Literary Fiction That's Worth A Look (List 1)

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Human Croquet
1.  Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
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  "Interesting read let down by a weak and contrived ending"
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The Road
2.  The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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  "Unsettling and vivid"
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Resistance
3.  Resistance by Owen Sheers
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  "Well written but strangely pedestrian"
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The Remains of the Day
4.  The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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  "Quiet, economical but excellent"
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel
5.  Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris
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  "Walking the Spanish"
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Theft: A Love Story
6.  Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
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  "I admire this book a great deal, but I can't say that I really enjoyed it"
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
7.  A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
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  "Frothy, fast moving and quite funny, but not something I'd want to re-read"
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Brick Lane
8.  Brick Lane by Monica Ali
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  "Meh"
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Slow Man
9.  Slow Man by J M Coetzee
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  "More for writers than readers"
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Atonement
10.  Atonement by Ian McEwan
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  "The first half is torture but the second half is worth the effort"
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The Meaning of Night
11.  The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
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  "Terrific start but too contrived and over-inflated"
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Never Let Me Go
12.  Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
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  "Moving and thought provoking"
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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Canongate Myths)
13.  The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Canongate Myths) by Margaret Atwood
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  "Expensive Greek mythology fanfic"
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Small Island
14.  Small Island by Andrea Levy
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  "Absorbing and moving"
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Birdsong
15.  Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
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  "I feel guilty for finding this book a chore"
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Cloud Atlas
16.  Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
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  "Grabs you by the head, but not the heart"
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The Perennial Collection - Beyond Black
17.  The Perennial Collection - Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
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  "Haunting"
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Arthur & George
18.  Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
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  "Excellent character study based on real life events"
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Acts of Violence (Macmillan New Writing)
19.  Acts of Violence (Macmillan New Writing) by Ryan David Jahn
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  "Overly ambitious but the quality of writing whets the appetite for more"
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Smiley's People
20.  Smiley's People by John le Carré
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  "Classic of the spy genre"
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
21.  The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
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  "Charming, warm and affectionate with a sinister underbelly"
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Wolf Hall
22.  Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
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  "Fascinating, absorbing and ultimately human"
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Italian Shoes
23.  Italian Shoes by Henning Mankell
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  "Beautiful story about regrets and old age"
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Eleven
24.  Eleven by Mark Watson
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  "A moving read with some powerful themes"
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We Need To Talk About Kevin (Serpent's Tail Classics)
25.  We Need To Talk About Kevin (Serpent's Tail Classics) by Lionel Shriver
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  "Powerful story about high school shootings and modern motherhood"
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