 | A Way in the World by V.S. Naipaul
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £0.01 A cross between history, autobiography and fiction, it comprises narratives that are thematically linked. One of Naipaul's best.
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 | The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 A great yarn, narrated in Rushdie's inimmitable style. Dazzling prose. Very funny at times, but covers universal themes.
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 | My Other Life by Paul Theroux
Buy used from: £0.01 Not sure if it is autobiographical. Should be read in conjunction with Theroux's earlier novel: 'My Secret History'
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 | Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark
Buy used from: £1.49 Humourous and entertaining take on the disappearance of Lord Lucan, by the great Muriel spark who, sadly, passed away recently.
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 | The House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe
Buy used from: £0.01 A dark comedy with a twist at the end. Unputdownable.
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 | Love, etc by Julian Barnes
Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £0.01 A witty sequel to 'Talking It Over'.
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 | Youth by J.M. Coetzee
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.95 Autobiographical. Not sure why it was marketed as fiction, when 'Boyhood', which deals with Coetzee's childhood, was marketed as non-fiction. Immensely readable.
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 | Headlong by Michael Frayn
Buy new: £6.37 / Used from: £0.01 Very clever and innovative. A pleasure to read
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 | Yellow Dog by Martin Amis
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Martin Amis is in top form here. Like many of Amis's recent novels, there isn't much of a plot, but so well does Amis write that you don't mind. Very funny in parts.
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 | White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £0.01 The different narrative streams don't gel as well as that, but it kept me interested till the end.
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 | Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Buy used from: £2.40 Inventive. The parts involving Alex-the translator are hilarious.
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 | Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Buy used from: £0.01 A moving story of a Zoroastrian family in Mumbai. Realistic.
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 | Autobiopsy by Bernice Rubens
Buy used from: £0.01 Quaint, unusual and wicked. Berince Rubens-now she could tell a good story.
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 | Old School by Tobias Wolff
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 The prose is precise and elegant. This novella is a joy to read.
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 | Small Island by Andrea Levy
Buy new: £4.33 / Used from: £0.01 The narrative is a bit uneven at times, and does not flow smoothly. But this is more than adequately compensated for by the engrossing story. Acutely observant.
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 | Snobs: A Novel by Julian Fellowes
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Acerbic and witty. Reminiscent of Evelyn Waugh.
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 | Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £0.01 Took me a while to get into this one, but once I did, I found it highly entertaining. Crackling with dry, witty dialogues.
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 | Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 If you care for language read this book. I thought the subject matter-the spiritworld and mediums-was a bit unusual, too.
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 | Jazz by Toni Morrison
Buy new: £5.07 / Used from: £2.24 Language is hypnotic. Parts of the book, for example, those depicting 1920s' Harlem, are incredible.
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 | Thinks... by David Lodge
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01 A satire of the academic world, David Lodge's forte.
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 | On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £5.57 / Used from: £0.01 This is a beautifully written book. Engrossing
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 | The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 A very clever and dark book;it abounds in aphorisms. Brilliant.
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 | The Paperchase by Marcel Theroux
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 A gripping story, excellent characterizations, and very well written. It has everything I want in a novel.
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 | The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Buy used from: £0.01 Over-elaborate and laborious in places, this is, still, a very moving story.
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 | Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
Buy new: £6.67 / Used from: £0.01 A magical book; I found it gripping from the first page.
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