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Desert island novels
The God of Small ThingsThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Buy new: £2.85 / Used from: £0.01
So beautifully written that I actually re-read pages because they were so exquisite. Absolute poetry.
After the QuakeAfter the Quake by Haruki Murakami
Buy new: £2.58 / Used from: £2.60
Delightfully strange!
Perfume (Read Red)Perfume (Read Red) by Patrick Suskind
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Astonishing read. So different from everything else I've ever come across ... and aspirational for someone with such a poor sense of smell!
The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F.Scott Fitzgerald
Buy new: £2.94 / Used from: £2.37
It normally takes some arm twisting to get me to read "classics", but I loved this
Bad InfluenceBad Influence by William Sutcliffe
Buy used from: £1.75
Sutcliffe captures the ideals of youth perfectly. Easily read in one sitting ... but leaves you wanting to read it again. Laugh out loud funny, but also gut-wrenchingly tragic
The Time Traveler's WifeThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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A heart-wrenching love story that transcends time. I still miss the characters!
If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable ThingsIf Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor
Buy new: £3.50 / Used from: £0.01
Makes the most mundane elements of daily life seem beautiful
The Book ThiefThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Buy new: £3.86 / Used from: £2.25
I was originally sceptical when I read that the book was narrated by Death, but the charatcters are wonderfully endearing and the story so moving you have to love it