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Longer books for people with no telly
Jonathan Strange and Mr. NorrellJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01
Susanna, you could have got 2 or 3 great novels out of this, no sweat!
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter 5)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter 5) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.59
Love JKR, but 768 pages!! I'd have been happy with about half - this is just self-indulgent
War and Peace (Penguin Classics)War and Peace (Penguin Classics) by Leo Tolstoy
Buy new: £7.14 / Used from: £5.79
I lost track of all the Russian names after about page 100 and gave up
Don QuixoteDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £2.41
A great, great classic but anyone would think he wrote it in prison to pass the time =)
Bleak House (Penguin Classics)Bleak House (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £6.13 / Used from: £1.98
You'd never guess he got paid by the word - much!
William Shakespeare: The Complete WorksWilliam Shakespeare: The Complete Works by William Shakespeare
Buy new: £19.00 / Used from: £12.95
Hardly Bill's fault as they weren't printed until after his death
Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics)Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics) by William Thackeray
Buy new: £6.02 / Used from: £1.05
I can honestly say that this didn't feel more than about 600 odd pages. Good one WMT.
The Iliad (Penguin Classics)The Iliad (Penguin Classics) by Homer
Buy new: £6.26 / Used from: £3.88
This was where the rot started, clearly. Great story though.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: v. 1 (Penguin Classics)The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: v. 1 (Penguin Classics) by Edward Gibbon
Buy new: £11.47 / Used from: £6.33
And this is just Volume 1 - pity he was so anal about the Romaioi
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics)Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £0.01
A positive delight - and only 480 pages.
The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set)The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £12.00 / Used from: £7.99
No flies on this - if you can't be bothered to sit through the films
SapphireSapphire by Katie Price
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £5.50
Top of the "Left in hotel rooms" list
Ant and Dec: The Story So FarAnt and Dec: The Story So Far by Gwen Russell
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £6.46
Makes you wish you were illiterate