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Which books do you always see in charity shops?

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KingRolo · 10/07/2009 15:02

I went in five charity shops today and I saw Tony Parson's 'Man and Boy' in every single one!

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noddyholder · 11/07/2009 15:01

He adored her she was v glam as they all were.Dps was ultra glam too but mostly pissed as were the rest of them(allegedly).He has always been camp I don't know why he is so cagey.

Simples · 11/07/2009 15:00

Really?
v tragic about his mum.
although he was very cagey about his gay ness - a fact that let the whole book down tbh

noddyholder · 11/07/2009 14:57

My dp and DW were brought up in the same showbiz circle.All kids were treated a bit like him all the parents were v glitzy

Simples · 11/07/2009 14:54

I read Dale wintons biog from Oxfam
rather interesting tbh

UnquietDad · 11/07/2009 14:54

You used to see loads of Doctor Who paperbacks, but again the collectors have now got wise to this and snapped them up...

thumbwitch · 11/07/2009 14:52

All the Dan Browns
Sophie Kinsellas
Catherine Alliot
Tony Parsons

NEVER see now:
Georgette Heyer (too many collectors)
Janet Evanovich later ones
Christopher Brookmyre

pollywobbledoodle · 11/07/2009 14:49

all the richard and judy books

dandy annuals

old encyclopaedias

MrsSeanBean · 11/07/2009 14:32

Hard cover autobiographies/ biographies of obscure (to me anyway) football players. Usually proudly displayed in the window as a star product.

moondog · 11/07/2009 14:27

'The Moon's a Balloon' (David Bleeding Niven's smug memoir) was ubiquitous throughoult late 80s and early 90s.I would regularly check out charity shops to confirm suspicion that each was accessorised by at least one copy.

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KingRolo · 11/07/2009 14:23

I burnt my Gina Ford. Didn't want to suject anyone else to her lunacy.

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Sparkler · 11/07/2009 00:45
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JesuslovesDubrovnik · 11/07/2009 00:44

gina ford

yappybluedog · 11/07/2009 00:28

The Accidental
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
anything by Kathy Lette
anything sold in Tesco
most things on R&J list

Greensleeves · 10/07/2009 18:55

Rosamund Pilcher, Minette Walters, Jean Plaidy

GentlyDoingIt · 10/07/2009 18:46

What Not To Wear & You Are What You Eat

smartiejake · 10/07/2009 18:35

Lots of Maeve Binchy and Rosamund Pilcher

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KingRolo · 10/07/2009 18:30

James Herriot appears a lot round these parts

(his books that is... think he's actually dead).

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Babbity · 10/07/2009 18:30

The Lovely Bones

LaurieFairyCake · 10/07/2009 18:29

Really dodgy craft books

and diy manuals

and old accounting books

plus every crappy uber-popular paperback

TrinityRhino · 10/07/2009 18:28

shopoholic and.... series

lisasimpson · 10/07/2009 18:27

Danielle Steel and Jackie Collins

Haylstones · 10/07/2009 18:21

Bridget Jones!

Notalone · 10/07/2009 18:06

Jodie Picoult. Always!

Dumbledoresgirl · 10/07/2009 18:05

Kate Mosse's Labyrinth. and I know why..

TsarChasm · 10/07/2009 18:03

I always seem to spot Ulrika-ka-ka's autobiography.

I also look out for recurring cd's - mostly those D/Mail freebies it seems.

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