![]() | Anna Karenin (Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy
Buy used from: £0.01 I can never thank the person who recommended this book enough. The two parallel love stories contain more feeling and reality than a sackful of modern 'chick-lit' romances.
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![]() | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Buy new: £4.30 / Used from: £1.22 This features on so many lists and rightly so. I read this when I was in school and it made a huge impression. Everything about this book, the characters, events and message, is special.
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![]() | The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.01 I love everything about this book. Adah provides one of the most interesting and intricate narrative voices I have read.
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![]() | The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.20 I've always prefered this to East of Eden, the Joad family are instantly welcoming to the reader. Arguably the most beautiful final passage ever.
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![]() | 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy used from: £1.95 Seriously Creepy. Not to be read while under the influence of anything. This is a book that will keep you up all night reading, and only partly because you don't want to turn out the lights.
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![]() | Night Watch: A Discworld Novel (Discworld Novels) by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 Unforgetable characters, intricate storylines and a healthy dose of cynicism make up a hugely under-rated collection of books. At times highly satirical and political and always hilarious.
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![]() | Pride and Prejudice (Collector's Library) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.97 Forget what you've heard. Forget Colin Firth. This is one of the most enduring love stories written. I will admit to muttering at the book with frustration every time Elizabeth and Darcy missed.
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![]() | The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald
Buy new: £4.41 / Used from: £1.64 There's a captivating magic about this book, Gatsby is the person you've always wanted to meet.
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![]() | The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Buy new: £4.74 / Used from: £0.01 I picked this up in the airport looking for a distraction. I found Roy's style of writing enchanting and was deeply touched by this book. Only read it if you have the time to think about it.
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![]() | Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Buy new: £5.42 / Used from: £2.00 Despite the reputation once you get beyond the first few chapters the style becomes familiar and easier to follow. Hilarious and haunting. Worth it just for Milo.
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![]() | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Packing more imagination than the latest Sci-fi blockbuster these books are beyond description. Once you do read them you'll find yourself seeking others who have just to share the in jokes.
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![]() | The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Buy new: £4.90 / Used from: £1.40 Equally powerful as a teenage or adult read. After reading this I had intense urges to follow his footsteps.
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![]() | The Crow Road by Iain Banks
Buy new: £5.29 / Used from: £0.01 Prentice McHoan has had some interesting experiences in his life, notably his hilarious sexual experience in a car. While at times seemingly without purpose the book draws together as it progresses.
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![]() | Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami
Buy new: £5.56 / Used from: £1.04 Everything Murakami writes is poetry. Prepare for dreamlike states and some of the most beautiful language to be found on a page.
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![]() | Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 It's official. Children are scary.
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![]() | Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics) by Emily Brontë
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 Quite a dark take on love and loss. If this ever gets released as a major film I want Tim Burton to get his hands on it.
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![]() | The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher
Buy new: £15.47 / Used from: £12.50 Like a giant magpie let loose Alan Fletcher has gathered a multitude of pictures, random facts, anecdotes, musings, designs and sketches on issues from pattern to chance.
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![]() | His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £10.00 Pure, compulsive magic. Definately not just for children.
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![]() | E=mc2 (pb): A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis
Buy new: £5.07 / Used from: £0.01 Don't be put off by the science, it's easily explained in simple terms. Fascinating insight into scientists of all ages. Very good for impressing people with.
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![]() | Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Buy used from: £0.01 I've read this several times since I was fifteen and have never been able to resist crying. Emotionally wrenching tale of a unique friendship.
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![]() | The Man in the High Castle (Penguin Modern Classics) by Philip K. Dick
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £2.97 A slightly bonkers and at times terrifying image of a world in which the Allies lost the war. Hard going but worth it.
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![]() | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £0.01 It's hard to imagine the last few years without these books. Ignore the hype and definately ignore the films. As involving and well written as the best adult fiction.
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![]() | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Buy new: £4.80 / Used from: £0.01 Worth the hype. Incredibly well written and intriguing insight into the mind of a boy with Aspergers.
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![]() | The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Buy new: £4.54 / Used from: £0.01 Beautiful in its simplicity. Instantly loveable characters that develop throughout the series. I challenge anyone to read this and not finish the rest of the series.
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![]() | Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £0.01 I found certain issues raised in this book shocking and difficult to stomach. The final vision of deathrow as reality tv is chilling in its inevitable possibility..
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