 | Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Buy new: £2.88 / Used from: £0.01 If you read no other book on holiday, you must read this. Delectable
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 | The Beach by Alex Garland
Buy used from: £0.01 There is absolutely no excuse for not reading this on holiday--even the title fits! Much better than the film
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 | Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 The first time I read this, I literally couldn't put it down til I was done. Fascinating, compelling, and a plausible heroine created by a man. Superb
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 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3): Adult Edition by J.K. Rowling
Buy used from: £0.01 The best of the Harry Potter books so far, read the other two first, or start with this one. Fantastic for adults too
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 | Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
Buy new: £2.36 / Used from: £0.01 Interesting novel from Joanne Harris, with a twist at the end. Different to Chocolat and Blackberry Wine, this is a bleaker look at French life
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 | Down Under by Bill Bryson
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 Hilarious look at Aussie life from the father of modern travel journalism. Very funny
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 | Extra Virgin: Amongst the Olive Groves of Liguria by Annie Hawes
Buy new: £3.55 / Used from: £0.01 An honest, lilting account of buying a house abroad
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 | Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2 volume paperback boxed set) by Helen Fielding
Buy used from: £19.99 Made to be read on a beach. Hilarious
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 | White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Slow at first but worth perservering. An impressive first novel, more challenging than the average beach book
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 | Coastliners by Joanne Harris
Buy used from: £0.01 Lovely, lyrical look at a quieter side of France. Harris is almost back to her best!
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 | Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
Buy new: £2.32 / Used from: £0.01 Evocative and piquante, you really can almost smell the lemons in this account of living in Andalucia
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 | The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £0.01 Fascinating look at mother-daughter relationships
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 | Beloved by Toni Morrison
Buy new: £2.91 / Used from: £1.68 Vintage Toni Morrison
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 | Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
Buy used from: £0.01 Complete brain candy, but hilarious
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 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
Buy used from: £0.01 Way, way better than the film. Great holiday read
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