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Absolute Friends
1.  Absolute Friends by John le Carre
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  "My 2nd Le Carre, my 1st disappointment. Cold War seems easier to write about than War on Terror"
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Oh, Play That Thing
2.  Oh, Play That Thing by Roddy Doyle
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  "My least favourite Doyle book. Can we go back to Barrytown and the eejits?"
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Catch-22
3.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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  "Yossarian lives!"
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Stick it Up Your Punter!: The Uncut Story of the "Sun" Newspaper (Pocket books)
4.  Stick it Up Your Punter!: The Uncut Story of the "Sun" Newspaper (Pocket books) by Peter Chippindale
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  "Riveting rollercoaster read. Bit difficult to find - had to request mine from library."
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Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (Penguin Modern Classics)
5.  Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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  "26 years to get round to it, 1 night to read it. Simple, chilling, sad and deservedly a great book"
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The Last King of Scotland
6.  The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
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  "Idi Amin, his madness and his physician."
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Margrave Of The Marshes
7.  Margrave Of The Marshes by John Peel
The list author says:
  "Poignant, funny and great remider of the loss to radio"
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The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade
8.  The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade by Piers Morgan
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  "Gossip heaven although liberal with the actualite at times"
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The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid
9.  The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
The list author says:
  "Bryson back on form evoking memories of a golden age"
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The Possibility of an Island
10.  The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq
The list author says:
  "Not a laugh-a-minute. Scathing attack on modern life"
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Platform
11.  Platform by Michel Houellebecq
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  "Prosaic filth"
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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
12.  The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A J Jacobs
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  "How many times can you say "Did you know?""
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The Young Lloyd George: [1]
13.  The Young Lloyd George: [1] by John Grigg
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  "Readable biography of a political heavyweight"
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Diaries: In Power
14.  Diaries: In Power by Alan Clark
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  "Unashamed diaries of a political maverick"
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Amsterdam
15.  Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
The list author says:
  "Gets bad Amazon reviews but well written. Nasty characters though"
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Cloud Atlas
16.  Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The list author says:
  "Highly acclaimed but not my bag"
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The Secret History
17.  The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The list author says:
  "You'll go far to beat this for characterisation. Worthy of modern classic status"
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Golf Dreams
18.  Golf Dreams by John Updike
The list author says:
  "Sums up the frustrations with wit and verve"
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The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup
19.  The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup by Matt Weiland
The list author says:
  "Pompous title but overall great insight to some of the 06 world cup nations"
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth
20.  The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
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  "Not quite Last Tango - still laugh-out-loud at times"
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Memoirs Of A Geisha
21.  Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
The list author says:
  "Evocative and absorbing. Read the book - don't watch the film"
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
22.  The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
The list author says:
  "Highly readable but I won't be following Precious' later expeditions"
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Archangel
23.  Archangel by Robert Harris
The list author says:
  "About as plausible as snow in June"
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The Da Vinci Code
24.  The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
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  "Enjoyable if you forget everything you've ever learnt about good writing"
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Good News Bad News
25.  Good News Bad News by David Wolstencroft
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  "By the creator of Spooks. That it ain't unfortunately"
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