 | Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.36 These are possibly my favourite books of all time. Armistead Maupin's fabulous tales of Mary-Ann Singleton and friends in 1970s/80s San Francisco.
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 | The Barrytown Trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper" and "The Van" by Roddy Doyle
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £0.01 Hilarious tales of gritty Irish life.
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 | The Brimstone Wedding by Barbara Vine
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Everything she writes is excellent, but I particularly like this one. Gripping stuff!
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 | Down Under by Bill Bryson
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.01 Inspirational travel writing. This man is dry and very witty! I can recommend all his books.
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 | Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £0.01 A great read for children and adults. Deeply moving stuff.
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 | Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain by Simon Garfield
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 I'm reading this at the moment. Fascinating post-war diaries detailing the struggles of rationing and 'making do'.
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 | Small Island by Andrea Levy
Buy new: £5.89 / Used from: £0.01 Andrea Levy's excellent book about race and hypocricy in the second world war. Brilliant!
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 | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Buy new: £4.25 / Used from: £2.50 One of the greatest books ever written.
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 | Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
Buy used from: £0.01 In post-war, small town America, Neighbour Dorothy broadcasts every day from her living room. Deeply touching. I love all Fannie Flagg's books.
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 | Once in a House on Fire by Andrea Ashworth
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01 Brilliant book about one girl's struggle to succeed in the face of poverty and domestic violence.
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 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Buy used from: £0.01 Four Louisiana ladies look back at their lives together.
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 | Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure by Dave Gorman
Buy new: £6.39 / Used from: £0.33 Amusing tales of Dave Gorman's quest to create a chain of 10 googlewhacks.
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 | Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Buy used from: £16.63 Greene's tale of murder and Catholic guilt. I read this at school and have re-read it several times. Brilliant.
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 | Cider with Rosie (Vintage classics) by Laurie Lee
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £1.75 One of my favourite books from when I was growing up.
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 | I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01 Dodie Smith's humorous tale of Cassandra Mortmain, whose poverty-stricken family make do in a gloomy run-down castle.
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 | The Future Homemakers of America by Laurie Graham
Buy used from: £0.01 Five American Air Force wives get used to life in wartime Norfolk. All Graham's books are heartwarming and amusing.
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