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01 DON'T miss Booker Prize winner Peter Carey's latest novel, Theft: A Love Story. Published in May by Faber, priced pounds 16.99.
02 UNCOVER the story of serial killer Hannibal Lecter's childhood and early years with Thomas Harris's Behind The Mask. Published by Random House, pounds 17.99.
03 JOIN Julia Roberts and the rest of the starry Stitch 'n' Bitch crowd with The Knitter's Bible Book and Craft Kit, published by D&C for pounds 14.99.
04 AWARD-WINNING author Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel, about a group of students in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England, is out in paperback next month. Never Let Me Go will be published by Faber & Faber, pounds 7.99.
05 IN NATURAL Born Fillers, released in May by Cassell Illustrated, Silvana Franco shares her delicious recipes made from fresh organic food, pounds 14.99.
06 KIDS will love Rosalie and Truffle by Katja Reider, the endearing tale of love between a pig and a boar. Published this month by Abrams, pounds 5.95.
07 ALMA ALEXANDER'S romantic novel, The Embers in Heaven, is set against a backdrop of 18th century China. If you liked Memoirs of a Geisha, you'll love this. Out this month by Harper Collins Fiction, pounds 18.99.
08 READ all about the antics of one of Liverpool's best-loved poets, Roger McGough, in his autobiography Said and Done, pounds 17.99 by Century.
09 THE Secret of Crickley Hall is the latest thriller from bestselling author James Herbert. Released in April, pounds 12.99, from Pan Macmillan.
10 FOR women still missing Sex and the City, author Candace Bushnell is finally back on the shelves with Lipstick Jungle. Set in New York, naturally it tells the story of three sexy women and their neuroses and is out now from Abacus, priced pounds 6.99.
11AS THE snowdrops start to flower, it's time to start getting green-fingered again. How To Make Your Garden Grow by Toby and Lisa Buckland is a beginner's guide to help you get started. Released in April by Cassell Illustrated, pounds 12.99.
12 THE latest adventures of Alexander McCall Smith's lady detective Precious Ramotswe and her sidekick Mme Makutsi are told in Blue Shoes and Happiness, pounds 12.99 from Polygon.
13 MANY of the most talented footballers in the world have worn the Number 10 shirt. Richard Williams's The Perfect 10 looks at, you guessed it, 10 of them. Priced pounds 12.99 by Faber from May.
14 AN INVITATION to a party changes Marianne Flowers's life in Mavis Cheek's latest book, Yesterday's Houses. Released this month by Faber, pounds 12.99.
15 FANS of the film Jarhead will like Love My Rifle More Than You, Kayla Williams's memoir of life in the US Army. Priced pounds 14.99, from Weidenfeld & Nicolson Fiction.
16 WHILE a Japanese prisoner of war, Ronald Searle made a collection of drawings which are being published this spring in book form. To The Kwai and Back is priced pounds 25 from Souvenir Press.
17 FRANK McCOURT, author of the bestselling Angela's Ashes, tells of his bumpy years as an English teacher in high schools in New York City in Teacher Man, published by Harper Available from June.
18 WHEN he wasn't offending Liverpool, Boris Johnson was busy penning How the Romans Ran Europe, comparing their reign to the failing EU. Released next month by Harper, pounds 18.99.
19 SECRET Ingredients by Sherrie A Inness analyses how women have used cookbooks over the years to protest against social norms. Could spark a few arguments over the dinner table. Published by Palgrave Macmillan, pounds 20.
20 LOOK as good as Jemima French at the school gates with Liz Frazer's Yummy Mummy's Survival Guide. Released next month by Harper Fiction, pounds 12.99.
21 THE inspiring story of Constance Briscoe, one of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK, is told in her autobiography, Ugly, pounds 12.99 by Hodder.
22 AMBITION and hard work took Hester from a bleak and lonely childhood to the glory of a prima ballerina's career. But she has a secret that could destroy her . . . Hester's Story, by Adele Geras, is published by Orion Fiction, pounds 6.99.
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