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[Karen]

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
Excellent dystopian sci-fi novel depicting life in a 26th century totalitarian state. We was one of the first books banned by the Soviet censorship bureau in 1921, and the book was not published in Russia in Russian until 1988. Luckily, the book was smuggled out of Russia for publication in the West.

[Nocturnalux]

July's People by Nadine Gordimer

[Peter]

The Player of Games by Iain M.Banks.
Overall I found this a well written and engaging story,that despite its rather abrupt ending, kept me engrossed.

[Alice]

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

[S.L.]

Midaq Alley

[Kimberly]

Their Eyes Were Watching God

[Mia]

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. I thought it was pretty pretentious but I still gave it four stars because of the end.

[Joy D]

Loved this one:
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt - 5 stars - My Review

[Maggie]

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

[Karen]

Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding

[Diane]

The Crow Road by Iain Banks.

[Nocturnalux]

A Consciência de Zeno by Italo Svevo

[Colleen]

Just finished reading 1984....I think I read it in high school. It's a great read....

[Diane]

Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit by John Lyly.

[Dina]

Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun

[Kimberly]

Wise Blood. Two stars.
I'll take an Elizabeth Taylor (a contemporary of Flannery O'Connor) novel over something like this any day.

[Joy D]

Pierre and Jean by Guy de Maupassant - 3 stars - My Review

[Sandy (Ms Reads A Lot)]

Absalom, Absalom by Faulkner. Yikes!

[Fishy]

The Waves by Virginia Woolf.

It's on the list of shorter books to read but that didn't mean it's easy to read. An amazing book but one of the hardest that I've read so far... ! (for me anyway)

[Diane]

Self Condemned by Wyndham Lewis.

[Fran]

Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane

[Nocturnalux]

Passing by Nella Larsen

[Ellinor]

Finished The Book of Evidence by John Banville

[Gayle]

Finished The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Really enjoyed this - superb writing.

[Dina]

Finished Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz

[Fishy]

Siddartha by Herman Hesse - I really enjoyed it! Am happy with where this list is taking me so far ^__^

[Karen]

Fishy wrote: "The Waves by Virginia Woolf.

It's on the list of shorter books to read but that didn't mean it's easy to read. An amazing book but one of the hardest that I've read so far... ! (for me anyway)"

There are several short books which take a very long time to read! Avoid for now anything by Samuel Beckett (except Worstward Ho -- it's short and you will see why you want to postpone Beckett for now), and Thomas Bernhard (except Wittgenstein's Nephew which is different than the other 5 books on the list). I like Bernhard, but his books are best read in chronological order; I never developed a taste for Beckett.

[Andi]

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

[Bob]

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

[Jess]

At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill

[George P.]

Finished Pavlos Matesis's The Daughter (can't find link under the title). Novel about a Greek woman growing up in WW2 and a little of her later life. Unreliable narrator, got weirder toward the end.

[George P.]

Fishy wrote: "The Waves by Virginia Woolf.

It's on the list of shorter books to read but that didn't mean it's easy to read. An amazing book but one of the hardest that I've read so far... ! (for me anyway)"

It helped me to listen to an audio of The Waves while reading the text, pausing when needed. Not for Woolf beginners.

[George P.]

Ellinor wrote: "Sean wrote: "Finished my second reading of The Cider House Rules by John Irving. It's a great book. Also a good choice for a book club if your other members don't mind a l..."

Irving was a big favorite of mine about 20 yr ago and I read & enjoyed his 3 list books then, and others.

[Debbie]

I finished:
Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells - Hated it
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Cheese by Willem Elsschot

[Ellinor]

Finished The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

[Tyler]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

[Karen]

Shame by Salman Rushdie

[Alice]

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

[Joy D]

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 4 stars - My Review

[Karina]

Finished The Child in Time by Ian McEwan and I did not enjoy it at all. I will not going into those particular reasons but I will say he seems obsessed with caste and hates poor/homeless people

[Colleen]

The Sorrows of Young Werther

[Mia]

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

[Kirsten]

Sadly I haven't finished a list book since last July - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

[Karen]

Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz.

[Diane]

Finished The Virgin in the Garden by A.S. Byatt.

[Kirsten]

Diane wrote: "Finished The Virgin in the Garden by A.S. Byatt."

I heard an abridgement/drama of that on Radio 4. Sounds like a good story.

[Sid_rw]

Atonement. Absolutely loved the ending.

[Kimberly]

Like Life by Lorrie Moore.

[Mia]

Arcanum 17: With Apertures by André Breton.

[Diane]

Finished The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe.