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Love in the Time of Cholera
1.  Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "this book has so much raw emotion and has such personal resonance, it made me ache inside"
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The Grapes of Wrath
2.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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  "It is about human suffering"
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The Collected Dorothy Parker (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  The Collected Dorothy Parker (Penguin Modern Classics) by Dorothy Parker
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  "we can all draw parallels in our lives from at least one of her stories - wit is her weapon!!"
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Eva Luna (Essential Penguin)
4.  Eva Luna (Essential Penguin) by Isabel Allende
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  "just wonderful"
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Like Water For Chocolate
5.  Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
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  "this book requires all of your senses - it is full of passion, truth and realism"
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Delta of Venus (Penguin Modern Classics)
6.  Delta of Venus (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anais Nin
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  "shocking that this was written by a woman so long ago - the original catherine M - this book frightens, excites and touches raw nerves."
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Good Tempered Food: Recipes to love, leave, and linger over
7.  Good Tempered Food: Recipes to love, leave, and linger over by Tamasin Day-Lewis
The list author says:
  "I love to create things then watch people demolish it with astonishing speed - all of these work wonderfully!"
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The Cider House Rules: Now a major film starring Michael Caine
8.  The Cider House Rules: Now a major film starring Michael Caine by John Irving
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  "Irving at his best - he makes you think all the way through....."
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The Secret History
9.  The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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  "a modern day lord of the flies - but scarier and far more gripping!"
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Sexus (Flamingo Modern Classics)
10.  Sexus (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Henry Miller
The list author says:
  "you can't have Nin without Miller - there is integrity in his ability to be honest here"
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The Go-between (Penguin Modern Classics)
11.  The Go-between (Penguin Modern Classics) by L.P. Hartley
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  "I just love this book!!!!!"
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Cat's Eye
12.  Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
The list author says:
  "I felt that I was there re-living the experience with elaine risley"
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Henderson the Rain King (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
13.  Henderson the Rain King (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Saul Bellow
The list author says:
  "you know when you are sure there is something more to life...well there is!!"
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
14.  The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
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  "he really does know what goes on in other people's heads!!"
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Fire: From "A Journal of Love" the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1934-1937
15.  Fire: From "A Journal of Love" the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1934-1937 by Anais Nin
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  "we owe a lot to Nin in terms of female emancipation and the ability for us to be as free as we can be both sexually and intellectually in today's society"
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Snow Falling on Cedars
16.  Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
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  "I have re-read this book so many times"
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
17.  Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
The list author says:
  "totally historical, truely frightening but just a fantastic read"
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Blindness
18.  Blindness by Jose Saramago
The list author says:
  "this book just totally blew me away - scary and fascinating"
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Tamara de Lempicka: A Life of Deco and Decadence
19.  Tamara de Lempicka: A Life of Deco and Decadence by Laura Claridge
The list author says:
  "a wonderful artist and a fascinating life - not bound by other peoples protocols or moral codes but absolutely her own woman"
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The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream (Thorsons audio)
20.  The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream (Thorsons audio) by Paulo Coelho
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  "the story of following your dreams - we are only here once so why do we get stuck in such wrong places?"
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Bridge Across Forever
21.  Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach
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  "I truely believe in soulmates and time and place and different lives and karma and the fact that sometimes you just meet people who change your path irrevocably..."
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Silk
22.  Silk by Alessandro Baricco
The list author says:
  "sensual, poignant,deeply moving,astonishing"
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Lady Chatterleys Lover
23.  Lady Chatterleys Lover by D.H. Lawrence
The list author says:
  "not usually a lawrence fan but this is just a fantastic read and still holds up now"
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The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)
24.  The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The list author says:
  "just brilliant - you have to read it,"
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How To Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food (Cookery)
25.  How To Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food (Cookery) by Nigella Lawson
The list author says:
  "food and sex are indelibly linked and nobody demonstrates that better than Nigella - her vocab is just compelling"
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