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Ten books to read and read again
The Wind-up Bird ChronicleThe Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Buy new: £6.26 / Used from: £3.45
One of those books that creates its own logic within its pages - spellbinding
A Prayer for Owen MeanyA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Buy new: £6.71 / Used from: £1.50
Every time I read this book I cry - it punch a deep emotional punch
The Sea, the SeaThe Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
Buy new: £5.03 / Used from: £0.01
The first Iris Murdoch book I ever read and still my fave. She was a genius
The Black Prince (Vintage Classics)The Black Prince (Vintage Classics) by Iris Murdoch
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £2.05
...but this comes a close second. A brilliant, brilliant book
The Cry of the OwlThe Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith
Buy new: £4.69 / Used from: £1.00
Fantastic - darkly disturbing and unsettling.
GhostwrittenGhostwritten by David Mitchell
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01
This is such a brilliant book - Mitchell's use of different voices is astounding
Bleak House (Penguin Classics)Bleak House (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £6.22 / Used from: £1.14
I love Dickens and this is a fave. The Penguin edition looks great too.
Enduring LoveEnduring Love by Ian McEwan
Buy new: £5.23 / Used from: £0.01
My favourite McEwan.
Cat's EyeCat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01
I have read my first copy of this to pieces.
His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass"His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £6.50
I wish this was around when I was a kid - beats Narnia anyday...