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Favourite books by women in 2008
The Vanishing Act of Esme LennoxThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Buy new: £4.87 / Used from: £0.01
A brilliant and tragic expose of 'madness' versus 'badness' in a traditional family
The Road HomeThe Road Home by Rose Tremain
Buy new: £4.82 / Used from: £0.01
A truly great novel, full of compassion and humanity
Hungarian DancesHungarian Dances by Jessica Duchen
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
Music, identity and lost love across three generations - moved me to tears
ConstanceConstance by Rosie Thomas
Buy new: £4.00 / Used from: £0.01
Emotional roller-coaster, delving into love and loss
Unaccustomed EarthUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Buy new: £11.38 / Used from: £3.46
Perfect short stories, finely wrought, gloriously observed
The Lollipop Shoes (US title is The Girl With No Shadow)The Lollipop Shoes (US title is The Girl With No Shadow) by Joanne Harris
Buy new: £5.57 / Used from: £0.01
Irresistible if you liked 'Chocolat'!
White Nights (Shetland Quartet 2)White Nights (Shetland Quartet 2) by Ann Cleeves
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £4.64
One of today's best crime writers. Great Shetland setting.
The GiftThe Gift by Cecelia Ahern
Buy used from: £0.21
How kindness can change your life...
Girls are BestGirls are Best by Sandi Toksvig
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £0.01
Sparkling, incisive - and, of course, true!
OverOver by Margaret Forster
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01
A family struggles to transcend its grief. Painfully real.