 | The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Buy used from: $1.15 Percy is the ultimate, quintessential hero for me. Dashing, brave, intelligent and totally in love with his heroine. Every time I read this book or watch the movies, I want to be Marguerite.
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 | A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $0.01 Groan all you want about having to read this in school, or that the language is too dense and heavy. But if you get past all of that you're in for an adventure that will be match any modern-day adventure story told.
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 | The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) by Stephen King
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.15 If you want a book on how to write characters or you just appreciate excellent characterization, this book is it. I read this book when it first came out, and I've never forgotten it.
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 | The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
Buy used from: $4.80 These three heroes are to die for! And the sword play is exceptional. I'd want these guys watching my back anytime I'm in trouble. Loyalty and companionship.
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 | The Man in the Iron Mask (Oxford World's Classics) by Alexandre Dumas père
Buy used from: $0.50 Wonderfully drawn characters, and the ultimate switcheroo!
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 | Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 A classic!
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 | Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt
Buy used from: $0.01 My maternal grandmother intro'd me to romantic suspense before the genre was so named!
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 | The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $0.01 A wonderful adventure that keeps you turning the page. Why it took me so long to (more than two years) to actually buy the book, I've NO idea!
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 | Communion: A True Story by Whitley Strieber
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 My maternal grandmother floored me when I saw this on her reading table. She was in her early 70s and I couldn't believe that she was reading science fiction (well the book says it's a true story, but you have to decide that for yourself). It was also the moment when she said, "It would be quite arrogant to think that we're the only beings in the universe." What a woman!
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 | Destiny (Rogue Angel, Book 1) by Alex Archer
Buy new: $6.50 / Used from: $0.84 A kick-butt heroine in the tradition of Tomb Raiders Laura Croft.
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