 | Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 This is the first in a series. Re-reading them is like meeting up with old friends.
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 | The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Buy new: £4.51 / Used from: £0.01 Again the first in a series. Deceptively simple, the pace of life is slower and calmer.
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 | Vintage Thurber: v. 1: A Selection of the Best Writings and Drawings of James Thurber by James Thurber
Buy used from: £0.01 This and the second volume of Thurber's collected writings & cartoons are two of my most precious books.
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 | The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri
Buy new: £4.86 / Used from: £0.01 This series, set in Sicily and featuring Inspector Montalbano has intriguing mysteries, black humour and wonderful descriptions of food.
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 | Yes, Minister
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £0.01 Rather than simply publishing the scripts of Yes Minister, the authors have tailored the material into a diary format. Still hilarious, and very relevant. Issues may change but politicians never.
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 | The Moonstone (Penguin Classics) by Wilkie Collins
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 The Moonstone takes me by surprise everytime - it's humorous, exciting and is beautifully written. Plenty of cliffhangers and intrigue to make you forget the workaday world.
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 | Treasure Island (Penguin Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £0.01 Salty old sea dogs, a search for treasure, pirates and doubloons, and an unforgettable villain. For anyone who has a secret longing to hear the surf breaking on distant shores...
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