 | Northern Lights: Adult Edition (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman
Buy new: £2.96 / Used from: £0.01 Wonderful, powerful. All the magic of Oxford encapsulated in one book. The first in 'His Dark Materials' Trilogy.
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 | The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Buy used from: £0.32 Beautifully tragic and true. Made me cry.
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 | Buddha Da by Anne Donovan
Buy new: £1.50 / Used from: £0.01 This is about an ordinary man who discovers Buddhism. Read it with a Glaswegian accent. Serene and humble, uplifting and hopeful.
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 | Far from the Madding Crowd (Penguin Popular Classics) by Thomas Hardy
Buy new: £0.01 / Used from: £0.01 Enjoyed this the most out of the Hardy novels I've read so far. Earthy, dramatic, unputdownable.
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 | Jude the Obscure (Oxford world's classics) by Thomas Hardy
Buy new: £1.95 / Used from: £0.01 A really bleak masterpiece. The most brilliant of the Hardy books I've read.
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 | Under the Greenwood Tree (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hardy
Buy new: £2.23 / Used from: £0.10 Rural and charming and not as brilliant as 'Jude' but beautifully written all the same.
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 | Cider with Rosie (Vintage classics) by Laurie Lee
Buy new: £2.87 / Used from: £0.74 Aaah, I love this book! Like a dream. Beautifully descriptive. It's exactly what true Cotswold countryside is really like.
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 | Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Buy new: £3.59 / Used from: £1.58 This is unlike anything I've ever come across. A unique writing style: punchy, blunt, hilarious, unforgiving. You can really get your teeth into this one. I learnt a lot.
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 | The Return of the Native (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy
Buy new: £2.19 / Used from: £1.19 Well, it's Hardy. Great book. Bit of tragedy in this one.
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 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Buy new: £3.07 / Used from: £0.01 Skilfully written, often harrowing but there's joy in there too. The best book I've read all year.
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 | The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £0.01 Second in 'His Dark Materials' Trilogy. Even better than the first.
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 | The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials) (His Dark Materials 10th Anniversary Editions) by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £25.00 The final, most brilliant part of 'His Dark Materials'. This one is spellbinding and heartbreaking. Dazzling.
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 | Red Dust by Ma Jian
Buy new: £6.39 / Used from: £0.40 So raw and unpolished, this. The only book on China I feel really captures the place and its people.
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 | Skellig (Signature) by David Almond
Buy new: £0.35 / Used from: £0.01 I'm so glad I read this. It's beautiful and tender and unearthly. Not just any kids' book.
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