The Collected Stories of Rumpole (Penguin Modern Classics)
By: John Mortimer
4.46
Format: 646 pages, Kindle Edition
Horace Rumpole - witty, eloquent, dishevelled and cynical - is one of fiction's best-loved barriste…
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1. A Shropshire Lad
By: A.E. Housman
4.02
Format: 51 pages, Paperback
Few volumes of poetry in the English language have enjoyed as much success with both literary conno… read more
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"The tree of man was never quiet: Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I."-A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad
"Tis the old wind in the old anger, But then it threshed another wood."-A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad
"Ale, man, Ale's the stuff to drink, for fellows whom it hurts to think."-A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad
"By brooks too broad for leaping The lightfoot boys are laid; The rose-lipt girls are sleeping In fields where roses fade."-A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad
2. Best Kept Secret (The Clifton Chronicles, #3)
By: Jeffrey Archer
4.03
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
The third novel in Jeffrey Archer’s compelling saga, the Clifton Chronicles 1945. The vote in th… read more
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3. Ripley Under Ground (Ripley, #2)
By: Patricia Highsmith
5.00
Format: 362 pages, Paperback
"Patricia Highsmith is often called a mystery or crime writer, which is a bit like calling Picasso … read more
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4. Ripley's Game (Ripley, #3)
By: Patricia Highsmith
2.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle a… read more
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5. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing co… read more
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6. The Wandering Earth
By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None
3.73
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more
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7. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
By: John Le Carré
4.38
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
"Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhab… read more
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8. Quartet in Autumn
By: Barbara Pym
3.90
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more
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9. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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10. Keep the Aspidistra Flying
By: George Orwell
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
London, 1936. Gordon Comstock has declared war on the money god; and Gordon is losing the war. Near… read more
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11. Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted
By: Andrew Wilson
3.96
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
A new biography of Sylvia Plath, a literary icon who continues to haunt, fascinate, and enthrall ev… read more
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12. Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman
By: Lucy Worsley
4.20
Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition
A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural his… read more
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13. The Twyford Code
By: Janice Hallett
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a … read more
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"A lot of talk inside about feelings. How feelings are like visitors with something to give you. If they knock on your door: answer. Let em in. Accept the gift. Say cheers, mate. Otherwise, they said,…"-Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code
14. The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
By: Janice Hallett
3.95
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into belie… read more
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15. Strangers on a Train
By: Patricia Highsmith
3.73
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
" Strangers on a Train has lost none of its power to disturb…We will likely be reading Patricia Hig… read more
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"The word “marriage"-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train
"I know that Southern redhead type,"-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train
"The train tore along with an angry, irregular rhythm."-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train
"I like to drink when I travel. It enhances things, don’t you think?"-Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train
16. Mr Finchley Discovers His England (Mr Finchley, #1)
By: Victor Canning
4.02
Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition
Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his li… read more
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17. Never
By: Ken Follett
4.09
Format: 802 pages, Hardcover
The new must-read epic from master storyteller Ken Follett: more than a thriller, it's an action-pa… read more
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"Como se suele decir: una mentira da media vuelta al mundo mientras la verdad aún se está calzando"-Ken Follett, Never
"When I was doing the research for Fall of Giants, I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted. No European leader on either side intended for it to happen. But the …"-Ken Follett, Never
18. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK
By: Simon Kuper
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more
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19. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People
By: Stuart Maconie
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North JB Priestley – who… read more
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20. The Collected Stories of Rumpole (Penguin Modern Classics)
By: John Mortimer
4.46
Format: 646 pages, Kindle Edition
Horace Rumpole - witty, eloquent, dishevelled and cynical - is one of fiction's best-loved barriste… read more
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