 | Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £0.01 This book gave me an insight into the way soldiers and citizens felt during the First World War that no textbook or film has ever been able to match. The detail in the description is incredible!
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 | Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £0.95 I love historical novels, and this one kept me gripped from beginning to end!
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 | Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Buy used from: £0.01 I thought the twists and turns in this plot made the book well worth the read.
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 | The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £0.26 I am still reading this one, and don't want to finish it. It is a fascinating insight into what Henry VIII could have been thinking.
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 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Buy new: £5.40 / Used from: £0.01 The Life of Pi is one of the strangest books I have come across in a long time. What an imagination this author has. Definitely worth the effort.
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 | The Complete History of Jack the Ripper by Philip Sugden
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £4.00 Many of us are intrigued by these murders, but I found the tiny details made this book readable more than the theories of who Jack could be.
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 | The Rise and Decline of the State by Martin Van Creveld
Buy new: £17.54 / Used from: £15.00 Are governments and the state obsolete? This made really thought-provoking reading!
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 | The Witches by Roald Dahl
Buy new: £5.39 / Used from: £0.01 This scared me silly as a child, and I still love just how evil the Grand High Witch appears.
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 | In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £1.81 Everyone knows "Where the Wild Things Are" but this stroy is just as surreal, and the illustrations are breathtaking.
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 | The Salt Letters: A Novel by Christine Balint
Buy used from: £0.01 I picked this at randon in a bookshop, but found the story really compelling.
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