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My Favourite Books (as read in 2006)
This is AllThis is All by Aidan Chambers
Buy used from: £0.01
A F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C book. Possibly the best I've read this year.
The History of LoveThe History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01
A beautifully written story, the sort that I wish I myself had the talent to write.
The Poems of Robert Browning (Wordsworth Poetry Library)The Poems of Robert Browning (Wordsworth Poetry Library) by Robert Browning
Buy new: £3.76 / Used from: £0.01
Browning's poems are simply phenomenal.
The Lost Art of Keeping SecretsThe Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
A beautifully charming novel, with characters who jump out at you and a quirky plot and style.
Romeo and Juliet (Penguin Popular Classics)Romeo and Juliet (Penguin Popular Classics) by William Shakespeare
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01
If ever I'm feeling low, I turn to this. If music be the food of love, then Shakespeare is the king of verse.
Martyn PigMartyn Pig by Kevin Brooks
Buy new: £4.23 / Used from: £0.57
Gritty and gripping, and completely addictive.
Jane Eyre (Penguin Popular Classics)Jane Eyre (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
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A fantastic classic. I enjoyed it far more then I thought I would.
The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Sonnets and Poems (Oxford World's Classics)The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Sonnets and Poems (Oxford World's Classics) by William Shakespeare
Buy used from: £1.69
Everytime I read Shakespeare, I am blown away to a part of my soul that only exists at times like these.
Clouds Among the StarsClouds Among the Stars by Victoria Clayton
Buy used from: £3.74
Fantastic, really, completely rivetting. And delicious characters.
Kids in the Riot: High and Low with the "Libertines"Kids in the Riot: High and Low with the "Libertines" by Peter Welsh
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Chronocling the highs and lows of a massively talented band.
James Dean: Features Photographs from the Dean Family's Private CollectionJames Dean: Features Photographs from the Dean Family's Private Collection by George Perry
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A Hollywood great, as surmised within these pages.
The Moonstone (Penguin Popular Classics)The Moonstone (Penguin Popular Classics) by Wilkie Collins
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Thrilling stuff.