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The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
5.0
If you only ever read one travel book, this is the one to read. Astoundingly well-written, moving and informative, it is basically the best travel book ever written. R
Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard by Sara Wheeler
5.0
Extremely well-written, Wheeler's Cherry gets into the man's head and leads us through his complex life sympathetically. Never gets boring. R
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson
5.0
Frightening, raw, exciting, exhilarating. Nuff said. Even if you're not into climbing, this is a must-read. R
Ulysses by James Joyce
5.0
It took me a year to read this when I lived in Germany in the 1980s. Worth every single minute I spent reading it. It taught me so much. R
Girl Reading by Katie Ward
5.0
Girl Reading is one of those books which leaves you wanting more, leaves you feeling bereft when you've read the last word on the last page. The quality of the writing, the creation of so many different atmospheres, the evocation of such a vast range of different eras - all these combine to make this an astounding debut novel. But even that is not praise enough for this book - it's quite simply one of the best books I've ever read.
Literary fiction at its best lets you forget who you are, stops you from looking at a story from the outside, allows you to live within the story, to become a part of it, to be the story. That's what this book does. Like all the very best books, this is an exploration of the soul, a mirror held to the souls of the characters.
This is a book I'll read over and over again.
Literary fiction at its best lets you forget who you are, stops you from looking at a story from the outside, allows you to live within the story, to become a part of it, to be the story. That's what this book does. Like all the very best books, this is an exploration of the soul, a mirror held to the souls of the characters.
This is a book I'll read over and over again.