 | The Colour of Magic (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £0.50 Decided to read this after seeing "The Hogfather" on TV at Christmas. Really enjoyed it, loved Rincewind! Am now on a mission to read the rest of the Discworld Series!
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 | Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley
Buy new: £4.07 / Used from: £0.90 Took me a while to read, but glad I finished it. Didn't feel much sympathy for the monster, and didn't find him as "monstrous" as I expected, but a good book still!
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 | Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.32 Recommend reading the book before seeing the film. Drew me in with the beautiful imagery and detail
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 | Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Buy used from: £1.48 Read this for my A Level English Literature course. Didn't really enjoy that much, but Huxley's prophetic ideas of the future are amazing!
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 | Around the World in Eighty Days (Penguin Classics) by Jules Verne
Buy new: £4.64 / Used from: £0.01 Loved this! Phileas Fogg is one of my favourite characters - his cool-mindedness and determination make the story enjoyable. Made me want to travel the world!
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 | Three Men in a Boat: to Say Nothing of the Dog (Penguin Popular Classics) by Jerome K. Jerome
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 Hilarious! J, George and Harris (not forgetting the dog!) travel up the Thames with various humorous incidents keeping them occupied along the way. A definite recommended read for everyone
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 | Three Men on the Bummel (Penguin Popular Classics) by Jerome K. Jerome
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 Had to read this, to see what happened next with J, George and Harris. Didn't disappoint, just as funny
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 | I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Buy new: £5.22 / Used from: £0.01 Had this on my shelf a long time before I actually read it. Glad I did though. Cassandra's narration really makes you feel a part of life in the Castle with the Mortmain Family
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 | Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Didn't think much of this. Bought it after reading views comparing it with "The Catcher in the Rye", but I don't think it really compares
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 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Buy used from: £0.01 Wanted to read this before seeing the film. Very dark, Grenouille's remorseless killer is quite creepy. Really good read, with a wierd ending
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 | Hard Times (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy used from: £0.01 Took me ages to read! Having never read a Dickens before, I picked this one as my first. I found that the story dragged on a bit, and the parts with dialogue from Stephen Blackpool are a bit tedious
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 | A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Buy used from: £1.40 The language in this book is quite hard to grasp to begin with, but I gradually got the hang of it. Amazing how Burgess manages to make the reader sympathise with Alex
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 | The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Classics) by Oscar Wilde
Buy new: £3.96 / Used from: £1.00 One of my favourite books! The first few chapters are quite slow, but when you get into it it's hard to put down! Vanity is a terrible thing!
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 | Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years 1) by Gregory Maguire
Buy new: £5.14 / Used from: £0.09 Interesting interpretation of Frank L. Baum's "Wizard of Oz". Loved Elphaba, the "wicked" witch of the west.
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 | The Beach by Alex Garland
Buy used from: £0.01 Great book! They way the serene and easy-going atmophere of "the island" dramatically changes, along with Richard's character really drew me in
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 | The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Interesting story about Freud's first and only visit to America, and a murder which happens during his stay. Ending not as good as the rest of the book, but overall a good read
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 | The Queen and I by Sue Townsend
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 Grew up loving Adrian Mole, so decided to read some of Townsend's other work. Didn't dissappoint, very funny!
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 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 Recommended by a friend who regards it as "a definite favourite". Enjoyed the story, but thought the ending spoilt it a bit. Never-the-less, very good indeed
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 | Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.71 A series of short and disturbing stories about a group of strangers at a writers retreat. Not for the faint of heart, but a great, intense read!
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 | The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £0.01 Read this because I am about to start studying Classics at Uni. This has to be one of the best books I've read - it's dark, thrilling and intelligent. Definitley deserves the title of "modern classic
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 | American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Buy used from: £0.01 Extremely violent and shocking read. Darkly humorous, although I found it quite tedious at times. Again, not for the faint of heart, but I would recommend it as a 'cult' read
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 | Starter for Ten by David Nicholls
Buy used from: £0.01 This is a very very funny book! I read it in two days, just to see what happened to Brian and his (at times) toe-curlingly embarrasing situations!
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 | Rebecca (Virago modern classics) by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £1.34 Very absorbing novel, found myself saying "just one more chapter" over and over. The bleak and mysterious nature of Manderley gives the book quite a dark atmospheric feeling.
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 | Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Buy new: £9.06 / Used from: £0.01 Bought this after reading a magazine review. Loved the mixed personalities of each of the gods and goddesses, and how they cope with the 21st Century and all it has to offer. Great debut from Phillips
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 | The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Buy new: £5.06 / Used from: £0.01 The story of 4 people, linked but on their own personal quests to discover the truth about Dracula. Quite slow paced, but very atmospheric, with beautiful settings and an intriguing idea for a novel
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