Books to live by

A Listmania! list by "lotika"
 
In Search of Lost Time
1.  In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
The list author says:
  "my book of life"
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Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)
2.  Middlemarch (Penguin Classics) by George Eliot
The list author says:
  "the things i need to remember about love"
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The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
3.  The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
The list author says:
  "to remind me that i don't want to do this job forever..."
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3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (398 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

A Suitable Boy
4.  A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
The list author says:
  "the things i don't want to believe about love"
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (103 customer reviews)

The Fortress (Writings from an Unbound Europe)
5.  The Fortress (Writings from an Unbound Europe) by Mesa Selimovic
The list author says:
  "a beautiful book of love and corruption from the old Yugoslavia, if you'll excuse the term, which somehow slipped through the censor's net"
£16.58   Used & New from: £8.96
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

The Bride Stripped Bare
6.  The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmell
The list author says:
  "subversive! men will never look at women in the same light again..."
£5.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

The Periodic Table (Essential Penguin)
7.  The Periodic Table (Essential Penguin) by Primo Levi
The list author says:
  "because it's all just carbon... really."
£6.59   Used & New from: £0.96
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

Love in the Time of Cholera
8.  Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The list author says:
  "hope for my dotage"
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Death and the Dervish (Writings from an Unbound Europe)
9.  Death and the Dervish (Writings from an Unbound Europe) by Mesa Selimovic
The list author says:
  "demanding, but beautiful. Reminscant of crime and punnishment, but to my mind, better."
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Love, Etc
10.  Love, Etc by Julian Barnes
The list author says:
  "Love etc,. Definatley."
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Portnoy's Complaint
11.  Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
The list author says:
  "chortle..."
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.03
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
12.  The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Twentieth Anniversary Edition by Milan Kundera
The list author says:
  "worthy of inclusion if only for a passage on religion"
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Herzog (Penguin Classics)
13.  Herzog (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow
The list author says:
  "angst!"
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4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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English Passengers
14.  English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
The list author says:
  "the vicar is one of the most amusing characters in lit!"
£6.39   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)

Crime And Punishment: A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue (Vintage Classics)
15.  Crime And Punishment: A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue (Vintage Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The list author says:
  "to remind me that just because i don't earn a decent wage, i shouldn't kill the landlord..."
£6.74   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (210 customer reviews) | 4 customer discussions

Les Mots / Words (Methuen's Twentieth Century French Texts)
16.  Les Mots / Words (Methuen's Twentieth Century French Texts) by Jean-Paul Sartre
The list author says:
  "I've included this because i couldn't find Nausea and this is my second fave from j-p s"
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All Said and Done: The Autobiography of Simone de Beauvoir
17.  All Said and Done: The Autobiography of Simone de Beauvoir by Simone de Beauvoir
The list author says:
  "watch out for the mirrors!"
Used & New from: £1.25

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Dictionary of the Khazars
18.  Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic
The list author says:
  "one to wrestle with - but worth the struggle!"
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4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Metroland (Picador Books)
19.  Metroland (Picador Books) by Julian Barnes
The list author says:
  "epat!"
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The Catcher in the Rye
20.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The list author says:
  "because i remember thinking just like that"
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3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (386 customer reviews)

Bridge Over The Drina
21.  Bridge Over The Drina by Ivo Andric
The list author says:
  "Introducing Lotika..."
£9.09   Used & New from: £3.90
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Midnight's Children
22.  Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
The list author says:
  "the best opemng paragraph i can think of. And the rest is rather good too."
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)

An Equal Music
23.  An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
The list author says:
  "run off to join an orchestra?"
£5.99   Used & New from: £0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (96 customer reviews)

Bosnian Chronicle
24.  Bosnian Chronicle by Ivo Andric
The list author says:
  "Again, Andric manages to weave a few hundred years of history into a great Bosnian read"
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Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)
25.  Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The list author says:
  "this man's attempts at self-justification are just breath-takingly maddening. But an interesting read, nonetheless"
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