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Heist Novels Where the Plan Is Half the Pleasure
Heist Novels Where the Plan Is Half the Pleasure
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The hot rock and Blacktop Wasteland
The pleasure starts with assigning the parts: who can gain access, keep time, distract the right person or move something that should be impossible to move? These novels give planning and...
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Literary Novels With Plots That Keep Moving
Literary Novels With Plots That Keep Moving
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Fingersmith and The White Tiger
For readers who enjoy an ambitious sentence and still want a reason to turn the page. These novels make style and character work inside a developing story: a decision creates danger, a revelation...
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Noir Novels About Choices That Tighten the Trap
Noir Novels About Choices That Tighten the Trap
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Grifters
A quick solution to a money problem can become the first instalment of a much larger debt. These novels follow people who steal, conceal, betray or convince themselves that one more compromise...
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Books That Reward Going In Knowing Almost Nothing
Books That Reward Going In Knowing Almost Nothing
by book_guy  • 
In common: Fingersmith
Sometimes the best preparation is a sense of tone and enough uninterrupted time, rather than a detailed explanation. These novels reward discovering how they work while you read them. The entries...
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Unreliable Narrators Worth Trusting With Your Time
Unreliable Narrators Worth Trusting With Your Time
by book_guy  • 
In common: Fingersmith
A persuasive voice can give you reasons to keep listening and reasons to keep checking. These books make that double attention rewarding through selective memory, self-defence, social ambition and...
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Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
by book_guy  • 
In common: The White Tiger
A good train book establishes its voice quickly and gives you a reason to return after a platform change or an announcement. These choices range from mysteries and speculative adventures to...
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Novels Told Through Letters, Diaries and Documents
Novels Told Through Letters, Diaries and Documents
by book_guy  • 
In common: The White Tiger
A letter has an intended reader; a diary has a keeper; a case file has someone who selected the evidence. These novels and novellas make those facts matter. Some unfold entirely through...
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Satirical Novels That Understand How Power Works
Satirical Novels That Understand How Power Works
by book_guy  • 
In common: The White Tiger
Power rarely introduces itself as self-interest. It arrives as procedure, expertise, efficiency, tradition or a remarkably persuasive statement of the public good. These 25 novels make those...
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Books for Book Clubs That Like to Disagree
Books for Book Clubs That Like to Disagree
by book_guy  • 
In common: The White Tiger
The most interesting meeting can end with people seeing more clearly why they disagree. These novels offer more than a provocative premise: their voices, consequences and competing loyalties give...
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Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
by book_guy  • 
In common: The White Tiger
Treat this as a set of doors into different kinds of reading. Familiar novels sit beside translated fiction, memoir, poetry, science and stories told in pictures, chosen for a memorable voice, an...
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Romance Novels for Readers Who Want to Try the Genre
Romance Novels for Readers Who Want to Try the Genre
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
New to romance? Start with the kind of reading pleasure you already enjoy: workplace sparring, domestic detail, historical obstacles, family repair or a little magic. These are different doorways...
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Historical Fiction Beyond the Second World War Shelf
Historical Fiction Beyond the Second World War Shelf
by book_guy  • 
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Historical fiction offers far more than one war or one continent. These novels range from classical Athens and Pompeii to Ming China, Mughal India, East Africa, the Americas and the Pacific, with...
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Classic Science Fiction That Still Starts Good Arguments
Classic Science Fiction That Still Starts Good Arguments
by book_guy  • 
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A classic earns another conversation when its central question survives disagreement with its answers. These books offer arguments about expertise, freedom, consent, gender, knowledge and the uses...
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