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Books 2006-present, part 1
Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale: or, the Whale: Or, the Whale (Penguin Classics)Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale: or, the Whale: Or, the Whale (Penguin Classics) by Herman Melville
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £1.95
Honestly, a bit of a slog. Whenever you start a chapter, ask yourself, Does this chapter look like being a lengthy discourse on the mid-nineteenth century understanding of cetology? If 'yes' - skip it
The Remains of the DayThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy new: £4.94 / Used from: £0.34
Never Let Me GoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.01
Empire of the SunEmpire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
Buy used from: £0.08
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Modern Classics)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Modern Classics) by Ken Kesey
Buy new: £3.78 / Used from: £3.47
Snow CrashSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
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Things Fall Apart (Penguin Red Classics)Things Fall Apart (Penguin Red Classics) by Chinua Achebe
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £3.05
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by William S. Burroughs
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £3.13
Ragtime (Penguin Modern Classics)Ragtime (Penguin Modern Classics) by E.L. Doctorow
Buy new: £3.75 / Used from: £3.75
In Cold Blood : A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Penguin Modern Classics)In Cold Blood : A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Penguin Modern Classics) by Truman Capote
Buy new: £6.74 / Used from: £3.80
The Lovely BonesThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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One of the two most dispensable novels I read in 2006. Readable, but phoney.
Into the WildInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £2.10
A Man Without a Country: A Memoir of Life in George W. Bush's AmericaA Man Without a Country: A Memoir of Life in George W. Bush's America by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: £2.81 / Used from: £2.50
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without ThinkingBlink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.30
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingFreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
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The Old Man and the SeaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £2.50
(different edition)
The Incredible Adam SparkThe Incredible Adam Spark by Alan Bissett
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £0.47
One of the two most dispensable novels I read in 2006. Engaging, but.
Iron in the Soul (Penguin Modern Classics)Iron in the Soul (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jean-Paul Sartre
Buy new: £8.44 / Used from: £6.50
(different edition)
A Wild Sheep ChaseA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
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Free Culture: The Nature and Future of CreativityFree Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity by Lawrence Lessig
Buy new: £4.27 / Used from: £4.25
Confessions of a Crap Artist (Gollancz S.F.)Confessions of a Crap Artist (Gollancz S.F.) by Philip K. Dick
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The Final SolutionThe Final Solution by Michael Chabon
Buy new: £3.06 / Used from: £0.61
Jonathan Strange and Mr. NorrellJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
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The CorrectionsThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths)The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths) by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £1.15