Listmania!
books i love from the bottom of my heart
The Secret HistoryThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £0.01
probably the best book i've ever read
The Master and MargaritaThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £2.46
great plot, well-written, complex and breathtaking
The Perks of Being a WallflowerThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Buy used from: £3.76
wish i'd written this one myself
The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Oxford World's Classics)The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Oxford World's Classics) by Ford Madox Ford
Buy used from: £1.64
'the saddest story'. it really is.
Ask the DustAsk the Dust by John Fante
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £1.74
written well ahead of his time. marvellous.
Post Office: A NovelPost Office: A Novel by Charles Bukowski
Buy used from: £3.00
bukowski really is the master.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common ReaderEx Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
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all book lovers should read this.
The Brothers LionheartThe Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
Buy used from: £11.16
my favourite story as a child.
The Little FriendThe Little Friend by Donna Tartt
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very different from 'the secret history' but still very intriguing.
Four Major Plays: (Doll's House; Ghosts; Hedda Gabler; and The Master Builder): "Doll's House", "Ghosts", "Hedda Gabler" and "Master Builder" (Oxford World's Classics)Four Major Plays: (Doll's House; Ghosts; Hedda Gabler; and The Master Builder): "Doll's House", "Ghosts", "Hedda Gabler" and "Master Builder" (Oxford World's Classics) by Henrik Ibsen
Buy used from: £0.15
classic Norwegian plays that still ought to be compulsory reading.
Naive. SuperNaive. Super by Erlend Loe
Buy used from: £9.99
probably this author's best book, introduced the naive style of writing to Norwegian contemporary writers.
East of the Sun and West of the MoonEast of the Sun and West of the Moon by Sir George Webbe Dasent
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £0.39
these folk tales have everything you need. ogres, kings and princesses, plus plenty og blood and gore.
HermanHerman by Lars Saabye Christensen
Buy used from: £1.79
a funny book about a boy coping with a rare disease by using his imagination and his sense of humour.
The Collected Short Stories of Roald DahlThe Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl by Roald Dahl
Buy new: £10.28 / Used from: £5.39
the master of short stories... now everything gathered in one book. amazing.
The Collected Dorothy Parker (Penguin Modern Classics)The Collected Dorothy Parker (Penguin Modern Classics) by Dorothy Parker
Buy new: £9.06 / Used from: £6.33
dorothy's my hero with the sharpes tounge around.
Selected Poems (Penguin Modern Classics)Selected Poems (Penguin Modern Classics) by Stevie Smith
Buy new: £8.08 / Used from: £6.00
a great writer of modern poetry in a league of her own.
The Collected Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)The Collected Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) by Katherine Mansfield
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a great collection of modern short stories
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, and other prose writingsJohnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, and other prose writings by Sylvia Plath
Buy new: £5.03 / Used from: £0.98
bought this one because of the title, but the content is also mesmerising.