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A Listmania! list by Cynthia E. M. Langley "beauty_barking"
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The Lover (Flamingo)
1.  The Lover (Flamingo) by Marguerite Duras
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  "Only the French could make such enticing pain"
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Bone
2.  Bone by Fae Myenne Ng
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  "Sentance-level excellence"
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Silk
3.  Silk by Alessandro Baricco
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  "Poetry without the confusion"
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The Stone Diaries
4.  The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
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  "This writer could make you catch your breath describing a trip to the dry cleaner's"
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The Rose Garden: Short Stories (Scarcrow)
5.  The Rose Garden: Short Stories (Scarcrow) by Maeve Brennan
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  "Clever kitty, pretty claws"
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
6.  Their Eyes Were Watching God by Sherley Anne Williams
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  "The fishhook that slides painlessly in, and draws rivers pulling out"
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Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics)
7.  Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics) by Emily Brontë
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  "Their are Wuthering Heights people and there are Jane Eyre people. Get off the fence."
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The Shipping News
8.  The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
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  "Put together like a Swiss watch. Perfect coordination. Seams, none. Not for the punctuation-lover."
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Liars' Club
9.  Liars' Club by Mary Karr
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  "If you swore you would never read memoir, change your mind. Now."
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The Boys Of My Youth
10.  The Boys Of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard
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  "Way too funny. Phenomenal voice."
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The Kiss - A Secret Life
11.  The Kiss - A Secret Life by Kathryn Harrison
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  "Be on good emotional ground before you tread here, but go, even if you have to bring your therapist's phone number."
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