Englishness

A Listmania! list by Reader in exile (Laos)
 
The Light of Day
1.  The Light of Day by Graham Swift
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  "Makes you nostalgic for even a suburban high street"
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Beyond Black
2.  Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
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  "An English epic"
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London Fields
3.  London Fields by Martin Amis
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  "So good you almost forget how insufferably smug the author is"
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The Unconsoled
4.  The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
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  "Undeniably difficult but worth it if you can get into it - I read it after an appendectomy when it was the only book I could reach"
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Atonement
5.  Atonement by Ian McEwan
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  "Head and shoulders above anything else he's written"
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Mr Phillips
6.  Mr Phillips by John Lanchester
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  "Simple but works away at you quietly"
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Flashman (The Flashman Papers)
7.  Flashman (The Flashman Papers) by George MacDonald Fraser
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  "He should be the first port of call for anyone interested in 19th century history"
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The Line of Beauty
8.  The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
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  "Gets away with a bit too much romantic mush but otherwise an education"
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Great Apes
9.  Great Apes by Will Self
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  "Bursting at the seams"
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High Fidelity
10.  High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
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  "Good as the film is, it's the film of a different book"
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