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Favourite Books I Can Recall
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your NameLet the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01
A beautiful and brilliant book; unputdownable.
Way Station (Gollancz Collectors' Editions)Way Station (Gollancz Collectors' Editions) by Clifford Simak
Buy used from: £4.50
A Sci-Fi masterpiece: aliens, FBI, a deaf-mute savante, a man who never ages - it has it all.
The Time Traveler's WifeThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy new: £3.82 / Used from: £0.40
A heart-rending love story featuring a reluctant time-traveller and his long-suffering wife. Absolutely Perfect.
The Secret Life of BeesThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £1.24
A heart-breaking, beautiful book about a young girl's quest for love and acceptance. Funny and poignant. A riveting read.
VurtVurt by Jeff Noon
Buy used from: £2.67
A comically surreal trip of a book. Breathtaking.
The Door into SummerThe Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
Buy used from: £2.13
A wonderful time-travel mystery/love-story featuring a ginger-ale-loving cat.
How To Talk To A WidowerHow To Talk To A Widower by Jonathan Tropper
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01
A great story about loss, wonderfully written, a joy to read.
Bush FallsBush Falls by Jonathan Tropper
Buy new: £5.61 / Used from: £1.71
Also known as The Book of Joe. Painfully funny, brilliantly written.
My Sister's KeeperMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £1.96
Fantastic story, believable, complex characters. Excellent in every way.
On Chesil BeachOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Buy used from: £0.10
Writing at its best: every word counts, the characters live and breath.
The Secret Garden (Wordsworth's Children's Classics)The Secret Garden (Wordsworth's Children's Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Buy new: £1.99 / Used from: £0.01
A children's book, yes; but still a joy to read for adults too!
A Little Princess (Puffin Classics)A Little Princess (Puffin Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Buy new: £4.23 / Used from: £0.01
Impossible not to like: superb writing, a joy for children & adults.