 | Olivia Helps with Christmas (Olivia Series) by Ian Falconer
Buy new: $11.10 / Used from: $7.98 Delightful illlustrated tale for young children around 5, one of an excellent series. You can't go wrong with these.
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 | The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Buy new: $14.61 / Used from: $12.80 All children around 10 years will love this Jules Verne style adventure story with illustrations.
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 | The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $5.48 Another great story for 11 and 12 year olds. Get them reading!!
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 | Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.99 Any young animal-loving female will love this romantic yard about circus life.
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 | The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $4.49 Effective, odd but not-too-disturbing Holocaust story for older teens.
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 | BORAT: Touristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. and A. and Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan by Borat Sagdiyev
Buy used from: $0.01 Any 20-something heading off for a spot of backpacking will love this. Yak shemesh!
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 | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $0.01 Preferred by women, but enjoyable for all.
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 | The Blood of Flowers: A Novel by Anita Amirrezvani
Buy used from: $0.01 Dare I call this a Persian 'Kite Runner'? Well, in many ways it's better! Good gift for anyone who liked the above.
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 | Zoia's Gold: A Novel by Philip Sington
Buy used from: $0.01 An upmarket 'Da Vinci Code', this based-on-fact story about a seductive Russian artist is truly a work of art in itself. Ideal for (mostly female) readers from 19 to 99.
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 | Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Easy. If they liked either "Memoirs of a Geisha" or "Wild Swans", they will probably like this. (Women 20+)
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 | The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
Buy new: $17.82 / Used from: $0.01 Taut recent thriller for anyone looking to kill time (especially airport frequenters, 20-30).
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 | The Religion: A Novel by Tim Willocks
Buy new: $5.74 / Used from: $0.01 The bloody and spectacular siege of Malta brought thrillingly to life. Ideal for any fan of Medieval history.
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 | The Book of Lost Things: A Novel by John Connolly
Buy new: $17.94 / Used from: $1.26 A fairy tale for grown-ups. Different from Connolly's regular thriller material. (Men and women 30+)
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 | The Gathering (Man Booker Prize) by Anne Enright
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 The latest lyrical offering from Ireland. Slow, sad but beautifully wrought. (Women 30+)
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 | The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $3.29 Highly appealing memoir about an eccentric and unsettled childhood. (Women 30+)
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 | Play Dead by David Rosenfelt
Buy used from: $0.07 Cracking legal thriller - just when you thought the genre was all played out. (Men 30+)
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 | Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 Marquez's most popular classic. A sad, imaginative love story. Not for the hard-bitten, otherwise for all. Only bettered by...
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 | One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.28 Marquez's masterpiece. Unbelievably imaginative. For any dreamers or artistically-minded people in your circle, an absolute must.
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 | The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01 Anyone who likes middle/late Woody Allen films or Marquez novels (see above) will enjoy this.
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 | In the Woods by Tana French
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $1.52 Superior Irish crime novel, well worth the detour from domestic fare. 40+
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 | No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $1.41 Mccarthy's gritty modern western is a classic. An intense read for intense readers (mostly male, adult).
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 | The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
Buy new: $18.25 / Used from: $0.01 Quirkly tale set against the background of Argentina's 'dirty war.' Ideal gift for anyone who remembers the politics of the 1980s. (45+)
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 | Finn: A Novel by Jon Clinch
Buy new: $17.96 / Used from: $0.03 Anyone who gew up with Huck and the boys will get real pleasure out of this daring but successful 'sequel'. Men 50+
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 | The Letters of Noel Coward by Noel Coward
Buy new: $24.75 / Used from: $2.19 Great book for dipping into, and therefore perfect for the more sophisticated bathroom...
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