Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
Swallows and Amazons, by Arthur Ransome
The Irresistible Revolution, by Shane Claiborne
Collected Poems 1908-1965, Siegfried Sassoon (Faber and Faber, 1961)
Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
How I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff
Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Mabinogion (I'd recommend Sioned Davies' new translation)
If you've read any of them, let me know what you think.
I'd love to know what ten books other people would recommend. Post a comment if you have time - the first ten (or five!) books you'd recommend if somebody asked you what to read next.
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Again in no particular order...
Swallows & Amazons by Arthur Ransom
Railway Children by E Nesbit
The Shack by William P Young
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
God on the Beach by Michael Volland
Duncton Wood by William Horwood,
Lion Witch & the Wardrobe C S Lewis
Out of the Silent Planet by C S Lewis
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy's
The House at Pooh Corner by A A Milne
I've read about half of those, Dom, and I would agree with the recommendations. Especially Far from the Madding Crowd - I read that last summer and loved it.
Another book I'd definitely recommend for everybody to read (which I somehow forgot about before) is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. It's a fantastic example of writing. Unfortunately the film publicity probably spoiled it for a lot of people, as it's definitely best to read the book without knowing anything at all about it before you begin.
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