in distress to make your life unpleasant. They are trying to draw your attention to an area of your life that needs to be addressed.

ISBN: 9781785101649

Type: Paperback

$10.25

22

Life with Kenneth Connor

By Jeremy Connor

In this new publication, Kenneth Connor’s son, Jeremy Connor, recalls many of the unique experiences that he shared with his much-loved father. At the same time, readers are given an engaging glimpse into life behind-the-scenes on many of the productions Kenneth worked on. With a foreword by Jeffrey Holland, and recollections from many of Kenneth's...

ISBN: 9781785102578

Type: Paperback

$12.89

23

The Water Gypsy

By Julie Ann Godson

At dusk on a snowy evening in 1766 a tired young couple made out the welcoming lights burning in the windows of the creaky old Berkshire manor house that was to be their home. He was Viscount Ashbrook, she was Betty Ridge, daughter of a humble Thames fisherman. Earlier that day they had been married in a little village church in Oxfordshire, and no...

ISBN: 9781784075545

Type: Paperback

$16.12

24

Murphy's Incredible Journey

By Helen Kemp

One night, not long before Christmas, Murphy, a handsome Siberian Husky is stolen while out for a walk with his dad and his doggy friend Paddy. He is taken far away from his home where he meets some interesting characters along the way; some are nice and some are not so very nice. But all Murphy wants to do is to go home. Will that ever happen? Wit...

ISBN: 9781786103208

Type: Paperback

$8.44

25

The Kiss of the Concubine: a story of Anne Boleyn

By Judith Arnopp

28th January 1547. It is almost midnight and the cream of English nobility hold their breath as King Henry VIII prepares to face his God. As the royal physicians wring their hands and Archbishop Cranmer gallops through the frigid night, two dispossessed princesses pray for their father’s soul and a boy, soon to be king, snivels into his velvet slee...

ISBN: 9781784071615

Type: Paperback

$12.95

26

How Glasses Caught A Killer

By David Baker

How DID glasses catch a killer? What have spectacle lenses got to do with eugenics? Why would you let someone put animal dung in your eye? Whether through solving murders, advancing technology, improving sports performance or pondering deep philosophical mysteries, the science of optics and vision has touched almost every aspect of our lives. 'How ...

ISBN: 9781786103246

Type: Paperback

$12.65

27

Open to All - how youth hostels changed the world

By Duncan M Simpson

Youth hostels changed the world. Beginning in 1929 with no money, no leader and only a simple idea, today they cover the globe. They boast bars, restaurants, and en suites. You can find them in cities, in towns, in the wilderness, in castles, mansions, mills, and converted hotels. Open to all is the story of youth hostels in England and Wales and t...

ISBN: 9781786972330

Type: Paperback

$15.34

28

Hedgehogs From Outer Space

By Elizabeth Morley

‘Hedgehogs from Outer Space’ is Snipper’s second adventure. An exciting and witty story for 7-11 year olds, it is packed with 95 charming black and white illustrations. As the story opens, Snipper is looking forward to watching the launch of the space shuttle. Riding inside will be his friends - astronauts who are to spend the next six months orbit...

ISBN: 9781786103222

Type: Paperback

$11.95

29

My Hidden Mother

By Catherine Edmunds

As a Jewish child born in Slovakia in 1930, my mother would never have a history that could be remembered in any sort of comfort. By the time she reached her teens, concealment had become essential for survival. Teasing out the details all these years later has challenged us both. This biography covers a period of twenty-five years, starting with m...

ISBN: 9781786101747

Type: Paperback

$12.65

30

The Fox and the Scorpion meet Cold Turkey

By Carl J. Ashley

It’s “Nothing Personal”, right?Following on from Carl’s Corner (his online poetry page) “The Fox and the Scorpion meet Cold Turkey” is the debut book by Manchester-born writer Carl J Ashley.It is likely to be met with a mixed reception and focuses on several themes. Not least his passion for sport - particularly football, and the rollercoaster ride...

ISBN: 9781786107053

Type: Paperback

$14.45