11. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
Probably one of my favourite Discworld novels, and early in the series, when Pterry’s hit his stride, but has not yet begun to flesh his characters out from being three-dimensional caricatures. Discworld isa strange world atht is flat like a disc… but is strangely familiar. All Pterry’s Discworld stories are humorous, serious examinations of people and how we all work. This story deals with narrative force, faerietales, and the all-important Witches Rule: Don’t Do What You Will, Do What I Say.

12. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Before the highly over-rated movie there was a highly over-rated book! For all that, the book is a lovely Orientalist look at the lives of Geisha and Meiko (apprentice Geisha) and was apparently meticulously researched (not being an area I’ve researched for myself, I can’t say for sure). Not a fantastic read, but certainly good; entertaining, well-paced and engaging.