BEST BOOKS BY GENRE

A Listmania! list by "manachman"
 
The Big Nowhere
1.  The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy
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  "BEST CRIME FICTION!     Honourable mentions: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie; The Church of Dead Girls, Stephen Dobyns"
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Jig (Coronet Books)
2.  Jig (Coronet Books) by Campbell Armstrong
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  "BEST THRILLER!     Honourable mention: The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth"
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4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Dracula (Penguin Popular Classics)
3.  Dracula (Penguin Popular Classics) by Bram Stoker
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  "BEST HORROR!     Honourable mentions: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley; The Stand, Stephen King."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (271 customer reviews)

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Puckoon
4.  Puckoon by Spike Milligan
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  "BEST FOR HUMOUR!     Honourable mentions: The Complete Far Side, Gary Larson; Stark, Ben Elton"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

Nineteen Eighty-Four
5.  Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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  "BEST CLASSIC!     Honourable mentions: Hamlet, William Shakespeare; Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo; Lord of the Flies, William Golding"
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (363 customer reviews) | 3 customer discussions

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Rendezvous with Rama
6.  Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
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  "BEST SCI-FI!     Honourable mentions: The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham; Brave New World, Aldous Huxley"
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)

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The Lord of The Rings (Based on the 50th Anniversary Single volume edition 2004)
7.  The Lord of The Rings (Based on the 50th Anniversary Single volume edition 2004) by J. R. R. Tolkien
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  "BEST FANTASY!     Honourable mentions: The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis; His Dark Materials, Phillip Pullman"
£12.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (598 customer reviews) | 5 customer discussions

Full Time: The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino
8.  Full Time: The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino by Paul Kimmage
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  "BEST SPORT!     Honourable Mentions: Paidi, Sean Potts; Only A Game, Eamon Dunphy"
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywood
9.  Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywood by Peter Biskind
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  "BEST ON MOVIES!    Honourable Mentions: The Kid Stays in the Picture, Robert Evans; Adventures in the Screen Trade, William Goldman"
£9.09   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking
10.  The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking by Simon Singh
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  "BEST SCIENCE AND NATURE!    Honourable mentions: Cosmos, Carl Sagan; Genome, Matt Ridley"
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (115 customer reviews)

The Puffin Roald Dahl Collection: "James and the Giant Peach", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" and "Danny the Champion of the World" v. 2
11.  The Puffin Roald Dahl Collection: "James and the Giant Peach", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" and "Danny the Champion of the World" v. 2 by Roald Dahl
The list author says:
  "BEST CHILDRENS!    Honourable mention: Enid Blyton Famous Five Series"
Used & New from: £11.86

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Jean De Florette and Manon Des Sources (Film Ink)
12.  Jean De Florette and Manon Des Sources (Film Ink) by Marcel Pagnol
The list author says:
  "BEST DRAMA!    Honourable mentions: A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving; Love in theTime of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez"
Used & New from: £2.74
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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