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Best books of the 2000's
Girl with a Pearl EarringGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
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What Vermeer might have been up to with the maid & the value of the camera obscure
Miss Garnet's AngelMiss Garnet's Angel by Salley Vickers
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The exploits of Miss Garnett in Venice & her faithful angels.
When We Were OrphansWhen We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
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The search for parents in Shanghai and the impact of Mao & his mates
The Wrong BoyThe Wrong Boy by Willy Russell
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Misunderstood boy becomes schizophrenic
AtonementAtonement by Ian McEwan
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Mlsunderstanding leads to family rift & guilt
The Bell Jar (Modern Classics)The Bell Jar (Modern Classics) by Sylvia Plath
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Account of Sylvia Plath's descent into depression
Border CrossingBorder Crossing by Pat Barker
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Child psychiatrist revisited by former patient
The Future Homemakers of AmericaThe Future Homemakers of America by Laurie Graham
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Women @ US airforce base involved with family with Huntingdons Chorea
With Your Crooked HeartWith Your Crooked Heart by Helen Dunmore
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Menage a trois
The Shipping NewsThe Shipping News by Annie Proulx
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Man finds new life in Newfoundland witn lesbian aunt & 2 daughters
Life of PiLife of Pi by Yann Martel
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Surviving shipwreck with a Bengal tiger?
The Lovely BonesThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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About a dead teenager who watches her family & her murderer come to terms with her death
Mourning RubyMourning Ruby by Helen Dunmore
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Complex & poetic account of a couple coming to terms with the death of their daughter
The Time Traveler's WifeThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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Man with genetic disorder can travel in time meeting his wife aged 6 & daughter after he's dead
Small IslandSmall Island by Andrea Levy
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Racism in all its forms in post war London.
Eleven MinutesEleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
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A Brazilian girl salsa dances, finds sex only takes 11 minutes & goes home
We Need to Talk About KevinWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
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Account written in the aftermath of a school shooting. Why, was it my fault, your fault or was he just plain unhinged?
The Boy in the Striped PyjamasThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
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Moving take on the Holocaust through the eyes of the Commandant's son.
The Distance Between UsThe Distance Between Us by Maggie O'Farrell
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Sisters doing it for themselves, until Jake comes along
The Kite RunnerThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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Guilt
The Steep Approach to GarbadaleThe Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
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Incest is alright as long as you keep it in the family
The Vanishing Act of Esme LennoxThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
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Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sistersÂ…
All in the MindAll in the Mind by Alastair Campbell
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No one gives therapy to the therapists
The OutcastThe Outcast by Sadie Jones
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Story of the suppressed and pretentious English and what goes on behind closed doors.
The Spare RoomThe Spare Room by Helen Garner
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Anger transfer, submission and karma