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The Magic Toyshop (Virago Modern Classics)
1.  The Magic Toyshop (Virago Modern Classics) by Angela Carter
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  "far from the bright lights"
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Oliver Twist (Penguin Popular Classics)
2.  Oliver Twist (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
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  "pickpockets and dickensian street-urchins"
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The Buddha of Suburbia
3.  The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
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  "bellbottoms and buddhism"
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Under the Net
4.  Under the Net by Iris Murdoch
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  "boho beatniks in the 50s"
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Jack Maggs
5.  Jack Maggs by Peter Carey
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  "modern victoriana"
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Mrs. Dalloway
6.  Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
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  "bloomsbury chatter"
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Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel
7.  Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel by Helen Fielding
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  "fags n chardonnay  in the 90s"
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The End of the Affair
8.  The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
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  "love n loss during the blitz"
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A Study in Scarlet (Penguin Classics)
9.  A Study in Scarlet (Penguin Classics) by Arthur Conan Doyle
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  "gaslights, carriages and rainy streets"
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Love in a Cold Climate
10.  Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
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  "tea at claridge's"
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Vile Bodies (Penguin Modern Classics)
11.  Vile Bodies (Penguin Modern Classics) by Evelyn Waugh
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  "bright young things in the 20s"
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The Line of Beauty
12.  The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
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  "Chelsea in the 80s"
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Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus: The Mating Season; the Code of the Woosters; Right Ho, Jeeves
13.  Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus: The Mating Season; the Code of the Woosters; Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
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  "Mayfair stories"
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Saturday
14.  Saturday by Ian McEwan
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  "Marylbone in the uneasy 00s"
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White Teeth
15.  White Teeth by Zadie Smith
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  "North London multi-culti"
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84 Charing Cross Road
16.  84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
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  "dreaming of London"
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Our Spoons Came From Woolworths (Virago Modern Classics)
17.  Our Spoons Came From Woolworths (Virago Modern Classics) by Barbara Comyns
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  "30's bohemia"
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Small Island
18.  Small Island by Andrea Levy
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  "post-war immigration"
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High Fidelity
19.  High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
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  "scruffy gigs and record nerds"
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An Experiment in Love
20.  An Experiment in Love by Hilary Mantel
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  "halls of residence in the 70s"
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Repentant Morning
21.  Repentant Morning by Chris Paling
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  "the seedy glamour of Soho in the 30s"
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Heligoland
22.  Heligoland by Shena Mackay
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  "South London from the 30s onwards"
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Towards the End of the Morning
23.  Towards the End of the Morning by Michael Frayn
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  "Fleet Street in the 60s"
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City of the Mind
24.  City of the Mind by Penelope Lively
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  "contemporary Docklands"
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The Light of Day
25.  The Light of Day by Graham Swift
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  "a film-noir take on Wimbledon"
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