 | The Winding Stick by Elise Valmorbida
Buy new: £7.49 / Used from: £3.45 This is a gem of a novel about a petrol cashier who has a special gift, which enables him to look into peoples lives. It feels like a collection of intertwined short stories but flows beautifully.
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 | Plainsong by Haruf Kent
Buy used from: £0.01 A heart-warming novel about two elderly brothers having to cope with a teenage pregnant girl moving to their farm. Like the novel above, this reads more like a collection of short stories.
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 | Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 A touchingly romantic book about a woman having to confront her past and coming through. Interesting twist at the end!
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 | Silk by Alessandro Baricco
Buy new: £3.78 / Used from: £0.01 Intensely moving and romantic story about a silk breeder from France who is forced to travel to Japan in the 1800s in search of silkworms.
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 | Crazy Paving by Louise Doughty
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £4.04 If you have ever worked in an office you will find this extremely therapeutic! Its full of conspiracies, blackmail and passion!
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 | I Capture the Castle (Vintage Classics) by Dodie Smith
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.05 Wistful and dreamy book that easily takes you to an era long forgotten and makes you live in it. Lovely for a rainy afternoon - couldnt put it down!
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 | Confessions of Zeno (Vintage International) by Svevo
Buy used from: £2.73 Written like a diary, this is a gem of a novel about a man trying to give up smoking and his life's obsessions.
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 | The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy new: £3.82 / Used from: £0.99 A moving and romantic story about a man (Henry) who times travels and his love, Clare. Its intricately written as Henry moves and exists at different times. Very original-can't recommend it enough!
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 | The Painted Kiss by Elizabeth Hickey
Buy new: £5.09 / Used from: £1.97 Light novel about the relationship between Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt, and Emilie Floge.
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 | No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £2.10 I can't recommend this book enough. A definite keeper! If you have read "One hundred years of solitude" you will recognize the man with the syrup coloured eyes.
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 | The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory: AND Shakespeare's Memory (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Borges
Buy new: £7.80 / Used from: £5.00 Simply magical and sadly his last work, this is a short story collection by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
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 | Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.01 A moving and personal account of a bright Chinese girl growing up during the Communist Revolution. Unwanted by her family, she learns to cope with their jealousy & greed to make a success of her life.
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