 | Mean Time by Carol Ann Duffy
Buy new: £5.05 / Used from: £2.92 Carol Ann Duffy really does make you think 'that's exactly how I feel/felt!' Made me wish I could write like that. Some amazing poems, especially 'Valentine'.
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 | The Diving-bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Buy new: £4.24 / Used from: £1.48 Amazingly descriptive true story. Make the most of every day you have...
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 | Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Buy used from: £0.01 If you've ever been anywhere in Britain you should find this really funny. Bryson is observant and witty. Be prepared for serious belly laughs!
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 | The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest (Oxford World's Classics) by Oscar Wilde
Buy used from: £0.01 Wilde is so funny in this. You will laugh out loud. I did anyway...
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 | "King Lear" (Arden Shakespeare.Third Series) by William Shakespeare
Buy new: £6.94 / Used from: £4.00 My favourite Shakespeare tragedy.
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 | Twelfth Night (Arden Shakespeare Second Series) by William Shakespeare
Buy used from: £0.70 Hilarious, yet asks some moral questions. My favourite Shakesperean comedy.
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 | A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Buy new: £4.30 / Used from: £0.01 Touching, witty; a great book.
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 | The Picture of Dorian Gray (Vintage Classics) by Oscar Wilde
Buy new: £3.47 / Used from: £1.16 Wilde asks questions about aesthetics in this dark novel.
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 | The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: And Other Writings (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas De Quincey
Buy used from: £3.95 Insightful and dark with excellent description.
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 | The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy used from: £65.00 An original idea very cleverly done. I'd love to be able to write like this.
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 | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Buy new: £4.80 / Used from: £0.01 Wonderful.
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 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 This is not a book you rush through, but it's well worth a read.
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 | The Beach by Alex Garland
Buy used from: £0.01 Apart from being a great story, this is a fantastic portrayal of Thailand and raises some questions about society.
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