Listmania!
Books That Blew Me Away In 2008
Dylan Thomas Omnibus: "Under Milk Wood", Poems, Stories and BroadcastsDylan Thomas Omnibus: "Under Milk Wood", Poems, Stories and Broadcasts by Dylan Thomas
Buy new: £6.64 / Used from: £3.46
A collection of poems, short stories, and Under Milkwood.
Adam Bede (Oxford World's Classics)Adam Bede (Oxford World's Classics) by George Eliot
Buy used from: £0.34
When you finish this book you feel like the characters are still carrying on leading their own lives.
Flush: A Biography (Vintage Lives)Flush: A Biography (Vintage Lives) by Virginia Woolf
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £3.07
A light hearted and absorbing fictional biography of a dog.
Equus (Penguin Modern Classics)Equus (Penguin Modern Classics) by Peter Shaffer
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £4.21
This play is absolutely brilliant.
Disturbing the Peace (Vintage Classics)Disturbing the Peace (Vintage Classics) by Richard Yates
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.73
The first of his books that I have read, brilliant.
The Spoils of Poynton (Oxford World's Classics)The Spoils of Poynton (Oxford World's Classics) by Henry James
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £1.87
A story of furniture, but so much more.
The ReverberatorThe Reverberator by Henry, James
Buy new: £6.95 / Used from: £7.63
A clash of New and Old Worlds, and a cautionary tale of what you say to the Press.
The Golem (Dover Mystery, Detective, & Other Fiction)The Golem (Dover Mystery, Detective, & Other Fiction) by Gustav Meyrink
Buy new: £4.50 / Used from: £2.00
A dreamlike novel of the legendary Golem.