 | The Uses of Literacy: "Manic Street Preachers" (Open House/Book Works Projects) by Jeremy Deller
Buy new: £4.95 / Used from: £4.99 Art works by fans of Manic Street Preachers. I am a fan of the manics, but clicked on this by mistake thinking it was Hoggarts the uses of literacy. Only good if your a fan then its worth a glance.
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 | Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
Buy new: £4.14 / Used from: £3.95 Stephen Fry will always have a place in my heart. This book is funny, sad, and sometimes you're in pure disbelief at the silly yet life changing things he does stealing to name one. A great read.
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 | Wall and Piece by Banksy
Buy new: £13.00 / Used from: £12.00 Intellectual, fun, notorious graffiti artist, many people cant go and see all of these themselves, the book gives you a good idea of the work he's done though, definitely worth a look.
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 | Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Buy used from: £0.01 I'm adamant that this is one of the best things ever written, best to imagine it being said in the scottish accent when reading it otherwise you will be totally lost.
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 | The Trick Is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway
Buy new: £3.07 / Used from: £0.20 Empty, hollow, you can feel the sadness in the pages of this book. It is warm and truthful, and depression is empty and lonely, but the wry humour gives it a spark and keeps it alive.
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 | Vitamin D (Themes) by Emma Dexter
Buy new: £25.97 / Used from: £20.00 Expensive (if you're a student) but brilliant, especially when you've gone blank and need something to spark a few ideas. A really wonderful book to look at and refer too. Also try Vitamin P and Ph
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 | A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Buy new: £2.84 / Used from: £0.01 Maybe not his best book, its hardly literary genius, but it made me laugh on the train, and any book that makes me look slightly mental on public transport is good enough for me.
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 | Illustrations and Drawings of the 1950s by Andy Warhol
Buy new: £20.98 / Used from: £20.04 I like Warhol many dont, this book is self explanatory, its illustrations he did, inspiring and colourful.
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 | Fred (Red Fox Picture Book) by Posy Simmonds
Buy new: £1.91 / Used from: £0.36 Alright i know its a childrens book but when i was little i loved this even though it made me cry. Its just a lovely book, sad but also uplifting, you never know, you might get something from it.
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 | Andy Warhol 365 Takes by The Staff of The Andy Warhol Museum
Buy new: £11.72 / Used from: £8.80 Highlights of the Warhol museum collection, pictures with informative text.
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 | Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy new: £3.07 / Used from: £2.44 "This is how I found the strength not to get on with my former life. This is how I found the courage not to pick up the same old pieces." Strange, but very good, try it, you might like it.
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 | Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.00 Rose: People change. Ida: I've never changed. It's like those sticks of rock. Bite one all the way down, you'll still read Brighton. That's human nature.
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 | Thin Skin by Emma Forrest
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01 This annoyed me a lot in places, but i've read it many times and i'll end up reading it again. There is a space in my head for people like Ruby irritating self centred and fascinating.
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 | The Whitsun Weddings (Faber Poetry) by Philip Larkin
Buy new: £3.58 / Used from: £0.98 People dismiss Larkin easily by saying his work is depressing, when they say that, they've sort of missed the point. There is a humour to be found in these poems, its dark though, thats why its great.
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 | Namedropper by Emma Forrest
Buy new: £2.89 / Used from: £0.01 I cant work out why i like this book. It actually irritates me a bit, but there is something in it that has made me read it a few times over. A light read, you can get through quickly, its just fun.
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