Books that make your heart go bang

A Listmania! list by "allybuller"
 
Hotel World
1.  Hotel World by Ali Smith
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  "A dark intense book that plays with language in one of the most masterly ways I have seen. An emotional and intellectual feast - the reader is taken through the lives of five women hotel residents"
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
2.  The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
The list author says:
  "Fantastical and intelligent tale of a man floundering - and he meets many bizarre characters on the way"
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World
3.  Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World by Haruki Murakami
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  "Two novels in one exploring human consciousness - and what lies beyond for us"
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Oxygen
4.  Oxygen by Andrew Miller
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  "A beautiful book about the moments when people can no longer breathe"
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The Sea, The Sea
5.  The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
The list author says:
  "Murdoch charts the life of a man who moves to the coast to escape the hustle of London - the best book i have read"
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Intimacy
6.  Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi
The list author says:
  "Searingly honest portrait of a man's mind the night before he leaves his wife"
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The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
7.  The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
The list author says:
  "Life changing book about following your dreams"
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Immortality
8.  Immortality by Milan Kundera
The list author says:
  "Full of truths about the human psyche - particularly our need to be remembered after death - 10/10"
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Any Human Heart
9.  Any Human Heart by William Boyd
The list author says:
  "A 'pseudo' diary which covers the life of a man over 100 years, he meets Woolf and Hemingway among others, feels many highs and woes, loses and wins - while giving universal insight into the 'heart"
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