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My favourite Book is the worlds best seller, The Bible. People feel like they have read it but haven't. So why not give it a try and read it today.

The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Carey - This is a terrific tale of an artist at work, and is unusual in that Gulley Jimson goes into great detail about the creative process that inspires him. His descriptions of London are wonderful, and his story is funny, sad, and never dull - it races along, and the unpredictable twists and turns are always entertaining. Love this book so much.

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is an absolutely fabulous book with a gripping plot with wonderful characters. Once you start to read this book you will not want to put it down. It will make you laugh out loud and cry in places, this is one of the best books I have ever read. It is beautifully written and made me fall in love with reading once again with the same depth of appreciation that I had not felt since I read Charlotte's Web as a young girl.

I think my favourite book is Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - it comares life in London with that of Paris in the time of the French Revolution. It is also an unrequited love story and tells of the seeedier life of London's underworld.

I absolutely love crime fiction, one of my favourites is Patricia Cornwell.
I would love to be able to stock up on some more interesting, thrilling and relaxing reads to keep me entertained over the Christmas season, rather than all that trashy TV!!!

Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor. Romance, history, courage and daring. It's got the lot.

When Christmas Bells Ring - set in Liverpool, my favourite UK city

My favourite is Marley and Me. It's sad in places but incredably funny as well. As a dog owner I can just imagine my dog getting up to some of Marleys antics.

Despite studying Pride and Prejudice twice at school for O and then A level English Literature it remains a firm favourite with something new to be discovered every time I re-read it.

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson still hasn't been knocked off the top of my favourites list. I love Sansom's Shardlake series and historical novels but there are too many great books to choose an absolute favourite.

To Kill a Mockingbird, which I read when an older sibling studied it at school.

Joanne Harris and the first book of hers that I read - blackberry wine. Bit of magic and fantasy with a happy ending that keeps you wondering.

The Beach - I love how it explores a Utopian society and highlights the fact that no society is perfect. A cult classic!

I really don't have a favourite book but here goes.
Those we left behind was a great read about a schoolboy who is jailed for murder and when he is out tries to get his life together.Did he kill ? or didn't he.

How do you choose???? I love Stephen King, world's greatest story teller but am going to say Robert Falcon Scotts 'Last Expedition'. Reading about his polar exploration, bid for the Pole and other scientific endeavors in his own words was a wonderful experience.

My favourite books are The Lord of the Rings and the HitchHiker series. I read LOTR every other year and always find something else in it, so that has to be my no 1 book.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Read it as a child, as a teenager, as an adult, alone, to my children, and I'm looking forward to reading it to grandchildren. Also loved the movie. Aslan is the finest animal character ever created.

Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie

A funny, feel good story about the residents of the Todday' s determination to liberate whisky from the excise men.

Tess of the Durbevilles is magical and conveys Hardy's consistent style of marrying description with action in every paragraph.

The Island by Victoria Hislop. This book gripped me from the first page to the last. Set on Spinalonga off the coast of Crete it tells the story of a leper colony. I can understand why the book won so many awards! I have read many books, but this one was different, as it really lives on in my heart!

There are so very many enjoyable and favourite books from the classics but I have started reading newer authors and thoroughly enjoyed reading In My House by Alex Hourston. It could happen to anyone of us!

A thoroughly absorbing read.

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry a sweeping Indian saga that makes you laugh, makes you cry and stays with you forever.

Peter Robinson creates murder in Yorkshire with people who seem real.

Loving, by Henry Green. It's set in an Irish manor house during the second world war. It's the most realistic love story I've ever read, and occasionally I get a memory from the book as if they were real people I used to know.