Some of the best books I've read in the last 5 years

A Listmania! list by amboline (York, UK)
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The World And Other Places
1.  The World And Other Places by Jeanette Winterson
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  "A collection of the most spellbinding short stories ever. I wish I could write like this!"
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Further Tales Of The City
2.  Further Tales Of The City by Armistead Maupin
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  "Part soap opera, part social chronicle, part un-put-downably frantic thriller. All of Maupin's works are good but this surpasses the lot."
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Waterloo Sunset
3.  Waterloo Sunset by Ray Davies
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  "Here's a thing. Short stories based around obscure Kinks lyrics. The bizarre thing is, it's absolutely gripping. In places, terrifying!"
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The Solitaire Mystery
4.  The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
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  "An astonishing fairytale for the generation that doesn't do fairytales any more. And a bit of an exploration of the meaning of life too."
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Mean Time
5.  Mean Time by Carol Ann Duffy
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  "My favourite contemporary poet, by a mile. An incredible teller of stories who says things in a way nobody else ever seems to."
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I Capture The Castle (Vintage Classics)
6.  I Capture The Castle (Vintage Classics) by Dodie Smith
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  "If Jane Austen had known about sex and drugs, this is what she'd have written."
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Whit
7.  Whit by Iain Banks
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  "An entrancing mystery from the quintessential Scots storyteller."
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Momo (Puffin Books)
8.  Momo (Puffin Books) by Ende Michael
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  "Far too creepy to be a children's book. A disturbing allegory of our time, from a writer with a truly mad imagination."
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