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1	Can You Keep a Secret more books like this by Sophie Kinsella Unfailingly optimistic Emma Corrigan has a problem. During an episode of flight turbulence, she tells her troubles (the job she hates, the seemingly perfect boyfriend she is not sure she loves) to the handsome man sitting next to her. Then, who walks into her office the next morning but the man from the flight--who turns out to be Jack Harper, the ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Remember Me? more books like this by Sophie Kinsella With the same wicked humor and delicious charm that have won her millions of devoted fans, the author of the #1 "New York Times"-bestseller "Shopaholic & Baby" returns with an irresistible new novel and a fresh new heroine who finds herself in a life-changing and utterly hilarious predicament. see all copies from £2.27! new only from £8.09! \| first editions
3	Persuasion more books like this by Jane Austen In this witty story of love and marriage, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth meet again after many years. They are in love, but will they marry? "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36! \| first editions
4	Good in Bed more books like this by Jennifer Weiner "At first my eyes wouldn't make sense of the letters. Finally, they unscrambled." Loving a Larger Woman, "said the headline, by Bruce Guberman. Bruce Guberman had been my boyfriend for just over three years, until we'd decided to take a break three months ago. And the larger woman, I could only assume, was me." Cannie Shapiro never wanted to be ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Confessions of a Shopaholic more books like this by Sophie Kinsella In this all-too-true debut novel, Kinsella chronicles one woman's hilarious efforts to overcome her expensive--if stylish--addiction to shopping. The author has brilliantly tapped into our collective consumer conscience to deliver a tale of our times and a heroine who grows stronger every time she weakens. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.66! \| first editions
6	Peony in Love more books like this by Lisa See Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death, See's novel beautifully explores the many manifestations of love and addresses the age-old desire of women to be heard. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Emma more books like this by Jane Austen In the world of books, there are hundreds of timeless classics. But only one collection of great works is a classic in itself - "Britannica's Great Books". This 60-volume set brings you centuries of celebrated writings from the greatest minds of all time, including Plato, Shakespeare, Swift, Freud, Hemingway and Twain. "Britannica's Great Books" ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Brick Lane more books like this by Monica Ali In BRICK LANE, after an arranged marriage, Nazneen moves with her much older husband, Chanu, from Bangladesh to London, where over the years she manages to make a place for herself in spite of her husband's inability to cope. As she gains strength from raising two feisty daughters, taking a socially committed lover, and learning to make some money ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	One Fifth Avenue more books like this by Candace Bushnell In her fifth novel, Bushnell traces the lives and loves of the aspirational sophisticates in New York City, using the trendiest areas of Manhattan as the backdrop for the stories of five women living in the same swanky downtown apartment building.Hyperion see all copies from £6.82! new only from £7.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Sense & Sensibility more books like this by Jane Austen Maggie Lane is the author of "Jane Austen's World" and "Jane Austen and Food", and is a former Honorary Secretary of the Jane Austen Society. Her introductions to "The Winchester Austen" cover aspects of Jane Austen's social and economic world, including religion and food.Dr John Wiltshire is Reader in the School of Communication, Arts and ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Special Topics in Calamity Physics more books like this by Marisha Pessl Structured around a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature class, this mesmerizing debut, uncannily uniting the trials of a postmodern upbringing with a murder mystery, heralds the arrival of a vibrant new voice in literary fiction. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	44 Scotland Street more books like this by Alexander McCall Smith One of McCall Smith's particular talents is his ability to portray archetypes without resorting to stereotype or cliche. Thus we immediately recognise the Edinburgh chartered surveyor, stalwart of the Conservative Association, who dreams of membership to Muirfield golf club. We have the pushy Stockbridge mother, and her prodigiously talented five ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.08! \| first editions
13 view cover	Chasing Harry Winston more books like this by Lauren Weisberger The bestselling author of "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Everyone Worth Knowing" is back with a delicious new novel about a trio of best girlfriends in Manhattan which makes a dramatic pact to change each woman's life in one year. see all copies from £2.01! new only from £6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Northanger Abbey more books like this by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey was among the last of Jane Austen's novels to be published, in 1818, but the first to be written, mostly in 1798-9. Centred on the loves and friendships of Catherine Morland, an endearing young girl extremely fond of novel-reading, it remains the most youthful and optimistic of Jane Austen's novels. During an eventful season in ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Mansfield Park more books like this by Jane Austen '"Me!" cried Fanny..."Indeed you must excuse me. I could not act any thing if you were to give me the world. No, indeed, I cannot act."' At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. There she accepts ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36! \| first editions
16 view cover	Bleak House more books like this by Charles Dickens With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, University of Kent at Canterbury and illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), "Bleak House" is one of Dickens' finest achievements, establishing his reputation as a serious and mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer. It is at once a complex mystery story that fully engages the reader ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Remember more books like this by Karen Kingsbury, Dr. Gary Smalley Once again, the Baxter family is touched by love and loss, including the tragic events surrounding September 11. Ashley Baxter has locked up her heart, convinced that no one--including God--could love her because of the past behavior she is trying to forget. A few highly unlikely people help her open up to love and redemption. see all copies from £7.85! new only from £8.24!
18 view cover	Tess of the Durbervilles more books like this by Thomas Hardy An exciting new TV adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic Tess of the D'Urbervilles has arrived on BBC 1, and this is the official tie-in edition with an exclusive introduction from the programme's producer David Snodin. A tragic tale of love, seduction and betrayal,Tess of the D'Urbervilles was named the nation's 12th favourite book in a poll for ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Sister Carrie more books like this by Theodore Dreiser The text of the Third Edition is based on the 1900 Doubleday Page edition, with detailed annotations that reveal the author's use of real people and places in Chicago and New York. The novel is followed by "A Note on the Text," which discusses the relationship between this edition's text and that of the Pennsylvania Edition (1981), and a "Textual ... see all copies from £1.47! new only from £5.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Our Town: A Play in Three Acts more books like this by Thornton Wilder "Our Town" was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the town of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play. It is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring ... see all copies from £3.42! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Blood of Flowers more books like this by Anita Amirrezvani In this mesmerizing historical novel, an ill-fated young woman's gift as a rug designer transforms her life in 17th-century Isfahan. see all copies from £2.08! new only from £6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Room with a View more books like this by E M Forster Set partly in Florence, partly in the Surrey hills, A ROOM WITH A VIEW depicts the struggle for the soul of its enchanting heroine, Lucy Honeychuch. Forster's brilliant social comedy examines the English abroad and at home in the country as Lucy's sincere and passionate feelings are contrasted with her prudish cousin Charlotte, her supercilious ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.15! \| first editions
23 view cover	Intensity more books like this by Dean R Koontz Edgler Vess is a sociopath intent on murder. He lives for one purpose only: to satisfy all appetites as they arise, seeking ever more outrageous experience. To live with intensity. When he attacks her friend, Laura, Chyna Shepherd's instincts protect her. Not knowing Laura is already dead, Chyna follows, hoping to save her friend, when Vess ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	The Pillars of Creation more books like this by Terry Goodkind From the very first page FAITH OF THE FALLEN PITCHES pitched Richard and Kahlan into their most desperate fight yet, a fight where worlds hung in the balance. FAITH OF THE FALLEN took The Sword of Truth into a new decade and onto new heights of intense, thoughtful and meaningful fantasy while never losing sight of the need to tell a compelling ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £6.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Fortunes Rocks more books like this by Anita Shreve Set 100 years ago in Boston, FORTUNE'S ROCKS is a classic of literary and romantic storytelling. Fifteen-year-old Olympia Biddeford is spending the summer with her parents at their seasonal house at Fortune's Rocks. Her father handles her education himself and is in fact a publisher of mildly liberal literature. One author he admires, who also ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions

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