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Literary Fiction That's Worth A Look (IN PROGRESS)
Human CroquetHuman Croquet by Kate Atkinson
Buy new: £5.23 / Used from: £0.01
Interesting read let down by a weak and contrived ending
The RoadThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Unsettling and vivid
ResistanceResistance by Owen Sheers
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Well written but strangely pedestrian
The Remains of the DayThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Quiet, economical but excellent
Then We Came to the End: a NovelThen We Came to the End: a Novel by Joshua Ferris
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Walking the Spanish
Theft: A Love StoryTheft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
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I admire this book a great deal, but I can't say that I really enjoyed it
A Short History of Tractors in UkrainianA Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
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Frothy, fast moving and quite funny, but not something I'd want to re-read
Brick LaneBrick Lane by Monica Ali
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Meh
Slow ManSlow Man by J.M. Coetzee
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More for writers than readers
AtonementAtonement by Ian McEwan
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The first half is torture but the second half is worth the effort
The Meaning of NightThe Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
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Terrific start but too contrived and over-inflated
Never Let Me GoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Moving and thought provoking
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Canongate Myths)The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Canongate Myths) by Margaret Atwood
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Expensive Greek mythology fanfic
Small IslandSmall Island by Andrea Levy
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Absorbing and moving
BirdsongBirdsong by Sebastian Faulks
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I feel guilty for finding this book a chore
Cloud AtlasCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
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Grabs you by the head, but not the heart
Beyond Black (The Perennial Collection)Beyond Black (The Perennial Collection) by Hilary Mantel
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Haunting
Arthur and GeorgeArthur and George by Julian Barnes
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Excellent character study based on real life events
Acts of Violence (Macmillan New Writing)Acts of Violence (Macmillan New Writing) by Ryan David Jahn
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Overly ambitious but the quality of writing whets the appetite for more