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A Listmania! list by Fiona Hurley "fionah74"
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Plainsong
1.  Plainsong by Kent Haruf
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  "First stop USA - Colorado to be exact"
£6.74   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

Like Water For Chocolate
2.  Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
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  "Then head south of the border down Mexico way for a feast of a book"
£5.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)

The House Of The Spirits
3.  The House Of The Spirits by Isabel Allende
The list author says:
  "Allende never specifies exactly where this book is set, but it's obviously based on events in Chile"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)

Breath
4.  Breath by Tim Winton
The list author says:
  "Go surfing in Australia with young Pikelet"
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (119 customer reviews)

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
5.  The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
The list author says:
  "Follow Toru through a surreal Japanese urban landscape"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.80
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (115 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
6.  Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
The list author says:
  "Discover 20th century China from the viewpoint of the women who lived through it"
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4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (143 customer reviews)

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The White Tiger
7.  The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
The list author says:
  "Find out how Balram claws his way up modern Indian society"
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3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (239 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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The Kite Runner
8.  The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The list author says:
  "Chase kites and heartache on the streets of Afghanistan"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (610 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

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The Blood of Flowers
9.  The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
The list author says:
  "Watch the Iranian narrator weave her carpets and her story"
£5.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)

The Master And Margarita (Penguin Classics)
10.  The Master And Margarita (Penguin Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
The list author says:
  "Visit Moscow with the devil and his companions"
£6.29   Used & New from: £3.00
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Under The Frog
11.  Under The Frog by Tibor Fischer
The list author says:
  "Ride the rails with a Hungarian basketball team in the 1950s"
£6.74   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Veronika Decides to Die
12.  Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
The list author says:
  "Find out what happens to a young Slovenian woman when her suicide attempt fails"
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (88 customer reviews)

My Family and Other Animals (Essential Penguin)
13.  My Family and Other Animals (Essential Penguin) by Gerald Durrell
The list author says:
  "Let Gerard Durrell show you life (wild and domestic) in Corfu (Greece)"
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)

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Girl With a Pearl Earring
14.  Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The list author says:
  "Meet the subject of the famous painting, as she describes her life in 17th century Holland"
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (128 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Hunting and Gathering
15.  Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda
The list author says:
  "Spend time in an apartment block in Paris with Camille and friends"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

The Shadow Of The Wind
16.  The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The list author says:
  "Enter into the shady literary and political world of post-Civil-war Barcelona"
£4.31   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (540 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

Hideous Kinky
17.  Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud
The list author says:
  "Get on the hippy trail to Morocco with the 5-year-old narrator"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

Half of a Yellow Sun
18.  Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The list author says:
  "Discover the tragedy of the Biafran war (Nigeria)"
£5.89   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (188 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Poisonwood Bible
19.  The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The list author says:
  "Travel downriver to the Congo with the tragic Price family"
£5.89   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (148 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation
20.  Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation by Alan Paton
The list author says:
  "See life in apatheid South Africa, its beauties and its woes"
£6.29   Used & New from: £3.57
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)

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