 | The Lord of the Rings - illustrated hardback by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy used from: £29.99 The book that has had most effect on me
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 | The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £4.35 / Used from: £0.01 A wonderful fairy-tale.
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 | Bilbo's Last Song by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.99 Too unknown. Lovely illustrations!
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 | The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £0.00 A true classic.
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 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £0.01 For me it's a must but can't really say it would've been as good as some of its predecessors
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 | Harry Potter Hardback Box Set: Four Volumes by J.K. Rowling
Buy used from: £15.00 Nicely written story with lots of humour in it
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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 Extremely original. The atmosphere is its strongest quality but I find Pullman didn't do that well with #3.
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 | Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 For me personally a very important book. If you're already familiar with philosophy you may find this simplistic and boring but hey, it's not for you then.
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 | The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
Buy used from: £9.99 Astrid Lindgren for President! One of the most adorable stories in the world.
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 | Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (Puffin Books) by Astrid Lindgren
Buy used from: £1.12 Same as above, though I dislike the cover in this particular edition.
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 | The Chronicles of Narnia: All seven Chronicles bound together by C.S. Lewis
Buy new: £11.01 / Used from: £4.95 Gets occasionally too stuck with the Big Message it so ferociously desires to spread but particularly LionWitchWardrobe and tales of Prince Caspian are wonderful.
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 | Lord of the Flies: Educational Edition by William Golding
Buy new: £3.80 / Used from: £0.01 Thrilling. Truly Nobel-worthy if you ask me.
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 | The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Buy new: £4.16 / Used from: £0.01 A sweet, small story of big things.
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 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull by BACH
Buy used from: £2.84 Quite fascinating. Have to say I perhaps expected a bit more.
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 | Little Women (Oxford World's Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
Buy used from: £0.45 It's a warm-hearted girly-book.
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 | The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Buy used from: £10.95 As funny as it gets.
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 | Comet in Moominland: 1 (Puffin Books) by Tove Jansson
Buy new: £4.29 / Used from: £0.30 One of the things that make me proud of being Finnish
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 | Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
Buy used from: £0.01 Thought-provoking and funny.
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 | Tuulen poika by Joni Skiftesvik
Skiftesvik is a genius of a kind..
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 | Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau
Buy used from: £12.00 Hilarious!
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 | The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 Sweet and comfortably semi-deep.
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 | The End of Eternity (Panther Science Fiction) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: £4.85 / Used from: £0.01 Fascinating sci-fi.
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