Room top pick in spring TV Book Club

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Mon, 04/04/2011 - 08:51 Emma Donoghue's Room (Picador) has added another accolade to its Man Booker shortlisting and Orange-longlisting after receiving the vote of "TV Book Club" viewers as their favourite spring read of the 10 titles. The second most popular title was Daisy Goodwin¹s My Last Duchess (Headline Review), and in third was Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna (Phoenix). The public voted for the titles via the Channel 4 website between 16th January and 28th March. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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