 | The Conjuror's Bird by Martin Davies
Buy used from: £0.01 A light but enjoyable mystery adventure about a bird and a mistress. Satisfying despite being light as air.
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 | Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
Buy new: £3.96 / Used from: £0.01 Chose following the wonderful My Sister's Keeper. Not quite as heartrending, but enjoyable if you liked her others.
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 | The Children of England: Heirs of King Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Buy new: £6.74 / Used from: £4.00 Bit of comfort-reading - I love Weir's books and have read this many times. Enjoyed it once again.
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 | This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.27 Just wonderful. Took ages to read and was utterly compelling - adventure on the high seas and intellectual debate combined with sympathetically drawn characters.
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 | The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.43 The first in a Sicilian detective series - I went on to read three more, enough said (the rest are on my list too!)
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 | The Terracotta Dog by Andrea Camilleri
Buy new: £4.54 / Used from: £0.69 |
 | Voice of the Violin (Montalbano 4) by Andrea Camilleri
Buy new: £5.19 / Used from: £1.00 |
 | The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri
Buy new: £5.19 / Used from: £0.55 |
 | Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Buy new: £1.65 / Used from: £0.01 Fiction/fact overlap and a truly intriguing story of two men.
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 | History of the World in 10 Chapters (Picador Books) by Julian Barnes
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 Chose following reading Arthur and George. A little disappointed - didn't even finish one of the short stories. Bit of a mixed bag, I felt.
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 | March: A Love Story in a Time of War by Geraldine Brooks
Buy new: £2.84 / Used from: £0.01 Good reviews are justified in this case - I really enjoyed, and it doesn't detract from Little Women either.
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 | Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Chose following reading March. Felt the ending was a little daft but an enjoyable read before then - portraying the village that quarantined itself during the Plague.
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 | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Buy new: £6.74 / Used from: £0.01 Superb, witty, mystical, mannered, and very satisfying book of magic and of manners.
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 | London 1945 by Maureen Waller
Buy used from: £1.96 Eye opening facts, well-written.
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 | Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 (Virago Classic Non-fiction) by Vera Brittain
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £2.63 This autobiography really did change my life - fascinating and immediate. I can't describe it well enough - should be read by everyone!
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 | Strange Meeting by Susan Hill
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.68 Sad tale of trench warfare and friendships.
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 | The Final Solution by Michael Chabon
Buy new: £2.84 / Used from: £1.49 Short but beautifully crafted story of an old detective, a young Jew and a parrot.
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 | Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.92 More intelligent than Brown, still light and pacy. A fun read.
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 | Sentimental Murder: Love and Madness in the Eighteenth Century by John Brewer
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.85 A long essay-style book about women and the media in this era.
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