 | Crime and Punishment: A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue (Vintage Classics) by F.M. Dostoevsky
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.28 Much better than I expected, this is the best translation of C&P according to many. Very readable overall, a book to immerse oneself in.
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 | White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Rollicking good read with an unexpected and slightly disappointing ending.
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 | The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £1.18 Brilliant, keeps you hooked, as good as the films(the first two anyway!)
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 | Layla and Majnun by Ami Niz
Buy used from: £6.86 Awe-inspiring and moving classical tale, an 800 year old true classic. Should be read by all.
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 | Metamorphosis and others stories by Franz Kafka
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.25 Interesting and thought provoking, a must read.
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 | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: £3.15 / Used from: £1.61 Well written and insightful, one of the best books I've read in years.
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 | In Cold Blood : A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Penguin Modern Classics) by Truman Capote
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.59 Chilling story, quite underrated.
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 | The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Bk. 1 (Dark Tower) by Stephen King
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £1.29 A good introduction to a brilliant series, more people should get stuck into this! Described as a cross between a Spaghetti Western and Lord of The Rings.
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 | Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.01 An interesting read, slightly twisted story though.
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 | Snow by Orhan Pamuk
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Well written polemic book, wanders off in the second half though.
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 | Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Buy new: £3.95 / Used from: £0.75 The best travel type book I've read in years, highly recommended to all - Mackintosh-Smith is entertaining and informative throughout and Ibn Battutah's journey should be known by all.
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