 | The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 fantastic! a classic-in-waiting... fabulous twists and good characters!
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 | Atonement by Ian McEwan
Buy new: £4.90 / Used from: £0.01 can be longwinded in places especially to start but turns out to be a beautiful highly descriptive novel which really provokes all the right feelings! watch the film as well!
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 | Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £4.19 / Used from: £0.01 if you haven't already... what are you waiting for? Jane Austen at her best- watch out for the humorous subtleties throughout!
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 | A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £4.19 / Used from: £1.64 This is the only Charles Dickens novel that i have been able to read from start to finish... wonderful storyline...
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 | How I Paid for College: A Tale of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theatre by Marc Acito
Buy new: £3.00 / Used from: £0.01 an absolute scream! this novel just does not contain a dull moment- got a fair few funny looks for literally laughing out loud!
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 | Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Buy new: £4.58 / Used from: £1.96 sad and once youve finished (which will not take long) it is immensely thought-provoking
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 | Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Buy new: £4.90 / Used from: £0.52 an absolute masterpiece- a portrayal of war and of the way that we think. make sure you read the appendices! bear in mind that the novel is only half complete- the author did not survive the war......
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 | The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
Buy new: £1.05 / Used from: £0.01 completely charming and such a feel-good novel- not a lot of thinking required but its cute and a perfect read for a bath!
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 | Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.07 such a beautiful novel! i absolutely adore Faulks's style of writing... not sure about the parts set in the 70s but otherwise completely gripping-
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 | Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 loosely follows on from birdsong and another of faulks' novels which ive not read yet... again absolutely beautiful- portrays a sense of determination throughout... considers many aspects of life
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 | Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
Buy new: £2.36 / Used from: £0.01 This is by far Joanne Harris's best novel- forget Chocolat- this is much more down to earth and believable written in that delicious style that is unigue to Ms Harris...
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 | Hunting Unicorns by Bella Pollen
Buy new: £0.85 / Used from: £0.01 cute and easy-going- a sort of culture clash with an impoverished British aristocat and a know-it-all journalist... this is just a feel good novel with a few laughs thrown in.. worth one read at least
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 | Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 what a moving memoir this is! if you read this and then can honestly say you didnt feel anything- i doubt you're human!!!!
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 | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: £3.15 / Used from: £2.25 a well-written, really emotive novel... could be about friendship but more importantly i think its about regret and guilt... the setting and events in the book are extremely strong.
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 | Empire of the Sun (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by J. G. Ballard
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £1.94 yes i know! another book set in the war! but this covers different aspects than previoulsy- check out the film as well... being based on Ballards own experiences makes this novel a true masterpiece!
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 | Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 despite the hype, ive decided to include this because it is an amazing novel- the film version is good but i think it would have worked best in japanese....
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 | The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.33 don't expect explanations throughout this- thats not the point of the novel- its other peoples points of view that make the story which is perhaps why it works so well...
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 | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
Buy used from: £34.48 ok... so this is a wee bit random... but how can anyone not love this! if you have really young children you have an excuse for owning this- if not buy it for a weird arty friend but read it yourself!
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 | Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 fantastic story-line! good characters and well-written... i did quite like this despite many negative reviews on amazon but i think each to his own....
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 | The Eight by Katherine Neville
Buy used from: £0.01 this book isnt the best on the list by a long shot but it is worth a read... i love all the details intertwined in this novel and have read it a few times.
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 | The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Buy new: £2.99 / Used from: £0.01 simple but sooo powerful- a great subject and the way this book is written is superb- short but highly thought-provoking! READ THIS even if you read nothing else from the list!!!
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 | The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Buy new: £4.90 / Used from: £0.01 its hard to describe this novel- it is also well-written and covers many subjects and brings about many feelings!
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