Reads of 2005: Not all thillers, but all thrilling

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Ghostwritten
1.  Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
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  "Cloud Atlas made the headlines but his debut has a more direct humanist tone without the literary pastiche"
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253
2.  253 by Geoff Ryman
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  "Ryman is an inventive writer, changing genres. This one doesn't have a genre, but will stick with you. 253 real characters and London's Tube star."
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Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love
3.  Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love by Dan Rhodes
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  "Dark. Bitter. Funny. Unsettling. Creepy. Beguiling."
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The Thought Gang
4.  The Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer
The list author says:
  "A very funny novelist, who makes you laugh so much you could miss how good his words are. My favourite of his."
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Diary
5.  Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
The list author says:
  "Fight Club yes, but here Palahniuk's new course in magical realism hits the payload. The best since..."
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Eight Minutes Idle
6.  Eight Minutes Idle by Matt Thorne
The list author says:
  "Making a effort to buy contempory British authors, Thorne stands out for his finely observsed tales of life as lived by the rest of us."
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The Insult (Bloomsbury Classic Reads)
7.  The Insult (Bloomsbury Classic Reads) by Rupert Thomson
The list author says:
  "It could be considered a 'detective' story or thriller. Starts one one place, ends somehere else. Not run of the mill."
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No Second Chance
8.  No Second Chance by Harlan Coben
The list author says:
  "Superbly tense writing, not a word wasted. Not a detective whodunnit but incredibly taut tale of kidnapped daughter."
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Shutter Island
9.  Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
The list author says:
  "A great conspiracy dective yarn with a denouement you wont see coming. His others I found a let down including Mystic River."
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101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life
10.  101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by Roger-Pol Droit
The list author says:
  "I'm probably on my 8th copy as I keep giving it away to friends. You owe yourself time to browse this book. Not a novel."
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Eleanor Rigby
11.  Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
The list author says:
  "His best since Girlfriend... His maturity shows, no big themes but much more under the skin of ordinary people"
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I, Lucifer
12.  I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan
The list author says:
  "Balances on a single premise with stylised prose. But stays with you. And beneath the belly is some dark anger."
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Going Out
13.  Going Out by Scarlett Thomas
The list author says:
  "One of the books my wife and friends didn't rate as much as me. But I still do. More great contempory British fiction, bring it on."
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Free
14.  Free by Paul Vincent
The list author says:
  "Hybrid. Wrapped around a thriller is a comic love story travelogue. The best part is that is works. For some reason unknown, change that and read it."
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Beholden
15.  Beholden by Clare Littleford
The list author says:
  "What I thought was slack plotting turned out to be something more sinsiter. Nottingham has it's own Patrica Highsmith"
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The Secret History
16.  The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The list author says:
  "I know, everyone's read it. Just in case you haven't: do. Another left field thriller, the polar opposite to Dan Brown."
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Pattern Recognition
17.  Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
The list author says:
  "Sci-fi fans seems to hate it, Gibson focuses on the real world and in the guise of a thriller muses internet communities, advertising and instant-global-culture. For me, his best book."
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The Men Who Stare at Goats
18.  The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson
The list author says:
  "Sometimes we should lift are heads from our novels. Starts 60s funny, ends Iraq scary."
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The Screaming Tree
19.  The Screaming Tree by Phil Lovesey
The list author says:
  "Another psychological thriller. A whodunnit in a very different sense. Catch up on your sleep before reading."
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The Snow (Gollancz S.F.)
20.  The Snow (Gollancz S.F.) by Adam Roberts
The list author says:
  "I started 2004 with this. Part post apocalyptic, post parable about Govenment 'care' for it's citizens, part.... Best read it, this I recommend because it was different, rather than stay-up-all-night."
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