Books that lead you to other books.....

A Listmania! list by Wynne Kelly "Kellydoll" (Coventry, UK)
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Black Swan Green :
1.  Black Swan Green : by David Mitchell
The list author says:
  "A brilliant evocation of childhood that references Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes - reading this enhances Black Swan Green"
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Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
2.  Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
The list author says:
  "Jeff in Venice, Death in Varinasi is strongly influenced by Death in Venice by Thomas Mann"
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The Hours
3.  The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The list author says:
  "The Hours is a great multi-layered novel but the experience will be geatly enhanced by reading Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway."
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On Beauty
4.  On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The list author says:
  "Zadie Smith says that On Beauty is an homage to Howard's End by E M Forster.  Read them both!"
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Monsignor Quixote (Vintage Classics)
5.  Monsignor Quixote (Vintage Classics) by Graham Greene
The list author says:
  "No prizes for guessing that Monsignor Quixote should lead you to Cervante's wonderful classic Don Quixote"
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The Reader
6.  The Reader by Prof Bernhard Schlink
The list author says:
  "The Reader refers to many books but especially Homer's  Odyssey"
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The Uncommon Reader
7.  The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The list author says:
  "The Uncommon Reader mentions umpteen other books - read it yourself to find out!"
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
8.  Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
The list author says:
  "After so many years of resisting it this book convinced me that I should read Lolita by Nabokov.  So glad that I did.  But it still didn't manage to persuade me to read Henry James!"
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A Prayer For Owen Meany
9.  A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
The list author says:
  "As the narrator is an English professor there are lots of references to books - but the most obvious one is A Christmas Carol.  Owen Meany stars in its production with touching and hilarious results."
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