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Best Books I've read in 2005
Arthur & GeorgeArthur & George by Julian Barnes
Buy new: £16.49 / Used from: £0.01
Great read, makes you think, creates a world to inhabit.
Never Let Me GoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy new: £10.89 / Used from: £0.01
Desperately sad but thought provoking about a subject personal to us all.
According to QueeneyAccording to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01
A joy, a jewel, beautiful prose and wonderful charcters in all their glorious flaws
The Kite RunnerThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: £4.94 / Used from: £0.01
Feels like an experience you've lived through when you get to the end of the book, very moving.
The MasterThe Master by Colm Toibin
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.01
Great writing and astute insight into the mind of an extraordinary writer
The American BoyThe American Boy by Andrew Taylor
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.01
A great read with an ending that doesn't sell out.
The Radetzky MarchThe Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.46
More great writing, excellent translation and great clarity when describing people and their emotions.
The ScapegoatThe Scapegoat by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy new: £6.72 / Used from: £0.01
Pacey writing, teamed with meaty themes and a sense of mystery
Towards the End of the MorningTowards the End of the Morning by Michael Frayn
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Very funny in a deliciously grubby kind of a way.
Journey by Moonlight (Pushkin paper)Journey by Moonlight (Pushkin paper) by Antal Szerb (Author)
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £0.01
More bittersweet, thought-provoking humour from another writer who sees people clearly
Rebecca (Virago modern classics)Rebecca (Virago modern classics) by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy new: £5.57 / Used from: £0.79
Great read with well-drawn interesting characters and a moral dilemma