 | Waterland by Graham Swift
Buy used from: £0.01 Moody, magnificent. Lose yourself in the Fens with this one
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 | Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01 What a read ! Along with Rutherfurd's other books a fantastic historical novel
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 | Tipping the Velvet (Virago V) by Sarah Waters
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.07 I'm male, straight and I loved it. Hugely evocative of the era
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 | Affinity (Virago V) by Sarah Waters
Buy new: £6.39 / Used from: £0.01 Even better than Tipping the velvet. If you don't find yourself believing in magic there's something wrong with you
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 | The Lord of The Rings (Based on the 50th Anniversary Single volume edition 2004) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £12.47 / Used from: £0.01 The Daddy ! If you don't like this, you've got no soul
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 | Alexander Vol 1: Child of a Dream by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Buy used from: £0.01 Learn more than you ever imagined about Alexander. Tough at times, but worth sticking with it.
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 | The Colour of Magic: The First Discworld Novel (A Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 Your first Pratchett. Read this one and the rest will keep you busy for years.
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 | Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 by Bernard Cornwell
Buy new: £4.43 / Used from: £0.01 Another great cannon (hmmm). Great historical settings plus romance, danger and blood and guts. Read the lot
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 | Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.01 Sharpe with boats and stale food. Fantastic, even if O'Brian was not all that he purported to be
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 | Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Buy new: £9.74 / Used from: £4.90 Think you're too old for Ransome ? Read this (and the rest) and find that you're wrong. See you in the Lake District !
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