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Best Books I've read in 2006
EmbersEmbers by Sandor Marai
Buy new: £6.35 / Used from: £0.01
Atmospheric with philosophy and a thriller twist thrown in
Phineas Finn, The Irish Member (English Library)Phineas Finn, The Irish Member (English Library) by Anthony Trollope
Buy new: £7.13 / Used from: £0.01
Ambition and politics and living beyond your means
We Need to Talk About KevinWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
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Scarey and controversial but rings true so many times
Mapp and Lucia (Penguin Modern Classics)Mapp and Lucia (Penguin Modern Classics) by E. F. Benson
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £0.01
English parochial humour at its gentle best
Theft: A Love StoryTheft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
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Funny, sad and left field at times
The American (Penguin Classics)The American (Penguin Classics) by Henry James
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £0.60
Not his best but perfectly formed by everyone else's standards
Notting HellNotting Hell by Rachel Johnson
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £0.01
Hugely funny makes endless fun of the prentious Notting Hill set we all envy
The Riddle of the Sands: a Record of Secret Service (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)The Riddle of the Sands: a Record of Secret Service (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Erskine Childers
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £0.50
Atmospheric thriller that is grippingly boys own
Old FilthOld Filth by Jane Gardam
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £1.48
Clever, subtle, funny and very moving