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Which books do you always see in charity shops?

59 replies

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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random · 10/07/2009 15:04

Maeve Binchy ...Circle of friends

redandgreen · 10/07/2009 15:04

I was going to say TP just from seeing the thread title! And rightly so!

UnquietDad · 10/07/2009 15:06

House at Riverton

The island

thighsmadeofcheddar · 10/07/2009 15:07

Angels and Demons and the other one...

UnquietDad · 10/07/2009 15:08

Always loads of crime and M&B.

KingRolo · 10/07/2009 15:13

The woman who played Mrs Doyle - Pauline McLynn? And the one out of Mel and Sue who had a baby - must be Mel. Saw a few of theirs too.

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LastTrainToNowhere · 10/07/2009 17:32

Lots of Sophie Kinsella, Maeve Binchy and M&B.
Precious few Classic literature!

chegirl · 10/07/2009 17:59

The Davinci Code.
Lots of books with pink covers and pictures of shoes/dresses on them.
Diet/cooking/what not to wear books.

MrsMattie · 10/07/2009 18:02

Anything by Catherine Cookson or Lena Kennedy.

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.

Dumbledoresgirl · 10/07/2009 18:05

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

Notalone · 10/07/2009 18:06

Jodie Picoult. Always!

Haylstones · 10/07/2009 18:21

Bridget Jones!

lisasimpson · 10/07/2009 18:27

Danielle Steel and Jackie Collins

TrinityRhino · 10/07/2009 18:28

shopoholic and.... series

LaurieFairyCake · 10/07/2009 18:29

Really dodgy craft books

and diy manuals

and old accounting books

plus every crappy uber-popular paperback

Babbity · 10/07/2009 18:30

The Lovely Bones

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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smartiejake · 10/07/2009 18:35

Lots of Maeve Binchy and Rosamund Pilcher

GentlyDoingIt · 10/07/2009 18:46

What Not To Wear & You Are What You Eat

Greensleeves · 10/07/2009 18:55

Rosamund Pilcher, Minette Walters, Jean Plaidy

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

JesuslovesDubrovnik · 11/07/2009 00:44

gina ford

Sparkler · 11/07/2009 00:45
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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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