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Best Books for Escaping
Guards! Guards!: A Discworld NovelGuards! Guards!: A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £1.49
Not the first book in the DIscworld series but a good starting point. Read anything by Pratchett!.
Alanna, the First Adventure (Song of the Lioness)Alanna, the First Adventure (Song of the Lioness) by Tamora Pierce
Buy new: £3.31 / Used from: £0.47
Anything by Tamora Pierce is worth a read. This is her first book and the first in the Lioness Quartet.
Daggerspell (Deverry)Daggerspell (Deverry) by Katharine Kerr
Buy used from: £13.51
Clever, complex and addictive. The first of many in the Deverry series.
SabrielSabriel by Garth Nix
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01
The first of a trilogy. Well worth reading.
The Magicians' Guild: Black Magician Trilogy, Book 1The Magicians' Guild: Black Magician Trilogy, Book 1 by Trudi Canavan
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
Again, the first of a trilogy. They just get better and better.
Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy - Book 1)Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy - Book 1) by Robin Hobb
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £2.10
Heavy going in places - this is an epic fantasy work. Good in its own way, but more than worth reading for the third book alone.
Howl's Moving CastleHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Buy used from: £0.27
Read anything by this author, especially Fire and Hemlock, Hexwood and this.
Dark Lord of DerkholmDark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
Buy used from: £0.54
This is one of her more adult books so is on a different level to the ones mentioned above, but still fantastic.
Persuasion (Wordsworth Classics)Persuasion (Wordsworth Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £1.99 / Used from: £0.01
It not fantasy but it's probably one of my favourite books of all time.
Good OmensGood Omens by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
Neil Gaiman's amazing on his own but with Pratchett he's even better.
Dead FamousDead Famous by Ben Elton
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
Read this is you hate reality TV shows.
French RelationsFrench Relations by Fiona Walker
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01
Refreshing romance that is probably not for the younger reader!
Cross Stitch (Outlander, US)Cross Stitch (Outlander, US) by Diana Gabaldon
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £2.50
Beautifully written historical romance that brings the past back to life.
The Named (Guardians of Time Trilogy)The Named (Guardians of Time Trilogy) by Marianne Curley
Buy new: £4.74 / Used from: £0.01
A fun fantasy adventure aimed at kids but still enjoyable for adults.
Resenting the HeroResenting the Hero by Moira J. Moore
Buy new: £3.67 / Used from: £0.49
Not the most amazing book I've ever read, but refreshingly written and you can't help liking the feisty main character.