 | David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy used from: $0.01 I'll re-read most anything by Dickens, but David Copperfield is my favorite.
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 | Count of Nine by A.A. Fair
Buy used from: $7.06 Forget Perry Mason! Donald Lam is THE man!! I have them all, and re-read them regularly.
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 | Early Poems (Russian Edition) by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Buy used from: $3.36 A complete works of Yevtushenko would be best, but failing that, this volume and Stolen Apples in combination have been proven to ward off prison pallor.
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 | Hamlet: By William Shakespeare - Screenplay, Introduction and Film Diary by Kenneth Branagh
Buy new: $12.75 / Used from: $0.01 If the warden only lets you have one volume of Shakespeare, this is the one to ask for.
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 | Hornblower : Beat to Quarters by C.S. Forester
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $1.98 Imagine sailing on a 19th century frigate... What better way to keep your head in prison than to imagine yourself elsewhere? And there's no finer company than Horatio Hornblower.
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 | The Impossible Virgin (Modesty Blaise series) by Peter O'Donnell
Buy used from: $31.54 You'll need the entire Modesty Blaise series. Accept no lame substitutes such as James Bond.
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 | The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $2.98 Rare indeed is the writer who never embarrasses the reader. Heyer's works are imcomparable gems.
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 | Little Men (Signet Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
Buy used from: $0.01 Forget Little Women! Little Men and Jo's Boys are too wonderful for words. Another place and time; another world, and one you'll wish you lived in.
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 | Holy Bible King James Version Study Bible (Burgundy)
Buy new: $29.68 / Used from: $23.92 If you're Christian you know why you need this book. If you're not, try looking at the work from a literary standpoint. It is simply amazing reading!
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 | The Love Poems of Lord Byron: A Romantic's Passion by George Gordon Byron
Buy used from: $1.66 Some scholars are very snitty about Byron. They should be. More than any other romantic poet, his mind is accessible to the modern reader. His letters are as good as his poems, if you can find them.
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 | Dawn Of D-Day (Greenhill Military Paperback) by David Hawarth
Buy used from: $0.60 Whether it's World War II or Waterloo, no other historian brings it so close you can almost see and touch it. He was immensely gifted.
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 | The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Buy used from: $4.00 Haldeman writes such terrific SF that even non-fans of the genre can appreciate his work. The Forever War has come to be recognized (deservedly) as a classic.
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 | Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.98 SF, historical fiction, short stories -- ah, heck! Read anything by Card you can find.
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 | The Grave Maurice by Martha Grimes
Buy used from: $0.01 The characters in the Richard Jury series quickly become your life-long friends. And everybody needs more friends!
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 | Metzger's Dog by Thomas Perry
Buy used from: $0.01 Incredible book! Good luck finding a copy, but if you do, don't let your friends borrow it!
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 | One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1) by Janet Evanovich
Buy used from: $0.01 For those days when the parole board rejects you again, you need the Stephanie Plum series for laughs.
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| Tryst by Elswth Thane
There simply is no better ghost/romance story ever written. Timeless, which is a good thing if you have a life sentence.
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 | Our Sacred Honor: The Stories, Letters, Songs, Poems, Speeches, and Hymns that Gave Birth to Our Nation
Buy used from: $0.01 If there can be honor among thieves, why not politicians. Parts of this book should be read to young children -- repeatedly.
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 | Vertical Burn by Earl Emerson
Buy used from: $0.01 Emerson is simply the finest mystery/thriller writer never to have made the NY Times bestseller list. But he will!
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 | Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin
Buy used from: $5.38 Trust me on this: Not Stephen King, not Stoker or Yarbro, NOBODY has ever written a better vampire tale. Forget everything you think you know about vampires & enjoy this author's wonderful writing
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