 | Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £0.01 What an absolute gem this book is! It made me laugh (lots), cry and unable to put the damn thing down! Fantastic!
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 | We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Buy used from: £0.01 A fantastic story about a not so fantastic subject. I found this book utterly absorbing and has a great twist. Another page turner.
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 | The Magus (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £3.40 My all time favourite book! A meaty great doorstopper of a book and not a page wasted. The twists had me tearing my hair out, but it was so worth it. The best page turner ever!
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 | The Collector (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £2.21 The first Fowles I read and I couldn't tear myslef away from it.
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 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 I read this several years ago and I still think about it lots. A masterpeice in my opinion and totally un-put-downable.
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 | The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £0.01 I loved this book so much I read it through the night to finnish it. Amazing.
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 | Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 I was gutted when I finnished this. I still think about the characters even now (read it quite a few years ago).
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 | Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 A one sitting read, and a truly amazing one at that. A classic, and for a good reason.
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 | The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 If you've only seen the dodgy TV adaptations, do yourself a favour and read the book. It's fantatsic.
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 | The Divide by Nicholas Evans
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 A great story, and I actually felt I knew the characters. Hard to put down.
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 | Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.32 One of the most beautiful books I have ever read. A real page turner for this lovely book.
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 | River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler
Buy new: £7.40 / Used from: £0.88 An American student goes to teach English in a remote town in China. A real treat, and I was sad to finnish this one.
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 | The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary classics) by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01 A great idea for a story and brilliantly told. Gripping stuff.
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 | The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 Atmospheric, romantic and haunting. Great for curling up and devouring in one sitting.
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 | The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy new: £3.82 / Used from: £0.85 Another great idea for a story. The short chapters make you want to keep reading.
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 | My Sister's Keeper: A Novel (Picoult, Jodi) by Jodi Picoult
Buy used from: £3.60 I loved this book, and the twist at the end was so unexpected. I have read a few more of Picoults since and none of them reach this standard. A fantastic page turner!
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 | A Tourist in the Yucatan by James McNay Brumfield
Buy new: £6.65 / Used from: £0.46 This is a real gripping adventure story. I couldn't put it down for wanting to find out what happend next. Great reading.
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 | The Job by Douglas Kennedy
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £0.01 This book races along at breakneck speed, and I considered phoning in sick on more than one occasion to finnish it (I didn't - I'm a good girl!)
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 | The Big Picture by Douglas Kennedy
Buy new: £5.31 / Used from: £0.35 Another one of Kennedy's page turners. Infact, check them all out, they're all great.
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 | Starter for Ten by David Nicholls
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 This is one of the funniest books I have ever read (well the eighties was my era). Read until your sides ache.
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 | Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £0.01 Delicious! A real page turning treat. Curl up with a large box of chocolates and enjoy.
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 | The Torment of Others by Val McDermid
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01 All McDermid's books are gripping and very difficult to put down. This was the first one I read, but treat yourself to them all.
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 | Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Buy used from: £2.42 A beautifully written, very unusual love story. I LOVED this book.
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 | The Girl in Times Square by Paullina Simons
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 Impossible to put down. Fantastic page turner.
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