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Apr 2021
7:17pm, 19 Apr 2021
21,594 posts
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Serendippily
Done a stupid 100 books thing. I’d read 87. One of the ones I haven’t read is the Da Vicini code. Another is Mitch Albom The Five People You Meet In Heaven - I’m ignoring former but I reckon I can have a go at latter for 2003
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May 2021
11:31am, 15 May 2021
27,999 posts
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HellsBells
And I’m done.
Here’s my list
1965 - David Lodge - The British Museum Is Falling Down
1966 - Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea
1967- K M Peyton - Flambards
1968 - Barry Hines - A Kestrel For A Knave
1969 - John Fowler - The French Lieutenant’s Woman
1970 - Helene Hanff - 84 Charing Cross Road
1971 - E M Forster - Maurice
1972 - Ira Lewin - The Stepford Wives
1973 - William Goldman - The Princess Bride
1974 - P G Wodehouse - Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen
1975 - James Clavell - Shogun
1976 - Agatha Christie - Sleeping Murder
1977 - Margaret Atwood - Dancing Girls And Other Stories
1978 - Armistead Maupin - Tales Of The City
1979 - Jeffrey Archer - Kane and Abel
1980 - John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy Of Dunces
1981 - Muriel Spark - Loitering With Intent
1982 - Alice Walker - The Colour Purple
1983 - James Wilcox - Modern Baptists
1984 - Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn
1985 - Patrick Suskind - Perfume The Story Of A Murderer
1986 - Jean Plaidy - The Lady In The Tower
1987 -Toni Morrison - Beloved
1988 - Anne Tyler - Breathing Lessons
1989 - Amy Tan - The Joy Luck Club
1990 - Colm Tobin - Homage To Barcelona
1991 - Ken Follett - Night Over Water
1992 - Nick Hornby - Fever Pitch
1993 - Sebastian Faulks - Birdsong
1994 - Alan Hollinghurst - The folding Star
1995 - Val McDermaid - The Mermaids Singing
1996 - Frank McCourt - Angela’s Ashes
1997 - Adeline Yen - Falling Leaves Return To Their Roots
1998 - Ruth Rendell - A Sight For Sore Eyes
1999 - Robert Wilson - A Small Death In Lisbon
2000 -Peter Carey - True History Of The Kelly Gang
2001 - Alexandra Fuller - Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight
2002 - Marcus Zusak - I Am The Messenger
2003 - Damon Galgut - The Good Doctor
2004 - Bernard Cornwell - The Last Kingdom
2005 - Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go
2006 - Diane Setterfield - The Thirteenth Tale
2007 - Alice Sebold - The Almost Moon
2008 - Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge
2009 - Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall
2010 - C J Sansome - Heartstone
2011 - John Boone - The Absolutist
2012 - J K Rowling - The Casual Vacancy
2013 - Donna Tartt - The Goldfinch
2014 - Sarah Perry - After Me Comes The Flood
2015 - Alexander McCall Smith - The Woman Who walked In Sunshine
2016 - Margaret Forster - How To Measure A Cow
2017 - Michael Haag - The Durrells Of Corfu
2018 - Anne-Marie Crowhurst - The Illumination Of Ursula Flight
2019 - Margaret Attwood - The Testaments
2020 - Lottie Moggach - Brixton Hill
2021 - Rachel Hawkins - The Wife Upstairs
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May 2021
11:31am, 15 May 2021
28,000 posts
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HellsBells
My only rule was that it had to be a book I hadn’t read before
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May 2021
11:33am, 15 May 2021
49,450 posts
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McGoohan
Good work HB - a nice varied list there. Any stand-out favourites?
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May 2021
11:33am, 15 May 2021
49,451 posts
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McGoohan
(and ones to avoid!)
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May 2021
11:37am, 15 May 2021
7,684 posts
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Mouseytongue
Nicely done! McG beat me to it with the question, I've got gaps to fill in 90's & 00's.
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May 2021
11:44am, 15 May 2021
28,001 posts
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HellsBells
The 80’s were a bit hit and miss - I really didn’t get on with Modern Baptists or A Confederacy of Dunces. I found Nick Hornby boring, but then I don’t like football and Jeffrey archer was, well, Jeffrey Archer.
I enjoyed Ken Follett more than expected, also Birdsong and loved The Absolutist.
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May 2021
11:50am, 15 May 2021
49,452 posts
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McGoohan
I'll look that up. Must admit, I'd nor heard of it.
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May 2021
11:54am, 15 May 2021
28,004 posts
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HellsBells
It’s the same author as The Boy in The striped Pyjamas and similar material, but more grown up
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May 2021
12:47pm, 15 May 2021
36,610 posts
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Night-owl
Good list. And well done.
I agree about Ken follett
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Ice pie.
Jan 2025