A few books I love

A Listmania! list by Jamie Beeeee (Durham)
 
The Passion (Contemporary classics)
1.  The Passion (Contemporary classics) by Jeanette Winterson
The list author says:
  "If this book were fabric it would be velvet. A rich and extrodinary novel with a wonderful poetic twist."
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

House of Orphans
2.  House of Orphans by Helen Dunmore
The list author says:
  "A novel about loving someone you can never have. Excellent."
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3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Hotel World
3.  Hotel World by Ali Smith
The list author says:
  "This book is so clever that I was astonished for a while afterwards."
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3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

To the Lighthouse
4.  To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The list author says:
  "Virginia's genius was to make the ordinary seem extra ordinary and this novel highlights this beautiful."
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Enduring Love: Now a major motion picture
5.  Enduring Love: Now a major motion picture by Ian McEwan
The list author says:
  "I had to study this for A-Level and it's fantastic."
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3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (176 customer reviews)

Oryx And Crake
6.  Oryx And Crake by Margaret Atwood
The list author says:
  "A probably prophetic nightmare which Atwood executes wonderfully."
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)

Wuthering Heights (Pocket Penguin Classics)
7.  Wuthering Heights (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Emily Brontë
The list author says:
  "Wuthering Heights was left in our villa on holiday and saved me from what could have been a miserable time in Gozo."
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (328 customer reviews)

Holy Fools
8.  Holy Fools by Joanne Harris
The list author says:
  "Joanne Harris doesn't challenge her audience much nor does she have much literary imprtantance but as far as story telling goes this is gripping."
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Marie Antoinette
9.  Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
The list author says:
  "Queen of France, Marie Antionette's life reads like it could be fiction and this is an excellent biography. Detailed but never a struggle to read."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides
10.  Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides by Princess Michael of Kent
The list author says:
  "I literally had no interest in history until I read this in my teens and so now I think of it as an old friend. Prince Michael writes a history based on more traditionally feminine virtues."
£9.99   Used & New from: £0.08

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