Books I read recently that are good

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The Sea
1.  The Sea by John Banville
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  "Very worthy Booker winnner"
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A Million Little Pieces
2.  A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
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  "Engaging account of drug and alcahol rehab"
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City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
3.  City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple
The list author says:
  "Fascinating travel novel / historical analysis of ancient and mysterious city"
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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
4.  The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux
The list author says:
  "Probably the best travel writer"
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Read Red)
5.  Love in the Time of Cholera (Read Red) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The list author says:
  "Genuinely engrossing, unlike 100 Years of Solitude"
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
6.  Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa
The list author says:
  "Loopy narrative from Peru's failed presidential candidate"
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The Power and the Glory (Vintage Classics)
7.  The Power and the Glory (Vintage Classics) by Graham Greene
The list author says:
  "Graham Greene's best?"
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They Shoot Horses, Dont They? (Midnight classics)
8.  They Shoot Horses, Dont They? (Midnight classics) by Horace McCoy
The list author says:
  "Dark side of the American depression"
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
9.  The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 by Wladyslaw Szpilman
The list author says:
  "Somewhat tarnished by the cinematic conceits of the movie but still worth reading"
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On Beauty
10.  On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The list author says:
  "The jury is still out on this author - but enjoyable all the same"
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Brazil (Penguin Modern Classics)
11.  Brazil (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Updike
The list author says:
  "Journey into Brazil's Heart of Darkness"
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Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics)
12.  Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics) by Malcolm Lowry
The list author says:
  "Best novel about Mexico ever written"
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Saturday
13.  Saturday by Ian McEwan
The list author says:
  "Tangible portrait of upper-middle class British life in the build-up to the Iraq war"
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All the Pretty Horses: Volume One of The Border Trilogy
14.  All the Pretty Horses: Volume One of The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy
The list author says:
  "Bloodthirsty, cinematic, fatalistic Western - fantastic"
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The Mimic Men
15.  The Mimic Men by V. S. Naipaul
The list author says:
  "Typically dark analysis of the colonial experience"
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Cloud Atlas
16.  Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The list author says:
  "Tries to do too much - but a highly imaginative experience all the same"
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The Line of Beauty
17.  The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
The list author says:
  "Thatcher's Britain, from a gay perspective. Fantastic"
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I Am Charlotte Simmons
18.  I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
The list author says:
  "Some familiar and well-trodden Wolfe themes here, but highly entertainining all the same"
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The Plot Against America
19.  The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
The list author says:
  "One of his more compelling novels"
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The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right
20.  The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right by Michael Lerner
The list author says:
  "Fascinating socio-political commentary"
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Villages
21.  Villages by John Updike
The list author says:
  "Updike savages US suburban life, but this is nothing on 'Rabbit is Rich'"
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Death in the Andes
22.  Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa
The list author says:
  "Brutal and disorientating account of boredom, withcraft and terrorism in the Peruvian Andes"
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Purple Hibiscus (P.S.)
23.  Purple Hibiscus (P.S.) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The list author says:
  "Engaging debut by promising young author"
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Human Traces
24.  Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks
The list author says:
  "Ever-readable, Faulks bravely tackles Victorian medical science and largely succeeds"
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The Tribes of Britain
25.  The Tribes of Britain by David Miles
The list author says:
  "Fascinating and informative"
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