Listmania!
My favourite books
To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Buy new: £4.30 / Used from: £2.00
i read this every year and it still makes me laugh, cry and sing
Complicity (Abacus Paperback)Complicity (Abacus Paperback) by Iain Banks
Buy new: £6.88 / Used from: £0.01
smart sophisticated savvy and Scottish
The IliadThe Iliad by Homer
Buy new: £8.06 / Used from: £2.25
the first, and still possibly the greatest, story ever
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern WorldEmpire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £1.75
observant, astute, dispassionate and honest
The Odyssey (Perennial Classics)The Odyssey (Perennial Classics) by Homer
Buy used from: £1.68
the second, and still possibly the second greatest, story ever
The New Penguin Book of Scottish VerseThe New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse by Robert Crawford
Buy used from: £3.00
the best scottish poetry ever
Candide or Optimism (Classics)Candide or Optimism (Classics) by Voltaire
Buy used from: £0.01
smart, snappy, candid(e)
The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to HadrianThe Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian by Robin Lane Fox
Buy used from: £8.35
a great introduction to the classical world
Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the WestPersian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West by Tom Holland
Buy used from: £4.60
riveting history!
On Beauty: A History of a Western IdeaOn Beauty: A History of a Western Idea by Umberto Eco
Buy new: £18.98 / Used from: £17.91
quite the most beautiful book. The pictures alone are superb
Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World (Allen Lane History)Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World (Allen Lane History) by Roy Porter
Buy new: £11.37 / Used from: £4.48
a masterpiece by a truly geat and sadly missed historian
David Copperfield (Penguin Popular Classics)David Copperfield (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01
i chose this one but i could have chosen about 5 others by CD
AtonementAtonement by Ian McEwan
Buy used from: £0.01
really, really good. again could have chosen a few others.