 | The Summer Tree (Fionavar Tapestry) by Guy Gavriel Kay
Buy used from: £0.01 The first in a fantasy trilogy which will entice non-fantasy readers perhaps more than the already converted. Flawless plotting and multifaceted characters make for a mesmerising journey to Fionavar.
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 | I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £0.01 The American Dream and its failings is repeated throughout three generations of stubborn men and trapped women. Read and cry, read and laugh.
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 | Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01 As carefully and lovingly constructed as the embroidered hem of a 19th century silk skirt, this novel of poetry and lust is already a modern classic.
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 | Dream Catcher by King Stephen
Buy used from: £0.01 King, practically reborn as a writer, uses tender but explosive humour to breathe grim new life into the UFO myth.
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 | Laughing Gas (Everyman Wodehouse) by P.G. Wodehouse
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £6.54 P G Wodehouse carefully hid linguistic genius under ludicrous situations and two-dimensional heroes. The resulting blend has never seemed more highspirited than in this tale of 30's Hollywood.
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 | Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £0.01 Suddenly EVERYONE has read or wants to read this trilogy. EVERYONE is right - it is magical and heartbreaking and full of mischieviously transparent references to the dark history of Christianity.
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 | Sense and Sensibility (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy used from: £0.01 When Eleanor finally cries for her lost love we all cry with her, mainly because Austen lets us laugh so much first. Surprisingly warm and true, this classic holds no charicatures, only people.
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 | Space by Stephen Baxter
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Baxter makes quantum physics a thrill even to us mere non-professor mortals as he imagines the first true alien contact and its impact on our species and planet. A wild philosophical ride.
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 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1): Celebratory Edition by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £4.72 / Used from: £0.01 Rightfully bestselling and justifiably famous. JK Rowling dares to create a magic which lasts into adulthood.
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 | The Founding (Dynasty) by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £1.52 The Morland family starts its rise in this tale of the War of the Roses. Light entertainment mixes surprisingly well with detailed historical interest and accuracy.
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