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Below is British writer andPeterloodirector Mike Leighs list.
This had a profound effect on me in my early 20s.
They call this masterpiece magical realism, but I hate the label.
Real it is, human and passionate and endlessly moving and compelling.
Its about family, relationships, fate, time.
For me, this is a most important work.
Zadie Smith brilliantly evokes contemporary Britain with astonishing accuracy, and unique wit and charm.
A book to savor.
He sums up existence.
He reinvents writing itself.
He makes me howl with pain and scream with laughter.
For me, Austers masterpiece, and worth our waiting for.
The dazzling scope of his inventiveness is breathtaking.
Healthily nostalgic for us who are contemporary with his multiple central characters.
A compulsive read; I found it hard to put down, and I couldnt get enough of it.
Hard to choose between this and hisDeath on the Installment Plan.
But Celines quasi-autobiography wins.
My favorite of Flann OBriens novels, although I loveAt-Swim-Two-Birds.
Profound, haunting, mystical, and utterly hilarious.
Searle has inspired and influenced me since I was 6 years old.
He was one of the greatest illustrators and cartoonists of the 20th century.
Horrifying, often moving, sometimes funny, this collection is a total joy, on so many levels.
What characters and characterizations!
How perceptively Dickens portrays our complex imperfections!
And, incidentally, what a splendid picture of 19th-century America!
As the maker ofTopsy-Turvy, Im an unapologetic fan of W.S.
Bab was his childhood pet name and his adult pen name.
His delightful verses and drawings are a total gas, and no bathroom library should be without a copy.
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