Books i read on recommendation and never regretted

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Fugitive Pieces
1.  Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
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  "Magnificently moving book"
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Strange Meeting
2.  Strange Meeting by Susan Hill
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  "Incredible evocation of war and the heroism involved"
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Brave New World (Flamingo Modern Classics)
3.  Brave New World (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Aldous Huxley
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  "Classic, harrowing and powerfully written"
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The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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  "Story which leads you to have to keep undoing your previous judgements"
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The Lovely Bones
5.  The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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  "The best modern novel i have read for years"
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Mary Swann
6.  Mary Swann by Carol Shields
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  "Challenging novel as to how we can so easily rewrite history"
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The Pull of the Earth
7.  The Pull of the Earth by Alfred Alcorn
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  "The differnent faces of love. Heartwrending"
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The Reader
8.  The Reader by Prof Bernhard Schlink
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  "Dares you to judge"
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To the Lighthouse
9.  To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
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  "Extraordinarily moving and poetic in its language."
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The Cone-gatherers (New Longman Literature 14-18)
10.  The Cone-gatherers (New Longman Literature 14-18) by Robin Jenkins
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  "Shows the horrific result of the poison of hate"
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The New Magdalen (Pocket Classics)
11.  The New Magdalen (Pocket Classics) by Wilkie Collins
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  "The woman's courage in the face of arrogance and hypocrisy is inspiring"
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Crow Lake
12.  Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
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  "I loved this evocation of love and the inability to express it fully"
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St.Agnes' Stand
13.  St.Agnes' Stand by Thomas Eidson
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  "I defy you to read this and not feel thirsty. Brilliantly written"
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Vile Bodies (Penguin Modern Classics)
14.  Vile Bodies (Penguin Modern Classics) by Evelyn Waugh
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  "Did i like any of these characters, I am not sure, but funny novel nevertheless"
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Skellig
15.  Skellig by David Almond
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  "Loved it."
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Snow Falling on Cedars
16.  Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
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  "Mistrust and predjudice and all the harm it can do"
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Lempriere's Dictionary
17.  Lempriere's Dictionary by Lawrence Norfolk
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  "Great sprawling book but amazing. Well worth the effort"
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The dark forest (Nelson's continental library)
18.  The dark forest (Nelson's continental library) by Hugh Walpole
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  "Beautiful descriptions. Wonderful love story"
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Cold Mountain
19.  Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
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  "Another love story. Yet more beautiful desciptions but real heartache also"
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Road from the Monument
20.  Road from the Monument by Storm Jameson
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  "Brilliant portrayal of one man's journey to wholeness"
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The First Century After Beatrice
21.  The First Century After Beatrice by Amin Maalouf
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  "Challenging book. Made me think and that can't be bad"
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