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My Favourite Books
No Night is Too LongNo Night is Too Long by Barbara Vine
Buy used from: £0.01
Beautiful and spine-tingling - Vine at her best.
A Prayer for Owen MeanyA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Buy new: £6.71 / Used from: £1.46
My first introduction to John Irving, and still my favourite
Rebecca (Virago modern classics)Rebecca (Virago modern classics) by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £1.55
This has remained one of my favourite books since I first read it at 16.
Green DarknessGreen Darkness by Anya Seton
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £2.37
I love the fact that this comes from the discovery of a real skeleton, and what Anya Seton has done with the story.
The Collector (Vintage Classics)The Collector (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £2.37
Brilliant book - showing how things that seem innocent can be truely terrifying
The Magus (Vintage Classics)The Magus (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £3.40
Everytime I read this book I find something different in it
Jude the Obscure (Penguin Popular Classics)Jude the Obscure (Penguin Popular Classics) by Thomas Hardy
Buy new: £2.17 / Used from: £0.01
I love Hardy - he makes you feel that your just there in the middle of everything .. and this is my favourite
Requiem for an AngelRequiem for an Angel by Andrew Taylor
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An amazing insight into the mind of a killer
Science of Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials"Science of Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" by John Gribbin
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Captivating - far too good to be wasted on children!
The Secret HistoryThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £0.01
I loved this book - it kept me guessing all the way through
The Lord of The Rings (Based on the 50th Anniversary Single volume edition 2004)The Lord of The Rings (Based on the 50th Anniversary Single volume edition 2004) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £12.47 / Used from: £0.01
Always loved this book ... and always gets better.
Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £1.74
I can read this over again and enjoy it every time
A Suitable BoyA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01
This is a huge book, but I read it in no time - I just couldn't put it down ... Seth makes you truely care for each of his characters
ImajicaImajica by Clive Barker
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Amazing .. nothing else to say about this book..
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Popular Classics)A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £2.16 / Used from: £0.01
Heartbreaking and wonderful.