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Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land
1.  Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
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  "A modern classic from a brilliantly evocative Yemen-resident Arabist"
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The Places In Between
2.  The Places In Between by Rory Stewart
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  "Intimate and barely believable travel tale from Afghanistan immediately post 9/11"
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If On A Winter's Night A Traveller (Vintage classics)
3.  If On A Winter's Night A Traveller (Vintage classics) by Italo Calvino
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  "Precocious novel offering a wonderful parody of mass audience publishing"
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Austerlitz
4.  Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald
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  "Hypnotic literature on the borderline of fact and fiction. Read them all."
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Foucault's Pendulum
5.  Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
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  "A masterful piece of literature and a treasure trove of information - Dan Brown should cower in awe"
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Pnin (Penguin Modern Classics)
6.  Pnin (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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  "Teasing, gently mocking account of American suburbia/academia in the 1950s"
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Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
7.  Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by John Masters
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  "Peerless authentic account of coming of age into early adulthood as Gurkha officer in late 1930s."
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Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier
8.  Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier by Charles Allen
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  "Derring do and other tales from fathers of Empire in 19th Century India"
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Henry Porter: Three Great Novels: Remembrance Day, A Spy's Life, Empire State
9.  Henry Porter: Three Great Novels: Remembrance Day, A Spy's Life, Empire State by Henry Porter
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  "Best of the modern day spy thriller genre - Empire State particurlarly compelling"
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London Fields
10.  London Fields by Martin Amis
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  "Allegedly quite a "male" book due to the allure of the central character, but still best of his output ("Experience" also unmissable).  Great pastiche of London and the British"
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Staring at the Sun (Perennial Fiction Library)
11.  Staring at the Sun (Perennial Fiction Library) by Julian Barnes
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  "There are few poor Julian Barnes books but I would recommend this is a good entry point to his output. Some haunting ideas hidden in here."
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Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson
12.  Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson by Jonathan Coe
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  "Strange but compelling biography of dogmatic, inventive 60s radical"
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The Impressionist
13.  The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
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  "One of the best new novelists - a gritty and clever spiral of East meets West over the course of a hundred years"
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Goodbye to All That (Essential Penguin)
14.  Goodbye to All That (Essential Penguin) by Robert Graves
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  "Harrowing but ultimately uplifting read - triptych with Sasson's "Diaries of a Fox Hunting Man/Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" and Regeneration by Pat Barker."
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A Spy by Nature
15.  A Spy by Nature by Charles Cumming
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  "This is the first work in his modern spy trilogy - it works well at capturing a certain London set in the last 10 years. The twist is that these ordinary people are wrapped up in extraordinary events"
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Amazing Disgrace
16.  Amazing Disgrace by James Hamilton-Paterson
The list author says:
  "Wonderfully silly, pun-tastic and naughty. A great Summer read - much more fun than "Cooking with Fernet"."
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Speak For England
17.  Speak For England by James Hawes
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  "Another wonderfully silly Summer book - a great antidote to our times."
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A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics)
18.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Kennedy Toole
The list author says:
  "Baffling, haunting and memorable. 1930s America through the eyes of a great comic character"
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