An Eclectic Top Ten Books

A Listmania! list by "thehimalayas"
 
London Fields
1.  London Fields by Martin Amis
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  "Dark, foreboding, and grimy - the countdown to a murder"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)

Don't Read This Book If You're Stupid
2.  Don't Read This Book If You're Stupid by Tibor Fischer
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  "Short stories from one of the best contemporary writers"
£6.74   Used & New from: £0.01
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

Lascivious Bodies: A Sexual History of the Eighteenth Century
3.  Lascivious Bodies: A Sexual History of the Eighteenth Century by Julie Peakman
The list author says:
  "Everything you wanted to know about eighteenth century sexuality... but were afraid to ask"
£9.69   Used & New from: £3.20
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Feeding Frenzy
4.  Feeding Frenzy by Will Self
The list author says:
  "A collection of Self's journalism... the 'emotional geography' of London and the restaurant review on acid are particular highlights"
£14.44   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

The Crow Road
5.  The Crow Road by Iain Banks
The list author says:
  "Think your family are weird and your life is going nowhere? So does Prentice. Only he's funnier than you are... look at all those 5 star reviews if you don't believe me."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)

The Turkish Embassy Letters
6.  The Turkish Embassy Letters by Lady Mary MWortley Montagu
The list author says:
  "Poet, letter-writer, traveller, friend (then enemy) of Alexander Pope..  a truly remarkable woman."
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.60
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Fictions
7.  Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
The list author says:
  "The master of the short story . Brilliant, un-pin-downable, mysterious - unlike anything you've ever read before"
£6.29   Used & New from: £3.00
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

A Confederacy of Dunces (Pocket Penguin Classics)
8.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Pocket Penguin Classics) by John Kennedy Toole
The list author says:
  "Don't let the author's tragic story put you off - pungently funny"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.10
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

Selected Poetry (Oxford World's Classics)
9.  Selected Poetry (Oxford World's Classics) by Alexander Pope
The list author says:
  ""A little learning is a dangerous thing" - just one of the many phrases we've cribbed from Pope, one of the eighteenth century's most talented poets."
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis
10.  Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis by Wendy Cope
The list author says:
  "Shocking expensive, as all poetry books are, but worth it. Stingingly funny, bitter and moving."
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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