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By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:10:09 +0000

Interesting list. I’m afraid I can’t agree with you about Nick Hornby or Harry Potter but you definitely hit the target with some of your suggestions. Check out my list of 10 great historical novels

http://adammalster.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/ten-great-historical-novels/

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By: Jump Tips

Jump Tips — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:21:51 +0000

Thanks Leo, there are some great pieces of world literature in your post. I like them a lot and I will definitely try to buy at least one piece from this collection.

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By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:24:41 +0000

What book(s) of Butler’s are you reading? Kindred is probably my favorite, but the two Parable novels are also very good.
She died too soon, a year or so ago.

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:52:59 +0000

I recently found Octavia Butler. She is classified as Sci-Fi, but I think she deserves a subject classification of her own. Outside-of-the-box ideologies…

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:11:37 +0000

Jeanette Winterson, ‘Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit’

and I second ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, as well as ‘Fahrenheit 451′ – if you haven’t read this, do, do read it – it’s only a short novel and will give you goosebumps! Frighteningly prophetic.

One Hundred Years of Solitude was one of Marquez’s most accessible works and is absolutely magical.

I have to disagree about The Road, though: as one reviewer commented, it’s not much more than a ‘post apocalyptic zombie movie’. There are some interesting elements, and the imagery is intense, but ultimately it is unsatisfying: I had a strong feeling that McCarthy just had no clue how to end the story.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:02:20 +0000

Very few women on your list and I don’t think I saw much in the way of writers from other cultures.
I’d add:
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley, a book I return to again and again
The Known World, Edward P Jones (al;so his short story collections, Lost in the City and All Aunt Hagar’s
Children
The Poisonwood Bible and Pigs in Heaven, Barbara Kingsolver
The 5th Sacred Thing, StarHawk
Cry, the beloved Country, Alan Paton
The Mysterious Stranger, Mark Twain

I loved the Time Traveler’s Wife but I wouldn’t put it in the same class with Kingsolver.
When We Were Orphans: The whole return to China and search for his mother was bizarre/unbelievable — the kind of thing that makes me say “Oh, Please.” One of the most depressing books I’ve read.

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