Terrifyingly Good Fiction III

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We Need To Talk About Kevin (Five Star Paperback)
1.  We Need To Talk About Kevin (Five Star Paperback) by Lionel Shriver
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  "A book not afraid to tackle big issues and to be defiant."
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The Tin Drum
2.  The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
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  "Despite recent revelations, a magnificent view of a greater Germany in the process of reduction."
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A Suitable Boy
3.  A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
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  "Such warmth from a master of the postcolonial novel."
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Absolute Beginners (Absolute Classics)
4.  Absolute Beginners (Absolute Classics) by Colin MacInnes
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  "Multiracial London in the Fifties and Sixties brilliant evoked."
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The Bell Jar
5.  The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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  "A brilliant psychological study."
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Regeneration
6.  Regeneration by Pat Barker
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  "A wonderful personalized view of a tragic conflict."
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Platform
7.  Platform by Michel Houellebecq
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  "Impossible to ignore - recent English language fiction is in its shadow."
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Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
8.  Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B S Johnson
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  "A wittily playful novel from an underrated novelist."
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A Fine Balance
9.  A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
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  "Hard to cope with this level of sadness in one book, but what a novel!"
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Cloud Atlas
10.  Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
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  "Should have won the Booker after sustaining 6 such distinct voices so well."
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Infinite Jest
11.  Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
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  "Jawdroppingly impressive."
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Moo
12.  Moo by Jane Smiley
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  "The US midwest campus recreated to a T."
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Blindness
13.  Blindness by Jose Saramago
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  "An agonising account of a society's breakdown."
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Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics)
14.  Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics) by Emily Brontë
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  "Impossible not to reflect on what might have been."
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Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
15.  Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann
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  "Hanseatic culture in decline."
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Porno
16.  Porno by Irvine Welsh
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  "Second only to its prequel Trainspotting, a coruscating return to form."
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The Moor's Last Sigh
17.  The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
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  "A novel warning of the dangers of religious fundamentalism."
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
18.  Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
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  "Yes, I know everyone was reading this, but it's no Dan Brown."
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The Way of All Flesh (English Library)
19.  The Way of All Flesh (English Library) by Samuel Butler
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  "An important turn of the century novel."
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Run River (Vintage International)
20.  Run River (Vintage International) by Joan Didion
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  "California evoked."
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