Uplifting books, as recommended by readers of Backstory's weekly newsletter
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Sale price£8.99
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Sale price£10.99
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Sale price£9.99
Right Ho, Jeeves : (Jeeves & Wooster) by P.G. Wodehouse
Sale price£8.99
Red Carpets And Other Banana Skins by Rupert Everett
Sale price£10.99
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Sale price£9.99
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Sale price£18.99
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Sale price£9.99
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Sale price£9.99
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Sale price£13.00
Night Watch : (Discworld Novel 29) by Terry Pratchett
Sale price£9.99
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Sale price£8.99
The Fortnight in September by RC Sherriff
Sale price£13.00
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
Sale price£8.99
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Sale price£7.99
Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku Onda
Sale price£9.99
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