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#421
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Friday, or, The Other Island

Michel Tournier

3.0 (1)

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#422
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The Shadow of the Wind

The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4.57 (7)

I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.Todavia recuerdo aquel amanecer en que mi padre me llevo por primera vez a visitar el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. 

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#423
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Parade's End

Parade's End

Ford Madox Ford

4.5 (2)

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#424
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The Pursuit of Love

The Pursuit of Love

Nancy Mitford

4.6 (5)

There is a photograph in existence of Aunt Sadie and her six children sitting round the tea-table at Alconleigh.

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#425
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Always Coming Home

Always Coming Home

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.0 (2)

Stone Telling is my last name.

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#426
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The Princesse de Cleves

The Princesse de Cleves

Madame de La Fayette

3.75 (4)

La magnificence et la galanterie n'ont jamais paru en France avec tant d'éclat que dans les dernières années du règne de Henri second.

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#427
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Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch

William S. Burroughs

2.83 (6)

I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves, setting up their devil-doll stool pigeons, crooning over my spoon and dropper I throw away at Washington Square station, vault and turnstile and two flights down the iron stairs, catch an uptown A train.

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#428
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Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

3.67 (6)

The first place that I can well remember, was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.

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#429
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The Savage Detectives

The Savage Detectives

Roberto Bolaño

4.0 (3)

I've been cordially invited to join the visceral realists.

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#430
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London Fields

London Fields

Martin Amis

3.0 (1)

This is a true story but I can't believe it's really happening.

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