 | Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $0.01 The book of my early adolescence
|
 | Daddy-Long-Legs (Puffin Classics) by Jean Webster
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 The first English book that could relate to
|
 | Cloudstreet : A Novel by Tim Winton
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $3.67 Classic Australian novel centred around the lives of a family
|
 | Tandia by Bryce Courtenay
Buy used from: $11.30 All time favourite and inspirational novel, sequel to 'Power of One'
|
 | The Power of One: A Novel by Bryce Courtenay
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.20 A book that triggered my interest in human rights
|
 | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 One of the funniest 'coming of age' books ever
|
 | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Buy new: $9.83 / Used from: $1.13 A novel that depicts the dark side to American high society. Full of drama, betrayal and love in a materialistic fantasy
|
 | The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Buy used from: $1.79 Was sucked into the love story of Tatiana and Alexander in WWII Russia
|
 | The Bridge to Holy Cross by Paullina Simons
Buy used from: $2.35 Sequel to 'The Bronze Horseman' but may have been released in other countries as 'Tatiana & Alexander' there is also a 3rd in the series, 'The Summer Garden' that completes the romantic trilogy.
|
| White Gardenia by Belinda Alexandra
Buy used from: $3.19 About a white Russian girl in Shanghai during WWII following her search for love and her mother
|
 | The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $0.01 Fascinating piece of fiction based on historical events during the reign of Henry VIII. Much like a soapie based in 16th century England, completely juicy
|
 | Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel by David Guterson
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 One of the most engaging novels I have read
|
 | Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 Was intrigued as to how the author could have created such a fabulous story from the one painting
|
 | Emma (Bantam Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $0.01 My 1st Austen novel, charmingly funny
|
 | Persuasion (Signet Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy used from: $0.01 Favourite Austen novel, had a very good mix of drama and comedy
|
 | Mansfield Park (Signet Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy used from: $0.01 Sweet and a tad more bland than other Austen classics
|
 | Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $0.01 I'm a gal who likes romantic comedies both on paper and on screen, need I say more
|
 | Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $0.01 A single gal that is a fan of Jane Austen cannot deny herself this book (movie lives up to this book as well)
|
 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $0.01 Actually enjoyed the sequel over the 1st book, funnier
|
 | Little Women (Signet Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
Buy new: $3.95 / Used from: $1.56 Was despararte to emulate Jo March when I was 8 but now its a sentimental favourite
|
 | Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Buy new: $9.72 / Used from: $0.01 A collection of short stories that each have their own unique voice
|
 | About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Buy new: $13.09 / Used from: $0.01 For those who know a guy with a Peter Pan complex it is completely accurate and funny in depicting such characters
|
 | Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.01 I love the idea of being gutsy enough to drop the life that you have to pursue love in a foreign land.Thoroughly enjoyable, particularly the author's episodes of cultural differences
|
 | Brick Lane: A Novel by Monica Ali
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $0.01 Compelling novel about a Bangladeshi woman living with a husband from an arranged marriage in modern day London. Provides an insight into a community that I had never known much about
|
 | The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $0.01 Explores the mother-daughter relationship when there are cultural and generational differences in a moving and emotional manner
|
Listmania!
