Listmania!
Varied and Great Reading
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gollancz S.F.)The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gollancz S.F.) by Scott Lynch
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £0.01
Excellent fantasy about young reckless genius con artist in a gang known as the Gentleman Bastards. full of banter, devious con-work, high adventure, razor sharp dialogue and rich atmopshere
The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred: Monster Hercules Barefoot, His Wonderful Love and Terrible HatredThe Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred: Monster Hercules Barefoot, His Wonderful Love and Terrible Hatred by Carl-Johan Vallgren
Buy new: £5.20 / Used from: £0.01
adult fairy tale of a Deaf-blind mute dwarf
The Life of God (as Told by Himself)The Life of God (as Told by Himself) by F Ferrucci
Buy new: £9.50 / Used from: £0.93
God inhabits bodies through the ages to try and fathom what makes his creation tick, thought provoking
Balthasar's OdysseyBalthasar's Odyssey by Amin Maalouf
Buy new: £6.71 / Used from: £0.20
a quest in the apocalyptic year of the beast - 1666, to find the 100th name of god. Amazing detail
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain BluebearThe 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
Buy new: £8.36 / Used from: £3.48
Random, bizarre and great, full of woderful characters in the mysterious world of Zamonia
GrimusGrimus by Salman Rushdie
Buy new: £5.21 / Used from: £0.01
Wonderfully crafted story with mythological characters mixing on calf island.
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Puffin Books)Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Puffin Books) by Rushdie Salman
Buy new: £4.38 / Used from: £1.69
About a boy who has to enter his fathers story telling world on an orbiting moon to save him and stories
SabrielSabriel by Garth Nix
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01
Old Kingdom necromancy and free magic
Jonathan Strange and Mr. NorrellJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01
eccentric book based on the startling idea that English magic did not die
Anansi BoysAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.21
Tale of the son of the spider God trying to live a normal life in the modern world
His Dark Materials Boxed set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass"His Dark Materials Boxed set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Buy new: £15.24 / Used from: £14.33
good take on the world and god and has armoured bears
Collins Tree GuideCollins Tree Guide by Owen Johnson
Buy new: £11.09 / Used from: £8.99
Superb field tree guide
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book One)Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book One) by Lian Hearn
Buy used from: £0.01
beautifully fabricated fictional Japanese world of The Three Countries
The Stone Raft (Panther)The Stone Raft (Panther) by Jose Saramago
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.19
very recomended - magical realism crafting relationships between people, earth and causation, politics and romance
Homage to Catalonia (Penguin Modern Classics)Homage to Catalonia (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
Buy used from: £4.39
Extraordinary true story. Orwell chronicles his experiences during an era of equality and freedom - his involvemnt in the Spanish Civil War
Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol.2Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol.2 by Ivor Cutler
Buy new: £5.66 / Used from: £1.86
Scotland's unsung genius
The Very Persistent Gappers of FripThe Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders
Buy new: £4.72 / Used from: £0.01
great short story - When a gapper gets near a goat it gives off a continual high-pitched happy shriek
Amphigorey: Fifteen StoriesAmphigorey: Fifteen Stories by Edward Gorey
Buy new: £7.89 / Used from: £6.00
Amazingly illustrated eccentric compilation of short cautionary tales and limericks
RumoRumo by Walter Moers
Buy new: £9.06 / Used from: £7.29
The greatest hero in the history of Zamonia
Midnight's ChildrenMidnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01
A true great, blending worlds of the magical and realistic
The Palace of DreamsThe Palace of Dreams by Ismail Kadare
Buy used from: £7.79
dark tale of dreams, interpretation and state control
The Magicians' Guild: Black Magician Trilogy, Book 1The Magicians' Guild: Black Magician Trilogy, Book 1 by Trudi Canavan
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
light fantasy reading
The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus Trilogy)The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus Trilogy) by Jonathan Stroud
Buy new: £5.19 / Used from: £0.01
fun quick reading tale based around Bartimaeus a wisecracking Djinni
Fresh CarpetFresh Carpet by Ivor Cutler
Buy new: £4.00 / Used from: £2.45
A great book to keep in your pocket for those surreal moments. It came in handy on a cliff top with a student geologist once.
The Ecology of FreedomThe Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin
Buy new: £9.77 / Used from: £18.37
A new world view