Listmania!
Books that have left me mesmerised
Jonathan Strange and Mr. NorrellJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01
The perfect book for winter
The Bluest EyeThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £1.49
Morrison at her best; a heart wrenching tale.
Blue Bedspread (Harvest Book)Blue Bedspread (Harvest Book) by Raj Kamal Jha
Buy used from: £0.90
Beautiful prose
If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable ThingsIf Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
Let the writing flow around you
The Testament of Gideon MackThe Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01
The definition of "Unputtadownable"
HungerHunger by Knut Hamsun
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £4.26
'Down and Out...' set in Oslo (There is madness here)
Down and Out in Paris and London (Essential Penguin)Down and Out in Paris and London (Essential Penguin) by George Orwell
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £1.38
My favourite Orwell novel
Birds without WingsBirds without Wings by Louis De Bernieres
Buy new: £4.94 / Used from: £0.01
A particularly good twist on a common theme...
BirdsongBirdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01
This book touches senses others couldn't hope to reach.
Midnight's ChildrenMidnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.91
Magic Realism at its best
The InheritorsThe Inheritors by William Golding
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £4.29
Brilliant and original
Mean TimeMean Time by Carol Ann Duffy
Buy new: £6.39 / Used from: £0.01
Reading this is like looking in a mirror
English PassengersEnglish Passengers by Matthew Kneale
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01
A sparkling array of narrative voices
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Popular Classics)A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Popular Classics) by James Joyce
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01
Joyce, but readable :-)
This Thing of DarknessThis Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson
Buy new: £3.50 / Used from: £0.01
A truly astonishing piece of epic writing!!
Everything is IlluminatedEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.80
Moving yet funny
Things Fall Apart (Penguin Red Classics)Things Fall Apart (Penguin Red Classics) by Chinua Achebe
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £4.00
Great insight into clash of cultures in Colonial Africa
If Not Now, When? (Penguin Modern Classics)If Not Now, When? (Penguin Modern Classics) by Primo Levi
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £2.75
A very different angle on the persecution of Jews in WW2
HappenstanceHappenstance by Carol Shields
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.98
An original look at one relationship from both sides
Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics)Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics) by Patrick Hamilton
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £2.27
An example of a great character pushed to the limit