What books would you take on the Vendée Globe solo voyage round the world?

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Alex Thomson aboard his boat the Hugo Boss during the Vendee Globe
Time to settle down with a good book ... Alex Thomson aboard his boat the Hugo Boss during the Vendee Globe. Photograph: Marine Nationale /AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Marine Nationale/AFP/Getty Images

I see that Alex Thomson, who is sailing solo around the world in the Vendée Globe race, has taken all of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe novels on his Kindle. What other books would readers pack for the three-month, 26,000-mile race?

Peter Shelton, Leeds

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