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Books You Might Actually Want to Read

Fed up with book lists of heavyweight, worthy-but-dull items that you ploughed through once or were forced to read at school and have never looked at since? Here's a selection of less heavyweight books. Taste is an individual thing, of course, but hopefully you've enjoyed some of these yourself along the way.
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Age of Misrule (Mark Chadbourn)
Age of Misrule
1
Mark Chadbourn
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
2
James Herriot
The Amber Chronicles
The Amber Chronicles
3
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
4
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Amulet of Samarkand
The Amulet of Samarkand
5
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
6
Algernon Blackwood
Aprons and Silver Spoons (Mollie Moran)
Aprons and Silver Spoons
7
Mollie Moran
The Aubrey-Maturin Novels
The Aubrey-Maturin Novels
8
The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes
9
Lawrence Hill
The Box of Delights (John Masefield)
The Box of Delights
10
John Masefield
Brat Farrar
Brat Farrar
11
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
12
Helen Fielding
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950′S (Jennifer Worth)
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950′S
13
Jennifer Worth
Camelot (Mary Stewart)
Camelot (Mary Stewart)
14
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
15
Joseph Heller
Charlotte Sometimes (Penelope Farmer)
Charlotte Sometimes
16
Penelope Farmer
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
17
Arthur C. Clarke
Citizen of the Galaxy (Heinlein)
Citizen of the Galaxy
18
Heinlein
City of Women (David Gillham)
City of Women
19
David Gillham
Clan of the Cave Bears
Clan of the Cave Bears
20
The Conquest (Elizabeth Chadwick)
The Conquest
21
Elizabeth Chadwick
The Country Child (Alison Uttley)
The Country Child
22
Alison Uttley
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
23
Mark Haddon
Darkover (Darkover Series)
Darkover (Darkover Series)
24
Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall
25
Evelyn Waugh
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (J.P. Donleavy)
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman
26
J.P. Donleavy
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
27
Anne Frank
Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
Diary of a Nobody
28
George and Weedon Grossmith
Discworld (Terry Pratchett)
Discworld
29
Terry Pratchett
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
30
Frank Herbert
Earthsea (Ursula K. Leguin)
Earthsea
31
Ursula K. Leguin
Experiences of an Irish RM (Somerville Ross)
Experiences of an Irish RM
32
Somerville Ross
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
33
Jasper Fforde
Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
Game of Thrones
34
George R.R. Martin
Ghost Stories (M R James)
Ghost Stories
35
M R James
Girl With a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
Girl With a Pearl Earring
36
Tracy Chevalier
The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
37
Philip Pullman
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
38
Margaret Mitchell
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (Sue Townsend)
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
39
Sue Townsend
Gypsy Boy (Mikey Walsh)
Gypsy Boy
40
Mikey Walsh
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