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My Favourite Books
Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.01
If you haven't read this book; get it, unplug the phone, lock the door, settle down and enjoy one of the best and (shamefully) least well known books around.
ItIt by Stephen King
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The Scariest book in the world. a compelling read, un-putdownable.
Magician (Riftwar saga)Magician (Riftwar saga) by Raymond E. Feist
Buy new: £4.94 / Used from: £0.50
Fantasy at it's best. This book spawned many sequels but none of them captured the majesty of this novel.
Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of PhilosophySophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder
Buy used from: £7.95
Brilliant from the first page to the last.
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next)The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next) by Jasper Fforde
Buy new: £5.14 / Used from: £1.02
Classic sideways squint at life in a world without Telly. Thursday Next, war hero, widow (possibly), Dodo owner and Star of the Swindon SO27. Lara Croft Pah!
NeverwhereNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
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Your day couldn't get worse. Then along comes Mr Croup and Mr Vandemar. A brilliant read.
The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia)The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis
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No-one should be without the Narnia books. This is the first and the foundation for the best set of Children's books ever.
RepublicRepublic by Plato
Buy new: £10.95 / Used from: £23.13
And you thought you could argue a point? Learn from the Master.
The Antipope (Brentford Trilogy)The Antipope (Brentford Trilogy) by Robert Rankin
Buy new: £2.36 / Used from: £0.01
The return of Rodrigo Borgia. Can it be foiled by two layabouts and a couple of pints of Large in the Flying Swan. John O'Mally and Jim Pooley; Heroes for a new generation?
Bulldog Drummond (Gateway Classics)Bulldog Drummond (Gateway Classics) by Sapper
Buy used from: £2.79
The quintessential English gentleman hero, forget Bond because no gadget will beat a stout left hook.