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Books for my desert island library
A Listmania! list by Meerkat (Dereham, Norfolk)

1. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - one volume paperback (movie cover) by J. R. R. Tolkien

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	"The first intelligent fantasy fiction book and still the best. Couldn't live without it."

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(8 customer reviews) | 5 customer discussions

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2. His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

The list author says:
	"Stunning books, work of genius, books to lose yourself in and never want to come out again."

Used & New from: �5.00

(263 customer reviews)

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3. The Dark is Rising Sequence: "Over Sea, Under Stone"; The "Dark Is Rising"; "Greenwitch"; The "Grey King"; "Silver O" (Puffin Books) by Susan Cooper

The list author says:
	"An excellent read, set in the mythology of England and Wales, compelling and satisfying reading."

Used & New from: �2.57

(53 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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4. Pride and Prejudice (Collector's Library) by Jane Austen

The list author says:
	"Not just this one, but all Jane Austen's books - beautiful, subtle and very rewarding to revisit regularly."

�5.99 Used & New from: �0.01

(228 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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5. The Earthsea Quartet: "A Wizard Of Earthsea"; "The Tombs of Atuan"; "The Farthest Shore"; "Tehanu" (Puffin Books) by Ursula Le Guin

The list author says:
	"A whole world for you to explore - again and again - and want to live there too. And it contains dragons!"

�7.69 Used & New from: �1.18

(53 customer reviews)

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6. The Game Of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett

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	"Intelligent historical fiction - read this series and you'll be convinced the author lived at that time. Stunningly written."

�16.14 Used & New from: �2.17

(28 customer reviews)

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7. Lord Peter - The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers

The list author says:
	"Intelligent detective fiction - unguessable plots, suitably eccentric detective, written for readers with brains."

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(10 customer reviews)

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8. Rebecca (Virago Modern Classics) by Daphne Du Maurier

The list author says:
	"From the opening sentence to the surprise ending you won't be able to put it down. What a story!"

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(133 customer reviews)

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9. My Cousin Rachel (Virago Modern Classics) by Daphne Du Maurier

The list author says:
	"One of the best opening sentences in English Literature and one hell of a story - it'll keep you guessing well after the end."

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(34 customer reviews)

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10. Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus: The Mating Season; the Code of the Woosters; Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

The list author says:
	"Comic genius! Every page a sheer joy to read. It makes me laugh in every possible way."

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(8 customer reviews)

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11. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Wordsworth Special Editions) by William Shakespeare

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	"All human life is here."

�5.27 Used & New from: �2.68

(18 customer reviews)

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12. Hidden Words: Collected Poems by Spike Milligan

The list author says:
	"Beautiful, funny, moving, well written - everyone should read these poems."

�10.79 Used & New from: �0.01

(7 customer reviews)

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13. The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen (Collins Voyager) by Alan Garner

The list author says:
	"With its sister book 'The Moon of Gomrath' - breathtakingly good stories."

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(51 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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14. Cold Comfort Farm (Essential Penguin) by Stella Gibbons

The list author says:
	"A sublime and satisfying book to read over and over again."

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(52 customer reviews)

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15. The War at Troy by Lindsay Clarke

The list author says:
	"Quite simply the best re-telling of Homer's Iliad - sublime"

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(10 customer reviews)

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16. The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey

The list author says:
	"Brilliantly written detective fiction with no detective!"

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(22 customer reviews)

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17. North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The list author says:
	"This book contains Mr John Thornton - it is therefore perfect....."

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(50 customer reviews)

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18. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

The list author says:
	"Ignore attempts to tell you this is a Christian allegory - these stories are simply superb on any level"

�12.34 Used & New from: �2.83

(229 customer reviews)

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19. Wives and Daughters (Wordsworth Classics) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The list author says:
	"A masterpiece, fascinating, gripping, what a pity she never finished it."

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(28 customer reviews)

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20. Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14): A Discworld Novel (Discworld Novels) by Terry Pratchett

The list author says:
	"All the Disk World Series - deceptively simple, very funny, very clever"

�5.59 Used & New from: �0.01

(30 customer reviews)

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21. Neverwhere: The Author's Preferred Text by Neil Gaiman

The list author says:
	"A stunningly creative mind behind this story - you'll never view London's Underground in the same light again"

�5.12 Used & New from: �0.06

(125 customer reviews)

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22. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman

The list author says:
	"Pratchett and Gaiman mesh perfectly and this story is funny, scary and a re-readable page turner"

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(122 customer reviews)

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23. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

The list author says:
	"Fascinating glimpse into a possible post apocalyptic world where anyone different is rejected by society"

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(64 customer reviews)

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The Lord of the Rings trilogy - one volume paperback (movie cover)

His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass"

The Dark is Rising Sequence: "Over Sea, Under Stone"; The "Dark Is Rising"; "Greenwitch"; The "Grey King"; "Silver O" (Puffin Books)

Lord Peter - The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus: The Mating Season; the Code of the Woosters; Right Ho, Jeeves

The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen (Collins Voyager)

Cold Comfort Farm (Essential Penguin)

The Franchise Affair

North and South

The Chrysalids

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