 | The Stand (The Complete and Uncut Edition) by Stephen King
Buy used from: £0.41 Stephen King's epic, ultimate struggle between good and evil.
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 | Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
Buy new: £5.65 / Used from: £0.01 World War Three written with verve, panache and unsettling authenticity...
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 | The Fist of God by Frederick Forsyth
Buy used from: £0.01 Probably Foryth's best since 'Day of the Jackal' (and incidentally Forsyth's personal favourite), this is a chilling 'what if?' tale of 1991's Gulf War.
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| His Dark Materials Trilogy: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Pullman's impressive pseudo-theological fantasy. Clever, tragic and absolutely captivating.
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 | Lords and Ladies: A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 One of Pratchett's funniest efforts, it features orang-utans, witches, wizards, elves, scumble (also known as 'sui-cider'), and some truly memorable one-liners.
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 | Archangel by Robert Harris
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £0.01 The unburied past rises to haunt Russia present in Harris's eerie, evocative story.
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 | The Boys from Brazil: Bloomsbury Film Classics by Ira Levin
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £2.25 This cautionary tale features one of the best plot twists (who is Mengele really trying to clone?) I have ever read.
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 | Dune by Frank Herbert
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 A sweeping sci-fi classic, intricate and lovingly realised.
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 | The Day of the Triffids (Essential Penguin) by John Wyndham
Buy used from: £1.25 My favourite Wyndham (marginally out in front of The Kraken Wakes and The Chrysalids), with a great opening line!
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 | McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland by Pete McCarthy
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 McCarthy's excuse to tell us anecdotes that would seem unbelievable if he were writing about any other country!
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 | Here to Eternity: An Anthology of Poetry
Buy new: £5.37 / Used from: £1.73 And now for something completely different...an anthology that will enrich any long journey, and indeed any bookshelf.
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