 | Lovesong by Nikki Gemmell
Buy new: £4.68 / Used from: £0.01 A haunting and mesmerising novel. Gemmel's prose style is unique and her protagonist, Lillie, is bewitching.
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 | After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell
Buy new: £5.40 / Used from: £0.01 A truly breathtaking read. I like to avoid cliches, but I really could not put this novel down.
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 | The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve
Buy used from: £0.01 The first Anita Shreve novel I read - I was hooked. The twist at the end is both masterful and devastating.
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 | Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 A classic romance.
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 | Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £0.01 Every Anita Shreve novel is different. A thought-provoking exploration of how every event can be viewed from numerous perspectives.
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 | Eden Close by Anita Shreve
Buy new: £5.89 / Used from: £0.01 Read anything by Anita Shreve.
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 | The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills
Buy used from: £0.01 The funniest book I've read. Black comedy at its best.
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 | Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.01 Brilliant.
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 | Nice Work by David Lodge
Buy new: £5.22 / Used from: £0.01 Highly amusing exploration of the world of academia. On a par with Porterhouse Blue.
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 | Porterhouse Blue by Tom Sharpe
Buy used from: £0.81 Tom Sharpe's dry humour is utterly gripping. Grantchester Grind and Ancestral Vices are a must read as well.
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 | The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh
Buy used from: £0.07 Dark and disturbing - modern gothic at its best.
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 | The Dark is Rising Sequence: "Over Sea, Under Stone"; The "Dark is Rising"; "Greenwitch"; The "Grey King"; "Silver O" (Puffin Books) by Susan Cooper
Buy new: £9.71 / Used from: £1.26 Captivating. A precursor of Rowling and Pullman - my first foray into fantasy writing.
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 | The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 Every woman should read The Red Tent. Anita Diamant reminds us of our roots.
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 | Good Bones by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.01 Atwood at her most inventive.
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 | Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Intriguing and imaginative.
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 | Five Boys by Mick Jackson
Buy used from: £0.01 A wonderful story, beuatifully told.
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 | Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Buy new: £4.36 / Used from: £2.47 A chilling tale about the end of innocence. Unforgettable.
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 | A Box of Matches by Nicholson Baker
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.50 An idiosyncratic and yet truly charming tale.
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 | Wuthering Heights (Scholastic Classics) by Emily Bronte
Buy used from: £1.88 Beautiful.
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 | Evelina: Or the History of A Young Lady's Entrance into the World (Oxford World's Classics) by Frances Burney
Buy used from: £0.45 Burney is often overlooked even though her satire is far more perceptive than Austen's.
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 | The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Popular Classics) by George Eliot
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 Although somewhat sentimental, The Mill on the Floss is a wonderful read.
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 | Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Popular Classics) by Jonathan Swift
Buy new: £2.16 / Used from: £0.01 A brilliant satirical exploration of English culture and politics.
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 | Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £1.77 A masterful picture book. The story is both poignant and hopeful.
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 | Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 Breathtaking and gripping.
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 | Roger Fishbite by Emily Prager
Buy used from: £0.01 A postmodern Lolita story. Prager is an original writer.
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