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1975 THE GREAT GHOST ADVENTURE –EVA IBBOTSON


1975 LAST BUS TOWOODSTOCK –COLIN DEXTER


From fictional spies to detectives, Macmillan published the first Inspector Morse novel in 1975 with this striking cover. Capturing the public imagination, it went on to become the quintessential mystery series starring John Thaw.


Illustrated beautifully by Simon Stern, The Great Ghost Adventure was published in 1975. Ibbotson wrote more than 20 imaginative and humorous books for children and young adults, many of which garnered nominations for major awards for children’s literature in the UK, including the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the Whitbread Prize.


2004 THE LINE OF BEAUTY –ALAN HOLLINGHURST


Published by Macmillan imprint Picador in 2004, The Line of Beauty went on to win the Man Booker Prize in the same year, and was made into a three-part series by the BBC in 2006.


THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY –DOUGLAS ADAMS


1979


The intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent begin in the first volume of the “trilogy of five”, Douglas Adams’ comedy sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which was published by Pan in 1979.


1972 ROSSHALDE–HERMANN HESSE


Macmillan imprint Picador published its first title in 1972, Rosshalde by Hermann Hesse, along with A Personal Anthology by Jorge Luis Borges, Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan, Heroes and Villians by Angela Carter and four others.


BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY–HELEN FIELDING 1996


Bridget Jones’s Diary—arguably the first “chick lit” novel—was first published in 1996 and applauded by critics from Salman Rushdie to Jilly Cooper. A number one bestseller, Helen Fielding’s book has sold over 15 million copies worldwide and has been turned into an Academy Award- nominated film series starring Renée Zellweger—who posed as an intern in the Pan Macmillan publicity department during her research for the role.


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