![]() | Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: $43.46 / Used from: $69.71 I have read and reread the Harry Potter series a dozen times now, and it always thrills me. My favorite of the seven books is Goblet of Fire.
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![]() | The First Verse
Buy used from: $0.53 I had to read this novel in my Irish Literature class a few years ago, but I fell in love with it. This book consumed my thoughts for weeks after I finished it, and I have read it many times since and still feel the same magic.
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![]() | Eureka Street: A Novel of Ireland Like No Other by Robert Mclaim Wilson
Buy new: $16.46 / Used from: $1.05 This was another required book for my Irish Literature class that I loved enough to reread when the course was finished. There are scenes in that book that I can almost recite from memory because they were so beautiful and real to me.
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![]() | Left Bank by Kate Muir
Buy used from: $0.01 It may sound silly, but I read this book while I was getting over a break-up, and it really helped me cope. The characters are supremely real. We all have a little part of them in us, as much as we don't want to admit it.
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![]() | The Food of Love: A Novel by Anthony Capella
Buy used from: $0.01 As a travel-lover and Italian language student, I adored this light, whimsical novel. It's not demanding, but it is still emotionally full and consuming.
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![]() | Dubliners by James Joyce
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $1.00 I still maintain that the last paragraph of "The Dead," the last story in this collection, is the most beautiful paragraph ever written in the English language.
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![]() | The Lake of Dead Languages: A Novel by Carol Goodman
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.38 An absolute all-time favorite. I have read this book a dozen times and have never gotten sick of the beautiful descriptions. It's the kind of novel I wish I could write.
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![]() | The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $2.55 This is as fun as Oscar Wilde gets. I know this is nerdy, but I laugh aloud when I read this play.
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![]() | The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $1.77 This is another book I wish I'd written. It's a roller-coaster ride of a mystery, with plenty of literary merit to upgrade it to the category of "classic," in my opinion.
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![]() | To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Buy used from: $3.49 I dare anyone to read this book and not adore it.
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![]() | Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Buy used from: $4.31 I am a big F. Scott Fitzgerald fan, and this is one of my favorites. Just some the most beautiful, rich characters you could ever meet.
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![]() | Different Seasons (Signet) by Stephen King
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 This book contains my favorite King story ever, "The Breathing Method." I first read a photocopied version of this story when I was fifteen and spent years trying to remember the title so I could buy the book. Now that I found it, I will continue to reread that story whenever I need a scare.
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![]() | Prep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 This book is just pure fun, pure escapism, thoroughly enjoyable.
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![]() | Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $3.97 I read this entire book in one sitting on a plane from Hartford to Orlando. I sobbed through the last few pages and I have reread it once every two years or so since.
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