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The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood The Robber Bride
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Secret History
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Tartt, Donna
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The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch The Discovery of Heaven
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Mulisch, Harry
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Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker Possessing the Secret of Joy
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Walker, Alice
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The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín The Heather Blazing
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Tóibín, Colm
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Black Dogs by Ian McEwan Black Dogs
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Time's Arrow by Martin Amis Time's Arrow
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Amis, Martin
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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day
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The History of the Siege of Lisbon by José Saramago The History of the Siege of Lisbon
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Saramago, José
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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Like Water for Chocolate
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Esquivel, Laura
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London Fields by Martin Amis London Fields
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Amis, Martin
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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses
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Rushdie, Salman
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The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
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Ellroy, James
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The Passion by Jeanette Winterson The Passion
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Winterson, Jeanette
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The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wolfe, Tom
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The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
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Auster, Paul
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The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt The Lost Language of Cranes
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Leavitt, David
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Foe by J.M. Coetzee Foe
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Coetzee, J.M.
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Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel Reasons to Live
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Hempel, Amy
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Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez Love in the Time of Cholera
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García Márquez, Gabriel
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The Cider House Rules by John Irving The Cider House Rules
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Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard Empire of the Sun
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Ballard, J.G.
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Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter Nights at the Circus
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Carter, Angela
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Shame by Salman Rushdie Shame
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Rushdie, Salman
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If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi If Not Now, When?
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Levi, Primo
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Color Purple
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Walker, Alice
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July's People by Nadine Gordimer July's People
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Rites of Passage by William Golding Rites of Passage (To the Ends of the Earth, #1)
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Golding, William
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
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Kundera, Milan
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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
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Calvino, Italo
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