 | Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £4.82 A stunningly written tale of a man on the run from his past in India and his adventures along the way. The author's perfect prose ensures you will feel emersed in the culture and atmosphere of Mumbai.
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 | The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Takes a while to get going, but stick with this 19th century murder mystery and you won't be disappointed.
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 | Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
Buy new: £6.02 / Used from: £1.33 A thought-provoking story of life in China under one of the most destructive regimes in history, told though the eyes of three generations of Chinese women.
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 | The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Buy used from: £0.01 Beautifully written, evocative story.
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 | The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £0.01 A short, insightful novel detailing a man's journey through life after death.
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 | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Buy used from: £0.01 A book described by some as the adult Harry Potter. A very long (and heavy) book with some equally long footnotes, so buy the lighter paperback version!
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 | Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 Six interwoven stories, from the past and to the far-flung future, examining human behaviour and its ultimate apocalyptic return to traditional modes.
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 | The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Buy new: £5.07 / Used from: £0.01 A thoroughly researched, more modern take on the Dracula theme.
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 | The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 A book about literature and love.
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 | A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Buy new: £4.51 / Used from: £0.01 A comical tale of two Ukranian sisters and their reactions to their elderly father acquiring a young, buxom, platinum blonde and possibly gold-digging new wife!
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 | The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 Another gripping 19th century murder mystery set in New York.
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 | The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Buy used from: £2.58 One of Murakami's best, this tale's increasingly surreal and dream-like nature will stretch your imagination.
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 | The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy used from: £98.36 It's just got to be in there.
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 | A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Buy new: £5.05 / Used from: £0.01 Bill Bryson turns his hand to popular science, peppered with the usual candid wisecracks.
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 | Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy used from: £0.01 A brilliant classic tale of old-fashioned romance.
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