 | The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 I love the way her prose becomes more fluid as the book progresses, echoing Quoyle's growing confidence. Probably my favourite book.
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 | Collected Poems, 1951-97 by Charles Causley
Buy used from: £6.16 This guy was great. He died Oct 2003, having lived in the same Cornish town for the majority of his life. Death of a Poet and Eden Rock are quite simply fantastic poems.
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 | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.01 Utter genius. Much more realistic than this world.
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 | East of the Mountains by David Guterson
Buy used from: £0.01 I was given this after doing my A-Levels and was disappointed the first time I read it. From the second read on Ive had to punish myself on a daily basis for being so stupid.
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 | Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Buy new: £4.90 / Used from: £0.01 Another that I've read far too many times. A wonderful style of writing. I met her at a book signing and she promised me her daughter. I'm still waiting.
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 | The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £1.33 I went to uni in Wales so the idea of a separate Welsh state had enormous appeal. Brilliantly conceived and executed idea, all the better for not many people knowing about it.
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 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) Paperback by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £4.67 / Used from: £0.01 Her best so far and should have won the Whitbread. The ending is just wonderful...
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 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3 - Unabridged 10 Audio CD Set) by J.K. Rowling
Buy used from: £29.90 ...and this is how you should hear it. One of my favourite comfort blankets.
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 | The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Not just the best of Aussie fiction, one of the best contemporary books of this decade. A real love story.
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 | Poetry of Robert Frost (Owl Book) by Robert Frost
Buy used from: £37.11 I slumbered with your poems on my breast/Spread open as I dropped them half-read through/Like dove wings on a figure on a tomb/To see if in a dream they brought of you Hits hard if youve ever lost.
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 | So Much for the Afterglow by Everclear
Buy new: £7.78 / Used from: £0.28 A great memory album. I need to hear this at least once a month.
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 | A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.49 I've listen to this time and time again and have never got sick of it. Amsterdam is one of the best tunes to end an album with.
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 | The Colour and the Shape by Foo Fighters
Buy used from: £0.95 I listened to this in 1997 whilst studying for GCSEs. I'll never hear it without thinking of staring out of the window. Their best so far. One of the few cds that must be played from start to finish.
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 | Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £1.93 Who hasn't screamed along to the chorus of Killing in the name of?
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 | Rides by Reef
Buy used from: £0.61 I've seen these guys 4 times and love their music. This is my favourite album of theirs.
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 | We Love Life by Pulp
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.69 Superb. Last track is a welcome surprise: turn it up very loud.
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 | Old Low Light by Kathryn Williams
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £1.16 When the world turns its back on you play this. You'll feel worse, but deliciously so.
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 | Sixteen Stone by Bush
Buy used from: £4.75 An album from college and still a favourite when things need to be loud.
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 | Gold by Ryan Adams
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £1.88 As near to country as I'll ever get and a stunning album.
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 | How to Make Friends and Influence People by Terrorvision
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.42 Go on, you know you want to!
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 | Original Pirate Material by The Streets
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £0.40 Hated it when I heard it on the radio, loved it after a few listens, bought it after a few more.
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 | Electro-Shock Blues by Eels
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £1.42 An album you have to listen to from beginning to end. A torid emotional album that I've listened to countless times and yet still leave feeling uplifted after P.S. You Rock My World.
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 | Echoes (The Best of Pink Floyd) by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £2.49 A house favourite at Laura St. David Gilmore needs to be Knighted.
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 | Lost Souls by Doves
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £1.36 There's nothing wrong with this album. Man Who Told Everything is brilliant.
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 | Sleeping with Ghosts by Placebo
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £1.44 Probably their most rounded album so far and great to drive to.
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