The best all-time unputdownables

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The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics)
1.  The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood
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  "A stay-up-til-three-in-the-morning-reading job."
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Restoration London: Everyday Life In The 1660s
2.  Restoration London: Everyday Life In The 1660s by Liza Picard
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  "Plenty of rich pickings about what those Restoration guys used to get up to!"
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White Oleander
3.  White Oleander by Janet Fitch
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  "A recent discovery: full of raw, brutal, real-life emotion"
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Enduring Love
4.  Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
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  "Oh my God. Unbelievably good."
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A Recipe for Bees
5.  A Recipe for Bees by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
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  "Crazy goings on with turtles on an American farm. Kooky but very sad"
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Cat's Eye
6.  Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
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  "This is my all-time favourite. Nothing else touches this."
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A Spell of Winter
7.  A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore
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  "Riddled with intrigue and incest and crazy fathers. Fabulous, and an Orange prize winner"
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Birdsong
8.  Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
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  "Heart rending. I must have read this at least five times."
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Sucking Sherbet Lemons
9.  Sucking Sherbet Lemons by Michael Carson
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  "Gay teen tries to suppress his sexuality by becoming a monk. Fabulously funny and warm."
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books)
10.  The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books) by Tom Wolfe
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  "Evil capitalists get their comeuppance. An absolutely absorbing web of intrigue - in a good way!"
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Memoirs Of A Geisha
11.  Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
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  "Everyone's read it - there's a reason why!"
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The Keepers of Truth
12.  The Keepers of Truth by Michael Collins
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  "A risk when I bought it-but a great surprise. Full of insight and dark humour."
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The Grapes of Wrath
13.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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  "Amazing. You won't stop reading this day or night!"
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Fortune's Rocks
14.  Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve
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  "What a twist in the middle of this book!"
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The Poisonwood Bible
15.  The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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  "Excellent, excellent, excellent. Demonstrates the mistakes of forcing one's beliefs onto others."
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East of Eden (Steinbeck "Essentials")
16.  East of Eden (Steinbeck "Essentials") by John Steinbeck
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  "Truly amazing-and nice and fat so it lasts ages!"
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