 | The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Buy used from: £0.01 Historical fantasy with a lead character that comes as a breath of fresh air. Brutal, gripping and great fun.
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 | Titus Groan (Gormenghast trilogy) by Mervyn Peake
Buy new: £7.99 / Used from: £1.68 A difficult read at times but well worth it. Extremely original, like an intricate, dark fairy tale
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 | The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Terrifying in places. The prose is occasionally a little convoluted but not often enough to matter. Good quality horror.
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 | Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 His culture novels are excellent but this is a dazzling slice of imagination. Very dark in places and hilarious in others.
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 | Hyperion (Gollancz S.F.) by Dan Simmons
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 This blew me away when I read it. An almost perfect prose style with a fascinating collection of characters. Long live the Shrike!
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 | Mort (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.33 Incredibly funny. Great summer reading.
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 | Dune by Frank Herbert
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Awesome beyond belief. The levels of plotting and manipulation the characters resort to make you wonder how the author thought of it. Read this if nothing else.
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 | Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell
Buy new: £4.33 / Used from: £0.01 Let's face it: Sharpe is ace.
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 | Ravenheart: A Novel of the Rigante by David Gemmell
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.44 My favourite Gemmell book and each time i've read it the end has made me cry.
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