Novelists For A Long Weekend

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Books I'd hand to a friend with a free Saturday and a good armchair.

1. Gabriel García Márquez Person

   Magic so natural it sneaks past you. I reread him every few years.

2. Jane Austen Person

   Sharp, funny and kinder than people expect. Comfort reading at its finest.

3. Fyodor Dostoyevsky Person

   Heavy, intense and unforgettable. Best read with strong tea.

4. Virginia Woolf Person

   Prose that moves like thought. I underline half the page.

5. Jorge Luis Borges Person

   Labyrinths, libraries and mirrors. A tiny story can hold a whole universe.

6. Albert Camus Person

   Clear, warm and quietly stubborn. A great way into philosophy through story.

7. Franz Kafka Person

   Strange and unsettling in a way that stays with you for days.

8. Agatha Christie Person

   The ultimate rainy-day companion. I still never guess the ending.

9. Vladimir Nabokov Person

   Sentences you want to roll around in your mouth. Wordplay heaven.

10. Orhan Pamuk Person

    Memory, melancholy and a city you can almost smell.

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