 | The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) by Alexandre Dumas
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £2.15 One of my favourite Books of all time! An Absolute Masterpiece! There are all sorts of themes dealt with in this book: Revenge, Madness, True Love, Disguise etc.
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 | The Woman in White (Oxford World's Classics) by Wilkie Collins
Buy used from: £0.01 The best mystery story ever written in my opinion! A Classic! It has everything to hold the readers attention: Madness, Disguise, Romance,Trickery and Murder in the Murky Streets of London.
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 | The 39 Steps by John Buchan
Buy new: £11.95 / Used from: £7.56 Beautifully Written! The descriptions of Scotland are simply breathtaking!
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 | Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 I watched the film first BUT the book is something else!
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 | North and South (Penguin Classics) by Elizabeth Gaskell
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.00 It is impossible not to fall in love with the character of John Thornton in this novel!
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 | Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean
Buy used from: £0.01 A fabulous book even for those who don't like reading about war! Yet it is difficult to beat the film starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood!
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 | No Name (Oxford World's Classics) by Wilkie Collins
Buy used from: £2.11 This book does not get as much recognition as Collin's 'The Woman In White' yet I feel it is just as good. The ending is simply magical!
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 | The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy new: £3.82 / Used from: £1.40 I am not a big fan of modern novels but this one is so enjoyable! It is the first book that I have ever cried over!
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 | Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £2.50 An all time classic! The character of Rochester is wonderful!
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 | Rebecca (Virago modern classics) by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £1.31 A truely gothic style tale with lots of mystery!
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 | War and Peace (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Leo Tolstoy
Buy new: £5.76 / Used from: £5.00 War and Peace truely captures the sense of the period!
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 | The Prisoner of Zenda (Oxford World's Classics) by Anthony Hope
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £1.72 Unfortunately I watched both film adaptions of this book first with Ronald Coleman and Stewart Granger but the book is still fantastic!
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 | Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope
Buy new: £7.75 / Used from: £12.62 This book should have also been adapted into a film. It is Outstanding!
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 | The Moonstone (Penguin Popular Classics) by Wilkie Collins
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 Although this book as been portrayed as Collin's greatest I do not agree as I feel it is not as good as 'The Woman in White' or 'No Name.' But still a teriffic read!
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 | The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.07 In short: A Magicial Book! (Read It!!!!)
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 | And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.10 Lock all your doors and windows when reading this book! Horrifying BUT Simply Brillant!
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 | The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
Buy used from: £1.93 Another Great Agatha Christie Book!
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 | Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £3.73 / Used from: £0.99 Not as brillant as the recent ITV period Drama starring Felicity Jones and J.J. Field but still beautifully put together!
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 | Lady Audley's Secret (Penguin Classics) by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Buy new: £5.57 / Used from: £3.77 One Word: Fantastic! If you like Wilkie Collins but dislike Dickens - you will love this!!!
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 | The Mysteries of Udolpho (Oxford World's Classics) by Ann Radcliffe
Buy used from: £3.32 A Gothic Tale! Read Northanger Abbey to get the sense of this book and then pick up with this!
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 | The Chinese Shawl (A Miss Silver thriller) by Patricia Wentworth
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.01 The best Miss Silver Mystery by far! Wentworth kept me guessing until the last chapter!
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 | East Lynne (Oxford World's Classics) by Ellen Wood
Buy used from: £6.15 Bigamy, Fraud, Murder, Adultery! A truely Gothic novel!
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 | The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Fast Moving Plot! A very much enjoyable read about Nazi War Criminals! Jon Voight made this book in the film adaption!
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 | Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy used from: £0.01 A Must Read For Everyone On This Planet!
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 | Les Miserables (Classics) by Victor Hugo
Buy new: £7.11 / Used from: £0.01 Conveys wonderfully the times of the French Revolution! A Masterpiece!
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