Livre d'Or

Ooh ooh ooh so many! Tell you what, I'll name a few and then you can eliminate the ones you've already read. There's no need to be so prolific in your counter-recommendations if you can't think of anything, though.

Pictures in the Cave by George Mackay Brown - poetic Orcadian magical realism. Small Island by Andrea Levy - one of my favourite books written in the last few years, it's a wry but very lovingly written story about post- and during- WWII Jamaican immigration to the UK. I remember recommending 'Jacob's Gift' by Jonathan Freedland to you, although it's aimed at non-Jews with little knowledge of Judaism: it's a heartfelt account of British Judaism told through his family's story.And definitely, always, The Sopranos by Alan Warner.