Listopia > Jeffrey Harrison's votes on the list 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks (53 Books)
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
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"Favorite Le Carre. "
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Islands of Silence: A Novel
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"Moving anti war book"
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The Sense of an Ending
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"No word out of place. Captivating."
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Levels of Life
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"Very very personal and moving."
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Atonement
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"Great story and great writing."
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Italian Neighbors
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"If you love Italy read this immediately."
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The Conformist
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"Moravia's best. "
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The Time Traveler's Wife
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"Don't go by the movie. This book will stop you in your tracks."
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Law and Economics in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)
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"Understand all you really need to know about law."
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Ancient Light (The Cleave Trilogy #3)
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"Banville's best and a story that forces you to think."
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Crime and Punishment
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"What can I say. If you do not read it you are worse for it."
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A Tale of Two Cities
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"A great story and a look at the times. "
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From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)
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"Best of the Bonds"
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Absolute Friends
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"The best Le Carre. Not Smiley, not spies but important."
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The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
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"One of the trilogy. "
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The Road
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"Gritty and great."
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Pale Fire
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"Classic. Better than just reading"
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No Country for Old Men
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"Movie is pretty good too."
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Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
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"Favorite book ever!"
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A Year in Provence (Provence, #1)
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"Love it at the time. Probably terribly dated."
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Cloud Atlas
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"Am amazing work."
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Freedom
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"To me, his best."
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Amsterdam
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"Dark writing but engaging."
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Lucky Jim
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"Second favorite book of all time. Gives me strength when deal with work."
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Money
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"To date his masterpiece."
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The Sportswriter (Frank Bascombe, #1)
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"I like this one best but Independence day is also terrific."
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A Farewell to Arms
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"Loved it. "
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The Sun Also Rises
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"Love his writing."
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Death in Venice
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"Could read this over and over."
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Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers
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"From the times -- I still mau mau the flak catchers."
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The Rachel Papers
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"One of his first and terrific."
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Lolita
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"So much talent."
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The Havana Room
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"This is only for the first half which is spectacular and then not so good.
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
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"The best of Theroux's travel adventures."
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The Comedians
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"Gotta have a Graham Green and this one is one of the best."
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Futebol : The Brazillian Way of Life
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"If you want to know what it's all about, this is it."
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In Cold Blood
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"Chilling and real."
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
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"Perhaps the most comprehensive."
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The Elementary Particles
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"As good as it gets for grit"
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Platform
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"Inside the mind "
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The Poisonwood Bible
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"sad riveting tail"
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A Clockwork Orange
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"Oh, sure, this is not in the top 100- crazy."
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Anna Karenina
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"Huh? Not top 100?"
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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"Does not say what you have been told."
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Goodnight Moon
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"Never tire of it."
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Ulysses
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"Was this really not on the top 100?"
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The Arrangement
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"Many reasons not to be keen on this guy but this is an overlooked book"
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A Confederacy of Dunces
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"Weiner stand."
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The Sea
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"Great writer"
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Edie: American Girl
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"Classic tale of the dark side of 60s."
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The Lover
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"All things Duras"
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Blue Eyes, Black Hair
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"ditto"
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The North China Lover (The Lover, #2)
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"ditto. Airly, provocative."
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