Personal finance experts from TheMoneyPig.com have researched and revealed seven books that have been sold for hundreds or thousands of pounds, in case households unknowingly own similar copies. Do you own any?

5. Trainspottingby Irvine Welsh
A good first edition of Irvine Welshs gritty 1993 novel can fetch anything between 500-1,500. | Getty

6. Animal Farmby George Orwell
Hardcover first editions of George Orwells Animal Farm which critiques the ideology of Stalin in the Soviet Union are worth as much as 10,000. | Getty

7. Lord of the Fliesby William Golding
If you own a pristine first edition of Nobel Prize-winning author William Goldings classic, you could cash it in for up to 5,000-6,000. | Getty
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