Some good books for Autumn 2006

A Listmania! list by Harry Dye
 
A Year in the Life of the Man Who Fell Asleep
1.  A Year in the Life of the Man Who Fell Asleep by Greg Stekelman
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  "An excellent book, by turns hilarious depressing and confrontational. The year-long diary of a surreal, semi-fictional Londonder. Talking polar bears and existential angst."
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New Boy
2.  New Boy by William Sutcliffe
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  "A painfully unsentimental, very funny account of teenage life at a private school in London."
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And Then You Die (Aurelio Zen Mystery)
3.  And Then You Die (Aurelio Zen Mystery) by Michael Dibdin
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  "A brief coda in the career of Italien sleuth Aurelio Zen. As readable as ever."
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Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Luis Borges
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  "A good introduction in the world of legendary Argentine writer Borges. Part philosophy, part whimsy, part science fiction."
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A Perfect Spy
5.  A Perfect Spy by John Le Carre
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  "Less an espionage novel, and more the psychological deconstruction of absent fathers and divided loyalties."
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Money (Us EDN)
6.  Money (Us EDN) by Amis Martin
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  "Martin Amis's masterpiece. The bleak, very funny tale of a man desperately running away from himself and running straight into trouble."
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The Other Wind: An Earthsea Novel
7.  The Other Wind: An Earthsea Novel by Ursula Le Guin
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  "Ursula Le Guin looks at a post-magic Earthsea and sees much worth valuing."
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
8.  Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
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  "It's very long, so you certainly get your money's worth. A flawed but entertaining tale of magic in 18th Century Britain."
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