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Oryx And Crake
1.  Oryx And Crake by Margaret Atwood
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  "2003. Genetic engineering and information technology, frighteningly out of control. Brilliantly researched. Much more than a novel, a lowdown on the mess we’re making of our precious world."
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The Story of Lucy Gault
2.  The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
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  "2002. Impeccable, tragic novel about paying the price for one's caprices."
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The Hiding Place
3.  The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
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  "2000. Dysfunctional Family. Capital D, capital F..."
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The Essence of the Thing
4.  The Essence of the Thing by Madeleine St. John
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  "1997. Balm for anyone whose happiness has suddenly been shattered. Brilliantly handled."
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The Folding Star
5.  The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst
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  "1994. Few novels combine decadence with downright lust so brilliantly. Start with The Swimming Pool Library, but then move on to this."
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Daughters Of The House
6.  Daughters Of The House by Michele Roberts
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  "1992. Skeletons in the cupboard, disturbingly brought to light."
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The Book of Evidence
7.  The Book of Evidence by John Banville
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  "1989. Why is he so underrated? Start with this and keep going."
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Cat's Eye
8.  Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
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  "1989. Brilliant evocation of childhood and associated misery."
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Nice Work
9.  Nice Work by David Lodge
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  "1988. Brilliantly perceptive comic novel about Britain in the eighties, and the clashes of values brought to a head by Thatcherism."
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The Book and the Brotherhood (Penguin fiction)
10.  The Book and the Brotherhood (Penguin fiction) by Iris Murdoch
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  "1987. Her last great novel."
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Gabriel's Lament
11.  Gabriel's Lament by Paul Bailey
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  "1986. Searching for lost mother-love. With a devastating twist in the tail."
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The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics)
12.  The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood
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  "1986. Frightening, and intensely beautiful. The most important novel of its kind since Orwell's 1984."
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Waterland
13.  Waterland by Graham Swift
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  "1983. Wonderful novel about childhood, memory and the English countryside. At least as good as his Last Orders, which won in 1996."
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Earthly Powers (Penguin Modern Classics)
14.  Earthly Powers (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess
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  "1980. Encyclopedic, kaleidoscopic. One of the great novels of the second half of the twentieth century."
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Quartet in Autumn
15.  Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
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  "1977. An overwhelmingly touching story about elderly people muddling their way forwards. And everything else she wrote is just as good. A vastly underrated writer."
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The Black Prince
16.  The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
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  "1973. As good as her The Sea, The Sea, which won in 1978. A meditation on the value of art, but also a great story."
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