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The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses / The Crossing / Cities of the Plain
1.  The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses / The Crossing / Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
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  "Epic masterpiece, especially All the Pretty Horses"
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Invisible Man (Essential Penguin)
2.  Invisible Man (Essential Penguin) by Ralph Ellison
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  "Stunningly imaginative and thought-provoking novel"
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The Dean's December (Penguin Classics)
3.  The Dean's December (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow
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  "Another fine work from a master stylist"
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A Fine Balance: 1
4.  A Fine Balance: 1 by Rohinton Mistry
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  "The Indian Dickins? Another character-driven comic tragedy"
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The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India
5.  The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India by William Dalrymple
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  "Contemporaneous but very readable and informative"
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A Passage to India
6.  A Passage to India by E M Forster
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  "Somewhat dated but important novel"
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The Inheritance of Loss
7.  The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
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  "Flawed but enjoyable Booker winner"
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Rebecca (Virago Modern Classics)
8.  Rebecca (Virago Modern Classics) by Daphne Du Maurier
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  "A classic which hasn't lost its power to unsettle"
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On Chesil Beach
9.  On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
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  "Poignant novella from ever readable author at top of his game"
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The Reader
10.  The Reader by Prof Bernhard Schlink
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  "Sublime novel about the boundaries of complicity"
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The Woman In Black
11.  The Woman In Black by Susan Hill
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  "Classic ghost story"
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The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain
12.  The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain by Paul Theroux
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  "Theroux sets his sights on Britain"
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Falling Man
13.  Falling Man by Don DeLillo
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  "Delillo tackles the big story of the 21st century"
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Nice Work
14.  Nice Work by David Lodge
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  "Clever and funny class comedy"
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Such a Long Journey
15.  Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
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  "Another from criminally underrated author"
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The Executioner's Song (Arena Books)
16.  The Executioner's Song (Arena Books) by Norman Mailer
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  "Rest in peace"
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Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses
17.  Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses by David Lodge
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  "Another insightful and funny novel by Lodge"
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Dance Dance Dance
18.  Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami
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  "Probably the best summation of Murakami's talents"
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
19.  Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
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  "The stuff of nightmares"
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Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility)
20.  Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility) by Yukio Mishima
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  "Formalistic and aesthetic masterpiece"
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Engleby
21.  Engleby by Sebastian Faulks
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  "Dark, witty, and a break free from the historical novel for Faulks"
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South of the River
22.  South of the River by Blake Morrison
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  "Intimate yet expansive stories about interlocking London lives in the Blair era"
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Rabbit, Run (Penguin Modern Classics)
23.  Rabbit, Run (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Updike
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  "Updike at his most cutting and insightful"
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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
24.  The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux
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  "Archetypal Theroux travelogue"
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The Road
25.  The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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  "Stunning, deserved Pulizer Prize winner"
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