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Recommend me contemporary fiction based on my likes please.

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nevergoogle · 24/03/2011 22:31

So i loved

The long song, Andrea Levy
Small Island, Andrea Levy
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
Brick Lane, Monica Ali
The kite runner, Khaled Hosseini

I was thinking about 'a suitable boy' by vikram seth.

What do you recommend?

TIA.

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thinkingkindly · 25/03/2011 21:31

I was going to say A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry too. It is the most wonderful wonderful book, though not cheery!

Just read David Lodge Deaf Sentence, which is great.

The 19th Wife is a page-turner. I really enjoyed it, but it isn't top-quality literature.

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BlueChampagne · 25/03/2011 13:17

Amin Maalouf "Samarkand"

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nevergoogle · 24/03/2011 23:26

i've been disappointed with zadie smith.
thought 'on beauty' went nowhere.

thanks for the ideas kurri.
i'm searching them on amazon.

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nevergoogle · 24/03/2011 23:23

yes, similar tastes there.
i have half of yellow sun, book thief, cloud atlas and the book seller of kabul all only half read on my book shelf.
not sure why i didn't finish them as was enjoying them but got distracted and never picked them up again.

the reluctant fundamentalist looks interesting.

i'm off to google the others.

thanks.

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KurriKurri · 24/03/2011 23:17

Hmm how about any of these:

A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry

The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot (haven't read this but it's on my to read list - looks really interesting)

Gave my mum for Christmas The children's Book - A.S. Byatt and The Help - Kathryn Stockett and she thought they were both good.

You might like Paul Scott's Raj Quartet - it's a bit older, but not a bad read.

you might like Zadie Smith, and Kashuo Ishiguro (Never Let Me Go) as well.

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nevergoogle · 24/03/2011 22:59

anyone?

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