 | The Lord of the Rings - illustrated hardback by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy used from: £25.00 If you are one of those people who look at LOTR and think, next year i'll read it, screw that and start it now!
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 | The Hobbit - illustrated hardback by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £16.50 / Used from: £9.62 But remember to read this first!
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 | Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness) by Tamora Pierce
Buy used from: £1.26 I actually want to visit Tortall, it's the place of dreams, if you only read one tamora pierce quartet, read this, you won't regret it.
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 | Northern Lights: WITH Subtle Knife AND Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £5.00 Clever as you can delve into it on many levels, i'll cry if it never becomes a film!
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 | Harry Potter Pbk Boxed Set by J.K. Rowling
Buy used from: £24.99 Release your inner child, no one can deny themselves a bit of potter every now and then
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 | Wind on Fire Trilogy - Box Set of 3 by William Nicholson
Buy used from: £24.99 Another one of those must-read trilogies that you'd be a fool to miss out on
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 | The Tales of the Otori Trilogy: "Across the Nightingale Floor" , "Grass for His Pillow" , "Brilliance of the Moon"
Buy used from: £11.53 I've never read such a beautiful trilogy that dares to be different but is still exactly what you're looking for
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 | City of Masks (Stravaganza) by Mary Hoffman
Buy used from: £0.01 transports you into another realm, these books are definitely worthy of my list but don't quite hold the limelight compared to the others featured
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 | Old Kingdom Trilogy Box Set by Garth Nix
Buy used from: £18.00 Love, love, love these, bizarre mixture of ideas but it definitely works
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 | Alex Rider Collection by Anthony Horowitz
Buy used from: £21.00 These are over in a matter of minutes but i just love alex rider, forget james bond, he's the man
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 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Collector's Library) by Thomas Hardy
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.44 what's not to love? okay, maybe the men, but girl power is cool, right?
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 | The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy new: £3.82 / Used from: £0.88 this book has haunted me since i read it, not in a bad way, it's just very memorable
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 | The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Buy new: £7.49 / Used from: £0.01 this is just pure brilliance, i can't put my finger on why but you MUST read it
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 | Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy used from: £0.32 wierd and scary because it is not too far from the truth
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 | Atonement (Reading Guide Edition) by Ian McEwan
Buy new: £6.72 / Used from: £0.01 there is something at the core of this book that just reaches out and grabs you
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 | Birdsong (Reading Guide Edition) by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.47 this book is like a journey through the ordeal of love and war. read away
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 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £0.01 gripping and interesting this appeals to all the senses
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 | Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.01 one of those books that i read in one night and loved but don't ask me why
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 | Bone People by Keri Hulme
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.07 intriguing and somehow heartwarming and chilling at the same time
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 | The Handmaid's Tale (Reading Guide Edition) by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: £6.57 / Used from: £2.56 alien but compelling and i was tearing my hair out by the end
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 | Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
Buy used from: £0.01 don't quite know how he's managed it but all these books are alluring and adventurous
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 | Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy - Book 1) by Robin Hobb
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £0.01 this is a very long trilogy but if you're at a loose end...
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 | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01 i urge you to read this, i only just discovered it , and man was i slow about it, but i'm hooked now
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 | The American Boy by Andrew Taylor
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 another excellent read with an undulating plot woven with history
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 | A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 just loved it, superb setting and interesting and touching tale, you can identify with the gutsy female at it's heart
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