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Le Soleil des Scorta

Laurent Gaude

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Goncourt winning novel from the author of bestselling "La mort du roi Tsongor". The story of an...

James Whiteside recommended The Name of the Wind in Books (curated)

The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

9.2

(74 Ratings)

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"This is perhaps the most poignant fantasy novel I've ever read. If you're a fan of fantasy, this is the series for you; a wizard's tale as poetry."

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Simon Critchley recommended Remainder in Books (curated)

Remainder

Tom McCarthy | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

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"Working with Tom over the years has been one of the great pleasures of my life. This is a perfect novel: completely conceptually rigorous and a great story."

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Eileen Myles recommended Rose of No Man's Land in Books (curated)

"Michelle is our real Charles Dickens, and this small novel is working class perfection itself: in a mall, young, gay, punk, and in love for the first time."

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Jay McInerney recommended A Handful of Dust in Books (curated)

"This novel shows all of Waugh’s gifts for satire and farce, but unlike his earlier novels, it has a three-dimensional, tragic protagonist in aristocratic cuckold Tony Last."

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Melanie Caldicott (6 KP) rated The Lifeboat in Books

Apr 29, 2021

The Lifeboat

Charlotte Rogan | 2012 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

6.0

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I did not relate to this novel at all. I found it sterile and devoid of any suspense despite the dramatic nature of the story. Cold and depressing.

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Jeff Bezos recommended The Remains of the Day in Books (curated)

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry

10.0

(2 Ratings)

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"Jeff Bezos’s favorite novel, about a butler who wistfully recalls his career in service during wartime Great Britain. Bezos has said he learns more from novels than nonfiction."

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