1. Shadow without a Name, Ignacio Padilla
2. The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
3. A Separate Peace, John Knowles
4. The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
5. Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin
6. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
7. Death with Interruptions, Jose Saramago
8. The Painted Veil, W. Somerset Maugham
9. Maurice, E.M. Forster
10. The Go-Between, L.P. Hartley
11. Beloved, Toni Morrison
12. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
13. East of Eden, John Steinbeck
14. Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
15. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
16. Stoner, John Williams
17. Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
18. The Hand That First Held Mine, Maggie O'Farrell
19. Emily, Alone, Stewart O'Nan
Interesting how what I think is a nuisance at my local cafe, at the store, in the restaurant also irritated the ladies in the palace.
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A Guy's Moleskine Notebook 
Right on!
Agree – totally. Really frustrating .. you almost want to ‘slap’ them both!