Find the hidden books competition

Oh, dear--- have managed to find 18/20--- can't think of the one with the wee fires-- and I can't find clue number 20 !

Finally finished naming all the book titles. Several caused great frustration. ? I think this year’s titles are a little more straightforward than in previous years.

Hint for the diving girl; think of a Paula Hawkins book title.
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Besotted Gran.....think of another word for ‘wee’ and the book is a recent bestseller.

Thank you, Nanos!!

Completely stuck on 15.11.18???

Nannyda That is The Day the clues were published.

Any better clues for the evolution one?

Elegran, non fiction book. What we evolved into.

I've got 10 and now I'm giving up because sheer frustration is pushing up my blood pressure!

Thank you, Cascats That was the direction I was following but you confirmed that I was on the right track. It still took a lot of puzzling out and searching likely titles. Now I have all 20, but I don't imagine I will win!

Elegran - Thank you so much (It's obvious NOW) I also have all 20

It is always obvious once you get it!

Well thats my entry in as well, lol, certainly gets the brain working!

A good way to waste time, too!

I’m stuck on 18, the H pain inevitable and the raccoon with the books are the ones I’m struggling with. Any other clues would be welcomed.

Try saying the pain notice another way.

I am not sure that is a racoon. It could be a lemur in a mask! (Why?)

It doesn't matter what animal it is, its what he's doing that is the clue.

Thanks ladies, now got the raccoon one - although I’d tried that title before and it had rejected it, must have been my dyslexic typing lol. Only one more to find! I’ll keep thinking.

People like the author say to you more often that pain is NOT inevitable (they put it differently) - but it isn't always true!

Yay I got it! Again I had tried entering that title but had added the extra bit after the colon so it rejected it on my first attempt.

It is very fussy about exactly what it accepts!

Winners and answers announced today. I missed out on one (no. 19) It was great fun though. Thanks, Elegran, for posting!

1. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
3. This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
4. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
5. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
6. A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
8. Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor
9. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
10. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
11. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
12. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
13. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
14. La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust) by Philip Pullman
15. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
16. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
17. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
18. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
19. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
20. Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Read more at caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/hidden-books-game-2018-answers-and-winners#e5I0ui9BaG62S6yy.99

Thanks, Elegran, for posting this. I actually stopped trying after I’d only got 11 (and Christmas preparations had to be done). But I’ve just had an email to say that I’ve won one of the randomly drawn £10 book vouchers!