 | A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Buy used from: £1.17 Unforgettable. I read this at random, fell in love with it and have never read anything comparable since.
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 | The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £12.00 / Used from: £11.99 An absolute classic, and perhaps a cliched choice, but a must-read all the same.
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 | Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Less well known than Chocolat, but a much more gripping and addictive story. The twists and turns of the story are a genuine surprise.
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 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
Buy new: £4.05 / Used from: £0.01 Not the easiest book to get into, but this is both funny and heart-breaking. The dry wit of the characters make the effects of love, life and war come to life
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 | The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Buy new: £3.86 / Used from: £0.01 Unlike anything I've read. Haunting.
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 | No Highway by Nevil Shute
Another Shute novel. Less famous than On the Beach and several of his other books, but the characters are typical of his sense of honour and old-fashioned deeds of everday heroism.
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 | The Magicians' Guild: Black Magician Trilogy, Book 1 by Trudi Canavan
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Young adult fiction that is just as enjoyable for adults. I love all Trudi Canavan's books, but this (which is the first of a trilogy) is still my favourite.
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 | Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
Buy used from: £2.47 An unashamedly romantic choice, but truly a great book. I am really fond of Kearsley's writing style, and the blend of history and romance in this book is perfect.
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 | Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £0.01 One of the few 'classic' novels that really is still relevant and amusing at the same time. Lizzy has all the wit, sarcasm and personality of a modern heroine.
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 | The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £1.48 Underappreciated. This is a book so few people seem to have heard of, yet in my opinion it is probably the best children's story ever written. Moving, memorable and full of hope.
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