 | To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Buy used from: £18.32 So well written it's breath taking, shows values to live by, through a childs eye.
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 | Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Bronte
Buy new: £2.35 / Used from: £2.44 The description, the use of words, make this a living classic, the story is wonderful too.
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 | Life Of Pi by Yann Martel
Buy new: £5.19 / Used from: £0.01 A different sort of story, but wonderful all the same. How would you deal with horror?
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 | Good Omens by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £1.25 You don't have to believe in God or the Devil to think this is the funniest book ever written.
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 | The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.22 While the last part of this book lets it down, the rest is so good it deserves to be on this list.
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 | The Stand (The Complete and Uncut Edition) by Stephen King
Buy used from: £0.01 All Kings books are good, this was brilliant, the choice between good and evil.
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 | The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.23 Reminded me a little of Muntiny on the Bounty in space, but still a gripping and enjoyable read.
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 | Until I Find You by John Irving
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 As in all Irvings book, the characters are a little odd, very lovable and all the more real for it, a real page turner.
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 | The Wish List by Eoin Colfer
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 This is almost a text book in how to write a brillient story, exciting fast paced, moral and very entertaining.
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 | I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01 Delightful, sweet, witty book, with memerable charaters, even the castle is a great character.
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 | Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori) by Lian Hearn
Buy new: £4.19 / Used from: £0.74 Clever and facinating book, with strong charaters and a wonderful view into a different world.
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 | My Lead Dog Was a Lesbian: Mushing Across Alaska in the Iditarod--The World's Most Grueling Race (Vintage Departures) by Brian Patrick O'Donoghue
Buy new: £3.18 / Used from: £1.31 A true story full of adventure, humour and courage.
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 | Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
Buy new: £4.80 / Used from: £0.17 OK - it's a young childs book, but it is sweet, funny and engrossing and the illustrations are lovely.
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 | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Buy new: £3.58 / Used from: £1.25 You either love it or hate it, but you can't deny it's powerful!
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 | The Magicians' Guild (Black Magician Trilogy) by Trudi Canavan
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 First in the series and they should all be read, excellent story, great character development and totally believable. I don't get the bad reviews.
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 | Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Everything just slips into place, every thread is followed and explored, the characters are who they are because of these threads, brilliant book.
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 | Aristotle by Dick King-Smith
Buy new: £0.01 / Used from: £0.01 Again another childrens book, lovingly illustrated that put a positive spin on witches for a change!
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 | Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Only "romantic" mushy novel I've read more than once, a gem of a book.
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 | The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 So well written you feel like you are there, don't read it at night if your alone in the house!
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 | Plain Truth by Picoult Jodi
Buy used from: £1.18 A facinating insight into the Armish comminity.
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