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Rule of the Bone
1.  Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks
The list author says:
  "A hero for our times, Bone is an extraordinary character.  Banks is an incredible writer - anything of his is worth reading."
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His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass"
2.  His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
The list author says:
  "Another hero for our times, and a heroine too.  This trilogy is mandatory, and it *will* change your life."
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Riven Rock
3.  Riven Rock by T. Coraghessan Boyle
The list author says:
  "TC Boyle - looks like a bonkers hippy type, has serious hairstyling issues, but there's no denying his wildly inventive, darkly comic literary genius.  Try The Tortilla Curtain and Water Music too."
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Blood Meridian: Or, the Evening Redness in the West (Picador Books)
4.  Blood Meridian: Or, the Evening Redness in the West (Picador Books) by Cormac McCarthy
The list author says:
  "A violent, bloody, gut-wrenching, widescreen hallucinogenic masterpiece.  Really."
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For Whom The Bell Tolls
5.  For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The list author says:
  "They don't make 'em like this one any more.  They don't make 'em like Papa, either, and the world's a sorrier place for it."
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Blindness
6.  Blindness by Jose Saramago
The list author says:
  "He won the Nobel Prize, don't y'know - and if they issued awards for length of sentence, then he'd win those too.  That rare phenomenon - an existential thriller with a deeply compassionate heart."
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A Wild Sheep Chase (Panther)
7.  A Wild Sheep Chase (Panther) by Haruki Murakami
The list author says:
  "This was the first Murakami that I read.  They're all superb, but it'll be the first one you read which will hit you the hardest - and you'll never look at ears (or sheep) in quite the same way again."
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Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics)
8.  Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics) by HARDY
The list author says:
  "Old Tom knew the score.  Depressing ?  Yes.  Still on the button a century later ?  You betcha."
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Not Fade Away ("Rebel Inc." Classics)
9.  Not Fade Away ("Rebel Inc." Classics) by Jim Dodge
The list author says:
  "The road trip to end all road trips.  Suck on this one, Kerouac, you sozzled old mummy's boy, you."
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No Great Mischief
10.  No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod
The list author says:
  "Trees.  Waves.  Scottish stuff.  Canadian stuff.  Dogs with suicidal tendencies.  All this and more...."
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Knowledge Of Angels
11.  Knowledge Of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh
The list author says:
  "Lovely, lovely, lovely.  A timeless Mediterranean Messiah-type fable with a jaw-dropping ending."
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Underworld
12.  Underworld by Don DeLillo
The list author says:
  "Read it first, blow your mind, and then use the thing as a doorstop.  The Great American Novel ?  Maybe, but I'd just settle for "great".."
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English Passengers
13.  English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
The list author says:
  "The best British novel so far this millenium, bar none.  Make sure that you read it in WideScreen, with surround sound, because that's what it demands."
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The Catastrophist
14.  The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett
The list author says:
  "Ronan Bennett - dodgy IRA sympathiser, or misunderstood and troubled soul ?  This is a powerhouse novel.  Feel the frustrated lust, slap away the mosquitoes, and marvel at the dark heart of Africa."
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The Romantics
15.  The Romantics by Pankaj Mishra
The list author says:
  "Reading this was like a breath of fresh air.  Paradoxically, India is a right stinky old place.  Such is the magic of literature."
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All Quiet on the Orient Express
16.  All Quiet on the Orient Express by Magnus Mills
The list author says:
  "Extraordinary.  Mills is one of the most interesting writers working today, and all the more so because he wraps up disturbing existential ideas in laugh-out-loud absurdity."
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In Siberia
17.  In Siberia by Colin Thubron
The list author says:
  "Colin Thubron writes like no-one else - this is like a three hundred page epic poem, written by a scholar.  Achieves the unthinkable, and makes you want to visit Siberia."
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Skellig
18.  Skellig by David Almond
The list author says:
  "Some of the best writing at the moment is for the kids - but that doesn't mean that we can't read it too.  Like Marquez, but with half the calories, chances are it'll bring a tear to your eye."
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Hunger
19.  Hunger by Knut Hamsun
The list author says:
  "They say that, in later life, Hamsun became a Nazi, which puts a lot of people off.  Strangely, though, Fredecrick Forsyth is a bestseller.  You won't forget this in a hurry, whatever your opinion."
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Woe to Live on
20.  Woe to Live on by Daniel Woodrell
The list author says:
  "They filmed this as Ride With The Devil.  It sucked.  This, on the other hand, is superb - a brutal voyage deep into the heart of the US Civil War."
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Cold Mountain
21.  Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The list author says:
  "Read this back to back with Woe To Live On, and you need never read a novel about the Civil War again.  A blockbuster that actually deserves to be called such, this lingers long in the memory."
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Quarantine
22.  Quarantine by Jim Crace
The list author says:
  "A mesmerising slant on a story that we all know, so vividly told that you'll be shaking the sand out of your pants for days after you finish it."
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One People
23.  One People by Guy Kennaway
The list author says:
  "Laugh ?  I p*ssed myself !  If you can handle a book written in vernacular (hands up everyone who didn't get more than ten pages into Trainspotting) you'll love it."
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The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon (C Series Large Paperback)
24.  The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon (C Series Large Paperback) by Richard Zimler
The list author says:
  "A monster historical murder mystery, with a dollop of Hebrew mysticism thrown in too.  You can smell 16th century Lisbon when you're reading it - although that might have been my socks."
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Wait Until Spring, Bandini ("Rebel Inc." Classics)
25.  Wait Until Spring, Bandini ("Rebel Inc." Classics) by John Fante
The list author says:
  "But - ha ha - don't wait until spring to read this !  Read it now, in fact."
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