1.
The Magus by John Fowles
Outstanding storytelling. Fowles is able to effortlessly manipulate your feelings like a craftsman!
20 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
2.
The Quest For Corvo: An Experiment in Biography (NYRB Classics) by A. J. A. Symons
11 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
3.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Grenouille is undoubtedly one of the best anti-heros ever written.
10 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
4.
The Illustrated Zuleika Dobson (Yale Nota Bene) by N John Beerbohm
Beerbohm's only novel and it's quite understandable why--anything he writers will be hard to top this magnificence.
10 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
5.
Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945 by Leo Marks
10 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
6.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
5 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
7.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Need a beautiful story that is guaranteed to cheer you up? Look no further.
5 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
8.
War Of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis de Bernieres
A one-of-a-kind story that manages to effortlessly mix humor, magical realism and the twisted politics of South America
5 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
9.
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
Fantastic storytelling that revolves around the great stage magicians of the 20s & 30s.
5 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
10.
Music & Silence by Rose Tremain
A very strange, but very beautiful story based in the court of the 17th century King of Denmark.
5 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
11.
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
5 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
12.
Dudley Smith Trio: The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential, White Jazz by James Ellroy
5 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
13.
Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard
5 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
14.
Homeboy by Seth Morgan
5 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
15.
An Instance Of The Fingerpost by Iain Pears
5 points - added 13 years ago by pcch -
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