 | The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
Buy used from: £6.27 A brilliant Sci-Fi masterpiece! Man's first contact with an intelligent alien species. A space-opera galactic empire, truely 'alien' aliens and thumping good plot!
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 | The Lord of the Rings - illustrated hardback by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy used from: £48.99 Deservedly the winner of the Big Read. Tolkein is still the master. I love the illustrations in this edition which inspired many scenes in the films.
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 | Red Mars (Mars trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 The first of the 'Mars Trilogy'. A wonderful novel of the near future and mankind's first colony on a new world.
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 | Green Mars (Mars trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £0.01 The 'Mars Trilogy' continues brilliantly in this second novel as Mars seeks independence from an increasingly hellish earth.
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 | Guards! Guards! (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.63 Terry Pratchett is one of my favourite authors and I could fill a list with his works. This is one of his greatest Diskworld novels.
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 | Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 An entertaining and imaginative intoduction to 3 000 years of philosophy. The different philosophers and their philosophies are superbly explained.
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 | Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 An excellent historical novel following five Salisbury families through 10 000 years of British history. A great read.
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 | Good Omens (Discworld) by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 A wonderfully funny, non-Diskworld book from Messrs Pratchett and Gaiman. Witches, angels, demons, the Four Motorcyclists of the Apocalypse, the end of the world and The Them...
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 | Shogun: A Novel of Japan by James Clavell
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £1.84 Another historical novel, this is a great read as an Elizabethan English sailor arrives in a superbly depicted feudal Japan.
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 | The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts by Douglas Adams
Buy new: £13.29 / Used from: £1.99 'Hitch Hikers' is a must read, Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster of a book. It's a pity the 5th book is weak compared to the other four, which are brilliant.
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 | Longitude by Dava Sobel
Buy used from: £0.01 An amazing story superbly told.
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 | Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Buy used from: £0.01 A C Clarke is another master. This is possibly his best book - better paced and less mystical than 2001:A Space Odyssey.
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 | Northern Lights: WITH Subtle Knife AND Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £8.99 The imagination, scope and themes of these books make them a 'must read' for both adults and children.
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 | Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £3.62 An incredible and challenging book that should be compusory reading for every politician, manager, economist, scientist, consumer - in fact, everybody interested in life, peace and happiness on earth!
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 | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Buy used from: £0.01 A unique and wonderful book. Though none too portable in hardback it is well worth the effort.
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