Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The God of Small Things The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down … OL1052138W
Schindler's ark Schindler's ark Thomas Keneally "Keneally wrote the Booker Prize-winning novel in 1982, inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. In 1980 Pfefferberg met Keneally in his shop, and learning that he was a n… OL10619574W
The ghost road The ghost road Pat Barker **From Amazon.com:** **The final book in the Regeneration Trilogy and winner of the 1995 Booker Prize.** *The Ghost Road* is the culminating masterpiece of Pat Barker's towering World War I fi… OL11221644W
Bring Up the Bodies Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning [Wolf Hall;](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL464512W) and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thoma… OL16547664W
Hotel du Lac Hotel du Lac Anita Brookner Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. Edith has been exiled from home after embarrassing herself and her friends. S… OL166437W
Amsterdam Amsterdam Ian McEwan Winner of the 1998 Booker PrizeOn a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had be… OL1855943W
The Line of Beauty The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst It is the summer of 1983, and twenty-year-old Nick Guest has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and t… OL1993508W
Rites of passages Rites of passages Annie Proulx,William Golding,Fernando Santos Fontenla During the early 18th century, passengers on a ship to Australia include a parson whom the crew choses as a scapegoat. OL2430180W
The Bone People The Bone People Keri Hulme At once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where Maori and European New Zealand meet, Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People is a powerful and unsettling tale satur… OL3991459W
Disgrace Disgrace J. M. Coetzee At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. An affair with one of his students leaves him jobless, shunned by his friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wif… OL500451W
Vernon God Little Vernon God Little D. B. C. Pierre Teenager Vernon Gregory Little's life has been changed by the Columbine-style slaughter of a group of students at his high school. Soon his home town is blanketed under a media siege, and Vernon find… OL5704311W