People often say to me* “Hey, Bookclubof1, I’m sick of misery memoirs and patronising chicklit. I’ve had it with hacks like Dan Brown/James Patterson/Stephen King/Barbara Cartland. I wanna read something that’ll blow my tiny mind! What do you recommend?” And I go round my bookshelves and take down the following...
Slaugherhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Catch 22 by Joseph Keller
Crash by J. G. Ballard
Vurt by Jeff Noon
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce
Ghostworld by Daniel Clowes
Slaughtermatic by Steve Aylett
Whereupon, my friends eye my choices with surprise and fear before scuttling back to the bestseller lists.
Sigh.
*Actually they don’t, but I can dream...
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