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 Tuesday, 1 January 2019.

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

NOT EVERYONE IS A STAR!

By David Dunn-Wilson

THE FOREWORDThis is the third of Prof David Dunn-Wilson’s annual Lenten books published in recent years through FeedARead. Following on from looking ‘Over My Shoulder’ during his journey through Proverbs (2016) we shared in ‘Wandering & Wondering’ (2017) with David as we joined him in travelling through some of the ‘B’ Roads of the Bible.For 2018 w...

ISBN: 9781788761734

Type: Paperback

$10.25

3

The Wave at Hanging Rock

By Gregg Dunnett

Jesse and his friends are the only kids who surf in a small beach town. But as they grow, so does the popularity of their sport, and they soon become anxious to protect their waves. And when the boys discover a perfect surfing wave hidden inside a private estate, they agree to do anything to keep their secret safe. Natalie’s life is torn apart when...

ISBN: 9781786974235

Type: Paperback

$13.05

4

"ASK ME ANOTHER ?"

By DAVID DUNN-WILSON

AN INVITATIONI’m told that that there are exactly 5467 Promises in the Bible, but some say there are as many as 8,000! Whoever is right, one thing is certain-the Bible is a Book full of Promises. I was thinking about this when I stumbled on Sir Francis Bacon’s claim that, “Who questions much shall learn much and retain much”, and that made me think...

ISBN: 9781788766142

Type: Paperback

$11.95

5

Flashman and the Golden Sword

By Robert Brightwell

Of all the enemies that our hero has shrunk away from, there was one he feared above them all. By his own admission they gave him nightmares into his dotage. It was not the French, the Spanish, the Americans or the Mexicans. It was not even the more exotic adversaries such as the Iroquois, Mahratta or Zulus. While they could all make his guts churn...

ISBN: 9781788765077

Type: Paperback

$12.95

6

Flashman and the Emperor

By Robert Brightwell

This seventh instalment in the memoirs of the Georgian rogue Thomas Flashman reveals that, despite his suffering through the Napoleonic Wars, he did not get to enjoy a quiet retirement. Indeed, middle age finds him acting just as disgracefully as in his youth, as old friends pull him unwittingly back into the fray.He re-joins his former comrade in ...

ISBN: 9781788760164

Type: Paperback

$12.95

7

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

8

ODD MAN OUT - A Motiveless Murder?

By Denise Beddows

In 1948 the Lancashire mill town of Rawtenstall was rocked by its first ever murder. An elderly woman, described by her own family as ‘abnormal’, was found brutally beaten to death. Just three days later, a suspect – also deemed ‘abnormal’ – was arrested.This is the true and tragic story of transgendered bus conductress Margaret ‘Bill’ Allen, who b...

ISBN: 9781786979735

Type: Paperback

$10.60

9

The Little Voice

By Joss Sheldon

“Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?”Dear reader,My character has been shaped by two opposing forces; the pressure to conform to social norms, and the pressure to be true to myself. To be honest with you, these forces have really torn me apart. They’ve pulled me one way and then the other. At times, they’ve le...

ISBN: 9781786975096

Type: Hardback + Dust Jacket

$19.97

10

Looking Down, Looking In

By Tony Emerson

This family saga was inspired by a 1935 photo of two brothers and their young wives, their older sister and mother. The reader embarks on a journey based on the collection and recollection of family tales liberally embellished with pure fiction, travelling from Connemara in the far west of Ireland through to Kent in the south-east of England, over ...

ISBN: 9781788762212

Type: Paperback

$12.65

11

The Drama Pot

By Joanne Watkinson

A book packed with monologues, script extracts and activities for children of all ages. The Drama Pot has been written by a drama teacher with over twenty years experience which includes heading up a performing arts faculty in a secondary school, GCSE and A-Level examining and most currently residing as the principal of a successful theatre school....

ISBN: 9781788762595

Type: Paperback

$11.23

12

Flashman's Waterloo

By Robert Brightwell

This sixth packet of memoirs from the notorious Georgian rogue Thomas Flashman covers the extraordinary events that culminated in a battle just south of Brussels, near a place called Waterloo. The first six months of 1815 were a pivotal time in European history. As a result, countless books have been written by men who were there and by those who s...

ISBN: 9781786973801

Type: Paperback

$12.95

13

Burnham Boy

By Peter Lumley

Something of a wanderer Burnham Boy Peter Lumley has often taken a path not always plainly there. This warts-and-all tale is about people and places around Britain and beyond, with reflections from a lucky octogenarian who has been heard to say "it's not what you've got that matters, but just what you do with it that counts." The story begins in a ...

ISBN: 9781788764230

Type: Paperback

$19.90

14

The Earth and Us

By Henry Haslam

How is it that our supposedly intelligent species manages to do such damage to the precious and fragile planet that we inhabit? We ought to be able to work out what is best for us. We ought to be able to think of the future. But we don't. This perverse behaviour reflects our failure to understand the human personality. We have been powerfully influ...

ISBN: 9781788763875

Type: Paperback

$12.65

15

At a Stroke 1

By Anne Thomas

Born in Northampton in 1816, John Durdin aspired to wealth through hard work and astute investment. Drawn to London, with his wife Jane, he mixed with other men of vision: men of letters, artists and scientists. His dream appeared to be coming true – even if it had to be nudged a little from time to time. But his seared conscience was to bring its ...

ISBN: 9781788765336

Type: Paperback

$12.95

16

At a Stroke 2

By Anne Thomas

Storm clouds gather as John Durdin, deeply embroiled in a huge financial fraud and struggling to avoid discovery, works frantically to cover his tracks. In an atmosphere of secrecy and tension, his wife Jane, and friend William Cave Thomas, await his inevitable fall. When it comes, all are taken by surprise. Mid-Victorian England is an unforgiving ...

ISBN: 9781788765374

Type: Paperback

$12.95

17

Two Kinds Of Truth

By Lynette E. Creswell

'If you can’t trust the man you love, then who can you trust?’How far would your husband go to give you the baby you so desperately desire? The child he can never father himself because he’s infertile? Maddie McKinley’s about to find out.After several failed IVF attempts, Maddie hopes to rekindle the passion of their honeymoon by having a mini-brea...

ISBN: 9781788762854

Type: Paperback

$12.65

18

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

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

To Be A Queen

By Annie Whitehead

This is the true story of Aethelflaed, the 'Lady of the Mercians', daughter of Alfred the Great. She was the only female leader of an Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is the tale of one family, two kingdoms and a common enemy.Born into the royal house of Wessex at the height of the Viking wars, she is sent to her aunt in Mercia as a foster-child, only to re...

ISBN: 9781784071653

Type: Paperback

$14.45

21

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 dignit...

ISBN: 9781786108203

Type: Paperback

$11.95

22

Reflections from a Third Age

By Members of Flintshire and Ruthin U3A's

Retirement is just a state of mind. We’ve retired from work but not from life. Far from it; we’ve led interesting lives to reflect on. Now we have time to explore and enjoy a whole new world and do the things we missed earlier. For us that includes words and creative writing. We hope you’ll enjoy reading it by dipping in and out at leisure. The spa...

ISBN: 9781788765138

Type: Paperback

$11.95

23

ORTHODOXY AND THE KINGDOM OF SATAN

By Father Spyridon Bailey

Father Spyridon presents a challenge and a warning to all Christians about the growth of the kingdom of Satan. He points first to the signs of this growing kingdom before explaining how we are each attacked and manipulated by evil powers that have corrupted our world. The looming threat of a one world government is presented by this Orthodox priest...

ISBN: 9781786979513

Type: Paperback

$11.36

24

The Ancient Path

By Father Spyridon Bailey

The Ancient Path is a call for twentieth century man to rediscover authentic Christianity. Fr. Spyridon highlights the gulf that exists between modern thinking and the belief and practices of the Early Church. It is a call to abandon the illusions of modern philosophy to return to the one path that leads to Christ. Rich with quotations from the Chu...

ISBN: 9781784079987

Type: Paperback

$11.95

25

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

26

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

27

Bright Lights and Bacon Rolls

By Malcolm D.Y. Treen

Malcolm D.Y. Treen worked in the television industry for thirty years. He joined the sound department at LWT (London Weekend Television)in 1968 and eventually became a location manager. In this new autobiography, Malcolm take an engaging look back at his career. In doing so, he reveals what it was like to work during television's golden age.

ISBN: 9781788761888

Type: Paperback

$13.35

28

As Fathers Go

By Anandavalli Nair

It is the time of the second World War; there is severe food rationing and fuel is scarce. Raghavan is a small-town lawyer with big-time views on the empowerment of women, in particular his daughter, Anandam. He brings his daughter up on his own after his child-bride dies, when his daughter is just two years old. Later, he makes sure that she is ed...

ISBN: 9781788765220

Type: Paperback

$12.95

29

The Famous and Infamous of The Chalfonts and District

By D J Kelly

The seven beautiful villages of the Chalfonts, Denham, Fulmer, Gerrards Cross and Hedgerley have long attracted people to settle. A surprising number of people who have lived here have been worthy or famous. A few, however, including a gaoled fascist, an atomic spy, a leading Nazi and a multiple murderer, have been downright infamous. DJ Kelly's la...

ISBN: 9781786976550

Type: Paperback

$15.36

30

April Fool

By Joy Wood

Police Officer April Masters has one final job to do. And if she can pull it off, she’ll have the funds needed to send her son abroad for the treatment he so desperately needs to help him walk. Working undercover on a plan developed by the Force and the insurance company, all she has to do is link wealthy gallery owner Dylan Rider to the theft of a...

ISBN: 9781788765725

Type: Paperback

$12.95