 | Venetia by Georgette Heyer
Buy used from: $7.90 My all time favorite from the opening line onwards. Ms Heyer is an undervalued author burdened by the label 'romance writer'. Her books are much better than that. The 'romance' isn't really the point. She is sharp and witty.
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 | The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
Buy used from: $5.98 |
 | Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $6.70 A romantic comedy
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 | Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $8.20 |
 | The The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $6.95 Another comedy - with a murder mystery thrown in
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 | Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
Buy used from: $80.00 Very amusing
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 | Plum Boxed Set 1 (1, 2, 3): Contains One for the Money, Two for the Dough and Three to Get Deadly(Stephanie Plum Novels) by Janet Evanovich
Buy new: $16.30 / Used from: $11.38 This series is very very funny. It's a romp. In theory crime fiction, but comedy or romance would be just as accurate. Well written, easy to read (and it's not easy to write easily read prose).
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 | Plum Boxed Set 2 (4, 5, 6): Contains Four to Score, High Five and Hot Six (Stephanie Plum Novels) by Janet Evanovich
Buy new: $16.30 / Used from: $12.80 |
 | Plum Boxed Set 3 (7, 8, 9): Contains Seven Up, Hard Eight and To The Nines (Stephanie Plum Novels) by Janet Evanovich
Buy new: $16.30 / Used from: $9.65 |
 | Plum Boxed Set 4 (10, 11, 12): Contains Ten Big Ones, Eleven on Top, and Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum Novels) by Janet Evanovich
Buy new: $16.30 / Used from: $10.15 |
 | Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 13) by Janet Evanovich
Buy new: $11.18 / Used from: $3.82 |
 | Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14) by Janet Evanovich
Buy new: $14.44 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Plum Lucky (A Between-the-Numbers Novel) by Janet Evanovich
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Visions of Sugar Plums: A Stephanie Plum Holiday Novel by Janet Evanovich
Buy used from: $4.05 |
 | Bad Debts (Jack Irish) by Peter Temple
Buy used from: $5.12 Peter Temple is a really good crime author. In many ways similar to some of the great American authors. But his characters are 100% Melbourne. I know these men!
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 | Black Tide (Jack Irish) by Peter Temple
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $5.87 |
 | Dead Point: A Jack Irish Thriller by Peter Temple
Buy used from: $20.69 |
 | A Peter Temple Omnibus: The Broken Shore, In The Evil Day, An Iron Rose by Peter Temple
Buy used from: $17.55 All good novels
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 | Flying Too High: A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood
Buy new: $17.90 / Used from: $11.89 All things 'Phryne Fisher' are good. The books are pure fantasy, but the detective stories are well constructed. Read every book if you can. I've only listed a few below.
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 | Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher Mysteries (Paperback)) by Kerry Greenwood
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.68 |
 | The Castlemaine Murders: A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood
Buy new: $13.16 / Used from: $5.36 |
 | Heavenly Pleasures: A Corinna Chapman Mystery by Kerry Greenwood
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $7.92 Another good series from Ms Greenwood. Very different from the Phryne Fisher series in some ways, but some similar underlying themes.
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 | Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $6.99 My all time favorite non fiction book. The woodchuck incident is probably one of the funniest things I have ever read. But there are some serious and insightful observations.
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 | A Gentle Plea for Chaos: Reflections from an English Garden by Mirabel Osler
Buy used from: $2.42 A lovely read about wild gardening. And the tree house! I just want one!!!
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 | Waterlog by Roger Deakin
Buy used from: $12.18 Very soothing. Also an interesting and witty read. Some odd little bits and pieces of local english history.
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 | Wildwood A Journey Through Trees (Import) Deakin by Roger Deakin
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 | The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 The first in a hilarious crime series with a literary theme
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 | Something Rotten: A Thursday Next novel by Jasper Fforde
Buy used from: $2.99 another one
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 | Lost in a Good Book (A Thursday Next Novel) by Jasper Fforde
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next Series) by Jasper Fforde
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 |
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