 | Metaphysique DES Tubes by Amelie Nothomb
Buy used from: £1.50 unfortunately only a read if you speak french- but it's laugh out loud funny, thought-provoking, haunting and beautifully written :)
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 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Oxford World's Classics) by Anne Brontë
Buy new: £5.39 / Used from: £0.01 irresistable, charming but serious, funny and meaningful (when gilbert hits someone over the head with a stick, i just about died laughing) but it's also about a woman's emancipation! right on!
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 | The Catcher in the Rye by J. Salinger
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £2.98 fantastically about nothing - i adore holden caulfield- i've never read a book that made me feel this way- really like i was inhabiting a different planet than i had before i'd read it
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 | Self by Yann Martel
Buy used from: £3.99 hilarious and horrifying- hard to let go when it was over- life of pi by same author is also excellent in a different way
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 | Atonement by Ian McEwan
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01 possibly the hottest sex scene ever written-in a subtle non-trashy way trust me- also frusterating, in a philospohical sense, where do you decide where the story starts, which action starts it all?
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 | Harriet, the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Buy used from: £0.18 i haven't given up my childhood dream of being harriet- she is such a real rich character- this book had the same effect on me when i was 13 that the catcher in the rye did later
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 | Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Popular Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £2.16 / Used from: £0.01 utterly witty and funny, very dramatic- darcy and elizabeth are like real people to me- everything austen is fabulous but try emma after this one
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 | In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
Buy used from: £0.14 ondaatje is the definition of a poet (and he's canadian, natch) every sentence oozes with poetic beauty, almost too rich - the cinnamon peeler is a fantastic collection of his fabulous love poetry
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 | Anne of Green Gables by L. Montgomery
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £0.01 (actually the first three in the series are great- make sure you read anne of the island if you love romance) anne shirley is so real to me that it's scary - she is such a lovable character
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 | A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Buy used from: £0.87 sad and hopeful at the same time- so utterly painful though at times it hurts- makes you ask 'is this all there is?'
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 | Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 i wish i spoke spanish so i could read this in the original - it must be even more rich and sensuous than in english- that said, is a perfect mix of fantasy, food and sex...mmmm
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 | White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Buy new: £6.71 / Used from: £0.01 don't be put off by the fact that this was on oprah's book club- astrid is an endlessly fascinating character- i love the line where the author writes the blinds sliced the sunlight like cheese
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 | Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Buy new: £3.92 / Used from: £0.01 i love this book and i'm not even sure why...i always have...'we must, we must, we must increase our bust' it just kills me..judy blume gets girls in a way i've never seen elsewhere
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 | Copenhagen (Methuen Drama (Series).) (Modern Classics) by Michael Frayn
Buy new: £6.66 / Used from: £0.24 nothing happens in this play yet it is totally riveting...makes physics ingrossing for an english student
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 | The Importance of Being Earnest (Penguin Popular Classics) by Oscar Wilde
Buy new: £2.16 / Used from: £0.01 this play is the ultimate in english wit 'i can't eat muffins in an agitated manner, i would get butter on my cuffs' it is just hilarious and at the same time touches serious victorian issues
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 | Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
Buy used from: £1.51 hilarious and immensely clever, mixes first nations mythology and western culture - funny and serious- see if you can catch the reccuring patterns in the ever-changing creation myth..almost too smart
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 | Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince: Children's Edition (Harry Potter 6) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £0.01 i realize you don't need to reccommend hp but -rowling's done a great job of having harry 'grow up' although the ron and hermione romance is as worse as ever (or good, if you like to be tantalized!)
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