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Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

We love Bridget Jones and her pacy, funny diary style, much-imitated but never bettered. The perfect combination of endearing character, compelling read, and sharp observations of daft modern manners.

He has slept with the stupid and clever.
He has slept with the rich and the poor
But he sadly admits that he's never
Slept with a poet before

Sophie Hannah, Leaving And Leaving You

Sophie Hannah's poems are deliciously readable – fast, musical and witty. Heaven help the instantly familiar numpties at the wrong end of some of her rhymes; but although love is a grand old topic for poetry, she treats it with a freshness and subtlety that's irresistible. Do not read on public transport since your snorts of surprised laughter may disturb others.

Leaving And Leaving You by Sophie Hannah

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	The Family Way | Newborn
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	The God Of Small Things | Postcards From God
	The Night Watch | The Book Of Blood
	Fleshmarket Close | Dead Redhead
	Bridget Jones's Diary | Leaving And Leaving You
	Quite Ugly One Morning | Bad Shaman Blues
	The Shipping News | The Tree House
	Shadow Of The Wind | The Eyes
	Back When We Were Grownups | Granny Scarecrow