 | The Lathe Of Heaven (S.F. Masterworks) by Ursula Le Guin
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £1.99 Perhaps not her best, but the one that demanded to be read in one go.
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 | The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Buy used from: £2.59 Dawkins' first. Lucid writing and interesting content forming a potent mix.
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 | The Rainmaker by John Grisham
Buy new: £5.86 / Used from: £0.01 My first taste of Grisham. I neglected responsibilities because of this one.
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 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 Yes, I know... But I never said I was proud of being hooked by these. This is the best of the first five Potters.
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 | The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books) by Tom Wolfe
Buy used from: £0.01 A bit big to be read at a sitting, but I had a good shot at it.
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 | The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (Penguin Press Science)
Buy used from: £4.73 A strangely compelling collection of writings about the mind.
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 | The Mating Season (Everyman Wodehouse) by P.G. Wodehouse
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £14.28 The one with five aunts. The archetypal Jeeves story, to be devoured in one bite.
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 | Slapstick, or, Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: £5.23 / Used from: £2.28 Vonnegut at his most witty, bizarre and readable
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 | Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 2: The Magicians of Caprona/Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £0.01 Another kid's book. Took it on holiday. It looked thick enough to fill a few days, but it only lasted one.
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 | American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Buy used from: £2.86 It hooked me from page one.
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