Reading List 2005

A Listmania! list by shocked_dismayed "shocked_dismayed" (London)
 
Vineland
1.  Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
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  "A good place to start."
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Steppenwolf (Essential Penguin)
2.  Steppenwolf (Essential Penguin) by Hermann Hesse
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Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain
3.  Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain by Roger Deakin
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Plain Pleasures (Peter Owen Modern Classic)
4.  Plain Pleasures (Peter Owen Modern Classic) by Jane Bowles
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Naked Lunch
5.  Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
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The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics)
6.  The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus
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Difficult Loves
7.  Difficult Loves by Calvino Italo
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Memoirs of a Madman (Hesperus Classics)
8.  Memoirs of a Madman (Hesperus Classics) by Germaine Greer
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Quarantine
9.  Quarantine by Jim Crace
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The Poet and the Lunatics
10.  The Poet and the Lunatics by G. K. Chesterton
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  "I loved Chesterton at 15 and still do at 30!"
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The Baron in the Trees (Harbrace Paperbound Library, 72)
11.  The Baron in the Trees (Harbrace Paperbound Library, 72) by Italo Calvino
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  "This is fabulous."
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1982, Janine (Canongate Classics)
12.  1982, Janine (Canongate Classics) by Alasdair Gray
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  "Rejoice and despair!"
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Mason & Dixon
13.  Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
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  "God but I love this book!"
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A Matter Of Death And Life
14.  A Matter Of Death And Life by Andrey Kurkov
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  "Not as good as Death and the Penguin."
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The Collector (Vintage Classics)
15.  The Collector (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
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  "Not gruesome, but a stomach-churning page turner nonetheless."
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Sweetness and Light: The Mysterious History of the Honey Bee
16.  Sweetness and Light: The Mysterious History of the Honey Bee by Hattie Ellis
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  "Bees!"
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
17.  The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. Chesterton
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Babylon
18.  Babylon by Victor Pelevin
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The House of Breath
19.  The House of Breath by William Goyen
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  "Beautiful, hypnotic and ever-so-slightly depressing..."
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Street of Crocodiles (Penguin 20th century classic)
20.  Street of Crocodiles (Penguin 20th century classic) by Bruno Schulz
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  "Uplifting and intimate.  Father is a wonderful, sympathetic character, drawn with the utmost affection.  I'm assigning personalities to inanimate objects after reading this."
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Jamaica Inn (Virago Modern Classics)
21.  Jamaica Inn (Virago Modern Classics) by Daphne Du Maurier
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  "An engaging enough holiday read."
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Flaubert's Parrot (Picador Books)
22.  Flaubert's Parrot (Picador Books) by Julian Barnes
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  "It had it's moments, but generally I found it a bit annoying."
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Geek Love (Abacus Books)
23.  Geek Love (Abacus Books) by Katherine Dunn
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  "I'm loving this and finding it hard to put down."
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A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential Penguin)
24.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential Penguin) by John Kennedy Toole
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  "Was reading this when Katrina struck - that was kind of weird.  Great characters."
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Suttree (Picador Books)
25.  Suttree (Picador Books) by Cormac McCarthy
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  "Thank you Tim Branney!"
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