1. Secret Scripture by Sebastian BarryDubliner Sebastian Barry's Man Booker Prize Nominated novel describes the story of Rose, a 100 year old woman now living in a mental home in Roscommon. As with a lot of his work, its flowing prose and duel narration of a long past life weave together to make a genuinely riveting work. He can write quite slow dreamy atmospheres, and this is the case here, with the novel split into two perspectives; Rose's, and the Chief Psychiatrist's. The Novel recently won the Costa Coffee Book of the Year, but don't let that put you off.
The rest of the list is populated by Movie tie-in's (post Oscar season) and Chick-Lit, or Contemporary Female Literature, as it prefers to be known. I guess i'm including Obama in the movie star area, because, he's a bit like one. I haven't read the book, but neither do i have any strong inclination... am i missing out?
2. Once in a Lifetime by Cathy Kelly
3. This Charming Man by Marian Keys
4. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
5. Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama
6. Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
7. Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Maureen Lindley
8. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
9. Forgive and Forget by Patricia Scanlan
X. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
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