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Win £700 worth of the best books of 2015!

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 10-Nov-15 10:26:09

Yes, it's that time of year again - and may we now present this year's round up of the best reads for the festive season.

Something for everyone - and a chance for one person to win every single book featured on the page...a prize haul worth OVER £700!!

So how to enter? Simple! Tell us about your favourite book...in 140 characters or less.

All qualifying entries will be popped into our giant Santa hat and a winner will be pulled out at midday on Tuesday 8 December...to give us plenty of time to get the HUGE box of goodies over to you before the festive season begins.

lilihu Mon 16-Nov-15 10:42:20

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith is still vivid, involving, touching and full of hope. When I re-read it I’m still entertained and immersed.

jodandrob Mon 16-Nov-15 03:52:17

I know im far too old but i still love Roald dahl's Matilda. its also my kids fave book.
I saw the film, Matilda (three times), and my dad told me the story came from a book. I asked if I could read it, and he brought it for me. It took me a month to read it, and I was sucked into a new world full of mischief and wonder it was more exciting than watching television.
Matilda is a small girl who can read and write at the age of 2 and is truly clever. When she starts school she helps drive out the evil headmistress, Mrs Trunchbull, with her magic powers.

pfcpompeysarah Sun 15-Nov-15 22:06:24

I recommend A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini to everyone I know, its the story of a young girl called Miriam who is sent to Kabul for an arranged marriage, there she develops a friendship with a local girl called Leila, and it is their friendship which allows her to endure the hardships of the invasion of the Taliban to her town, and an abusive and mentally cruel marriage.

It is beautifully written, heart breaking yet uplifting at the same time, thought-provoking and ultimately one of the most inspiring books I have ever read.

CharlieMouse Sun 15-Nov-15 21:00:15

The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler. It's warm, moving, funny & completely absorbing & is one book I can read over & over (& over!) again.

Waterlily76 Sun 15-Nov-15 21:00:08

The Snow Goose--Just a small book but the story has a huge impact, I love it.

kathy10705 Sun 15-Nov-15 20:06:49

I would have to say that I don't have a favourite book. There are too many to choose from smile I think sometimes it is the book that I am reading now. I do enjoy John Grisham books though as a light change and easy read and I usually learn something. last Grisham book read was Gray Mountain.

Atrig Sun 15-Nov-15 19:52:21

I love the Sunday Philosophy Series by Alexander McCall Smith.

pixiewolfe Sun 15-Nov-15 19:22:04

My favourite book is the "Man called Ove". I hope that more people read it!

50socks Sun 15-Nov-15 19:21:49

my comfort read is A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, it is romantic against hardship, with friendship and kindness in its characters

colleenjwall Sun 15-Nov-15 19:06:06

No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith. I can't wait for the next one as they're all wonderfully heart-warming with characters I really care about.

Antjexix Sun 15-Nov-15 17:41:50

It's got to be Pride and Prejudice, even though it's set in georgian times,it seems very up to date. I'm german and found it hard going the first rime i read it,so had to read it several times.

chrisfh Sun 15-Nov-15 17:04:51

The Lord of the Rings is an amazing epic that keeps me entertained every time I read it.

Linbrikat Sun 15-Nov-15 16:51:01

I'm a sci-fan fan and my favourite is 'Red Mars', the first of a trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. It tells of the colonisation of Mars and the conflict between those who want to keep it pristine and those who want to 'terraform' it.

Lorax Sun 15-Nov-15 16:02:00

The Lord of The Rings has had me rereading throughout my life, as I was transfixed at an early age by the depth and complexity of its characters, plot and universe!

r0v3r5 Sun 15-Nov-15 15:27:37

I never tire of Edward Lear's book of Nonsense. It has something for everyone, wickedly witty rhymes, hilarious illustrations and typical Victorian dark humour - magic!!

janeyjane Sun 15-Nov-15 14:20:21

Jane Eyre has to be my favourite book. I can't say why because it just touched me as a teenager & I have read it over & over since then.

diamondlil14 Sun 15-Nov-15 13:38:13

My very favourite is Persuasion. Rejecting her devoted sweetheart then regretting it Anne Elliot blossoms when he returns eight years later and is still in love with her.

wallers5 Sun 15-Nov-15 11:44:58

The Girl who fell from the sky by Simon Mawer

A stunning book about an SOE agent dropped into France in the last war. They were so brave. An inspriation to us all.

trisher Sun 15-Nov-15 11:35:42

GNHQ Will you be removing all the posts over 140 characters before the draw?

trisher Sun 15-Nov-15 11:34:02

Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Amusing and educational, Sometimes you get where you want to be by going in the other direction.

clairew137 Sun 15-Nov-15 09:53:21

My favourite book is 'Goodnight Beautiful by Dorothy Koomson. It's a very sweet book. It makes me cry. It's so well written that I can't stop reading it and want to reach the end to find out what happens.

sallyc06 Sun 15-Nov-15 09:28:27

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck , I read this at school and loved it so much, have read it a few times since. By the way I am 60 now, so school was a VERY long times ago.

BulldozerJo Sat 14-Nov-15 23:30:20

My favourite book is the classic Little Women, I read this when I was about 10 and have read it many times since. It always makes me appreciate things.

Bprose Sat 14-Nov-15 22:05:20

I thought Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulks, although extremely sad, was an amazing page-turner of a book for me.

Candelle Sat 14-Nov-15 20:34:46

I read 'Catch 22' by Joseph Heller years ago and its logic has never left me - I think perhaps we are all mad in a sane way..... I must find time to re-red it...