My favourite escapism books

A Listmania! list by Mej S. Potgieter "Sandra" (Vanderbijlpark, South Africa)
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1.  The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
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  "One of my favourite books to describe the psychology of the human condition in stories"
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Fight Club
2.  Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
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  "For when you absolutely just don't care anymore"
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The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
3.  The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
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  "Like Thailand's beaches - it's a cliché for a reason"
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Still Life with Woodpecker
4.  Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
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  "The best description ever of how to make love stay - a timeless classic"
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What Would Machiavelli Do?
5.  What Would Machiavelli Do? by Stanley Bing
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  "An interesting take on business politics - mostly comedic though!"
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Like Water For Chocolate
6.  Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
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  "Magic realism at its best! The recipes are an added bonus"
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Life of Pi
7.  Life of Pi by Yann Martel
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  "Gives a new take on how close life and death are"
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The God of Small Things
8.  The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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  "A poetic book - the way she can play with words will absolutely enthrall you"
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The English Patient
9.  The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
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  "Romantic getaway - beautifully written, so much richer than the movie"
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin)
10.  One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "The title is already a way out - another magic realism favourite; writing about a corpse that smell of roses!!"
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