To Make Your Eyes Move (Books)

A Listmania! list by Clumsyart (Taiwan)
 
Midnight's Children
1.  Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
The list author says:
  "It will dissolve you into the pages."
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)

The Kite Runner
2.  The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The list author says:
  "Very, very, very evocative."
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (610 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

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The Dice Man
3.  The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
The list author says:
  "Entertaining philosophically and conceptually."
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3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (141 customer reviews)

Castaway
4.  Castaway by Lucy Irvine
The list author says:
  "Good movie with Oliver Reed but this is better and gives greater insight into Irvine's feelings"
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Life of Pi
5.  Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The list author says:
  "This is so very beautiful.  The best end of a book I've read."
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (404 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Blindness
6.  Blindness by Jose Saramago
The list author says:
  "An analogy of our neglect for the world.  Philosophically insightful."
£6.29   Used & New from: £2.48
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
7.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The list author says:
  "Its not just that they get you, its that they get you just as you start to think they might not."
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (363 customer reviews) | 3 customer discussions

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Eyeless In Gaza (Vintage Classics)
8.  Eyeless In Gaza (Vintage Classics) by Aldous Huxley
The list author says:
  "Beautifully constructed narrative.  We all at some point have to find out who we are."
£5.50   Used & New from: £2.68
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Lord of the Flies
9.  Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The list author says:
  "GCSE favourite but actually a fantastic book.  The fragility of societies yet endeavour of survival instincts."
£5.19   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (181 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Joke
10.  The Joke by Milan Kundera
The list author says:
  "Every action has a consequence.  More so when under the communist eye."
£6.39   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

High Fidelity
11.  High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The list author says:
  "Awful ,awful, movie adaptation, brilliant brilliant book.  A crystal clear insight into the modern, artistic, British male, and the traps they set for themselves."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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For Whom The Bell Tolls (Vintage Classics)
12.  For Whom The Bell Tolls (Vintage Classics) by Ernest Hemingway
The list author says:
  "Strength is keeping your head when all around you are losing theres.  Another magnificent ending."
£5.99   Used & New from: £0.34
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
13.  The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The list author says:
  "Everyone should read this.  Everyone."
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (158 customer reviews)

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The Wasp Factory
14.  The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The list author says:
  "And this.  Grabs you by the collar pulls you into its twisting tale , throws you out and you think "blimey, that was well good"."
£4.47   Used & New from: £0.01
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (155 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Shadow Of The Wind
15.  The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The list author says:
  "A very intriguing thriller that'll have your eyes shooting  across pages near the end."
£4.31   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (540 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

Slaughterhouse-Five.: Or The Children's Crusade
16.  Slaughterhouse-Five.: Or The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut
The list author says:
  "Vonnegut could see it all and would have put it right if he'd had the chance.  The best anti war novel really."
£5.84   Used & New from: £4.83
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (123 customer reviews)

Birdsong
17.  Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
The list author says:
  "Although this is another great anti war book.  It takes a different tack, it throttles you with haunting images juxtaposed against exquisite sentences."
£4.15   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (392 customer reviews)

Things Fall Apart (Pocket Penguin Classics)
18.  Things Fall Apart (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Chinua Achebe
The list author says:
  "Tragic, a story of pride being summounted by greed."
£6.29   Used & New from: £2.30
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (90 customer reviews)

Vernon God Little
19.  Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
The list author says:
  "A great little Texan story of a kid in the wrong place at the wrong time, all the time.  Funny and sad all at once."
£4.76   Used & New from: £0.01
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (121 customer reviews)

Catch-22
20.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The list author says:
  "Get through the first 70 pages and then the message and charm of this come out."
£5.38   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (332 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

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Discussion Replies Latest Post
Books which match, beat The Life of Pi? 13 10 Apr 2012
Definitive book of the 20th century? 5 25 Jan 2012
e-book contains many errors. 0 10 Aug 2011
Wanted...another great read like shadow of the wind... 5 14 Jun 2011
Wasp Factory other similar novels. 1 30 Mar 2011
catch 22 5 15 Feb 2011
novel for youngster.. 0 14 Nov 2010
Catch 22 1 27 Jun 2010
Definitive book of the 20th century? 4 6 Feb 2010
New recommendations 1 9 Dec 2009
I cant think of the name of this book.... 1 7 Apr 2009
Another superb read 0 11 Jan 2009
 
   

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