 | One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Buy used from: £0.01 Let's start with the classics - a fantastic read, full of detail.
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 | Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years) by Gregory Maguire
Buy used from: £0.22 A classy re telling of the Wizard of Oz.....Frankly, I feel sorry for the witch!
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 | Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
Buy new: £4.83 / Used from: £0.88 Bought this for reading on the tube - hadn't heard of the author.Unexpectedly good.
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 | The Good Opera Guide by Denis Forman
Buy used from: £100.00 Keep it by the bed for dipping into. Hysterical.
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 | An Omelette and a Glass of Wine (Cookery Library) by Elizabeth David
Buy used from: £9.50 I wouldn't use many of her recipes, but her more scholarly writings are an entertainment.
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 | Make Way for Lucia by E.F. Benson
Buy used from: £4.25 All 6 books in one volume - delicious, and worth the outlay!
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 | The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £0.01 Read and re-read this when it first came out. Still often revisit it after nearly 10 years.
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 | Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Buy new: £6.19 / Used from: £2.70 Call me morbid, but found this strangely fascinating.
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 | Kansas in August by Patrick Gale
Buy new: £4.35 / Used from: £1.10 One of his earlier books, and, to my mind, his best.
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 | The Unfortunates by Laurie Graham
Buy used from: £0.01 Picked this up after reading one of her other novels. Loved the central character!
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