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The best all-time unputdownables
The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary classics)The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary classics) by Margaret Atwood
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A stay-up-til-three-in-the-morning-reading job.
Restoration London: Everyday Life In The 1660sRestoration London: Everyday Life In The 1660s by Liza Picard
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Plenty of rich pickings about what those Restoration guys used to get up to!
White OleanderWhite Oleander by Janet Fitch
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A recent discovery: full of raw, brutal, real-life emotion
Enduring LoveEnduring Love by Ian McEwan
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Oh my God. Unbelievably good.
A Recipe for BeesA Recipe for Bees by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
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Crazy goings on with turtles on an American farm. Kooky but very sad
Cat's EyeCat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
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This is my all-time favourite. Nothing else touches this.
A Spell of WinterA Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore
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Riddled with intrigue and incest and crazy fathers. Fabulous, and an Orange prize winner
BirdsongBirdsong by Sebastian Faulks
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Heart rending. I must have read this at least five times.
Sucking Sherbet LemonsSucking Sherbet Lemons by Michael Carson
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Gay teen tries to suppress his sexuality by becoming a monk. Fabulously funny and warm.
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books)The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books) by Tom Wolfe
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Evil capitalists get their comeuppance. An absolutely absorbing web of intrigue - in a good way!
Memoirs of a GeishaMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
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Everyone's read it - there's a reason why!
The Keepers Of TruthThe Keepers Of Truth by Michael Collins
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A risk when I bought it-but a great surprise. Full of insight and dark humour.
The Grapes of WrathThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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Amazing. You won't stop reading this day or night!
Fortune's RocksFortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve
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What a twist in the middle of this book!
The Poisonwood BibleThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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Excellent, excellent, excellent. Demonstrates the mistakes of forcing one's beliefs onto others.
East of Eden (Steinbeck "Essentials")East of Eden (Steinbeck "Essentials") by John Steinbeck
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £4.50
Truly amazing-and nice and fat so it lasts ages!