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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.

ENGLISHROSE123 Thu 03-Dec-15 08:27:56

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.

catcrazygirluk Thu 03-Dec-15 09:07:43

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.

smileykay Fri 04-Dec-15 07:16:49

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.

xymalf Fri 04-Dec-15 10:54:09

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.

agreaves19 Fri 04-Dec-15 10:57:24

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!!!

sueellen Fri 04-Dec-15 11:05:22

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

Wallygrom Fri 04-Dec-15 12:16:22

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

woodcotepark Fri 04-Dec-15 13:30:32

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.

Buddie Fri 04-Dec-15 14:08:15

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.

Nanajaws Fri 04-Dec-15 18:13:46

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.

sootyo Fri 04-Dec-15 18:56:28

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

Mythbirtthedragon Fri 04-Dec-15 21:37:27

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.

EmmyCD Fri 04-Dec-15 23:18:24

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

carol810 Sat 05-Dec-15 08:41:18

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.

enfys Sat 05-Dec-15 11:39:10

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.

Rainy Sat 05-Dec-15 12:50:30

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.

dewdneyk Sat 05-Dec-15 15:20:18

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.

Lapwing Sat 05-Dec-15 15:38:26

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.

glossopswift Sat 05-Dec-15 15:53:04

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

Bobbysgirl19 Sat 05-Dec-15 16:20:06

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!

Jumbly01 Sat 05-Dec-15 17:22:46

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!

Jumbly01 Sat 05-Dec-15 17:23:33

A thoroughly absorbing read.

Isobelw Sat 05-Dec-15 21:13:04

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

jeangall Sat 05-Dec-15 21:33:22

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

SingingSilver Sat 05-Dec-15 22:15:27

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.