Right, I have a stack of unread books, which one should I start with?

[Yorkshirepudding]

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Chocolat
then
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
then
Tales from a Small Island

foudn the alchemist a chore tbh

Curious incident. You'll be unable to put it down, and will read it very quickly

Human Croquet (although Behind the scenes at the museum her best book)
Jane Eyre
Tales from a small island

Curious Incident , or Jane Eyre

the alchemist. I couldn't put it down, i've read one or two others off your list, the beach (a bit dull) it's the best one of Paulo Coehlo's and I've read a few now...

depends what you're after.....
light read
classic
quirky
romantic......

those are all good books (save i havent read the alchemist / a life's work / the last one.....)

The Beach is shoite

didn't like the alchemist either, piffle
though can't actually remember much about it at all (maybe a good thing)

I loved Human Croquet. I have her Emotionally Weird on my bedside pile.

the beach is shoite, but fairly entertaining shoite

Jane Eyre - for a bit of the classics, but in quite a gripping gothic way, so not that much of a chore.
Or Tales from a Small Island for genial and amusing.

Alchemist and A Life's Work are a bit "cod" profound.

kate atkinson is superb, not read human croquet yet...
the beach was truly shiteous shite

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which you're ignoring...

Throw out the Alchemist and Chocolat and enjoy the rest in any order.