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Good Reading Guide Books on a Theme: Parents & Children to Russia

See how well-read you are in certain areas or explore more books on your favourite themes. Sourced from "Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide" (Nick Rennison, 8th edn, 2009).
01-11: Parents and Children
12-20: Past and Present (Novels in which historical and contemporary stories meet and interact)
21-28: Places
29-39: Police Procedural
40-51: Politics
52-63: Private Eyes
64-72: Publish and Be Damned (Writers; publishers; agents; readers; fans)
73-83: Renaissance Europe
84-93: Rescued Lives (Biographies of people history had forgotten)
094-102: Revisiting One's Past
103-110: Rewriting History (Novels where the past has changed)
111-118: The Rhythm of Nature (People in tune with or in thrall to the land)
119-129: Roman Catholicism
130-137: Russia (before, during and after the Soviet era)
BTW, I realise there is some duplication of books over the challenges in this series. This is because of overlap in the themes.
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The Crow Road (Iain Banks)
The Crow Road
1
Iain Banks
The Way of All Flesh (Samuel Butler)
The Way of All Flesh
2
Samuel Butler
The Promise of Happiness (Justin Cartwright)
The Promise of Happiness
3
Justin Cartwright
Private Papers (Margaret Forster)
Private Papers
4
Margaret Forster
Hideous Kinky (Esther Freud)
Hideous Kinky
5
Esther Freud
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
6
D. H. Lawrence
Shena MacKay: Orchard on Fire
Shena MacKay: Orchard on Fire
7
Time and Tide (Edna O'Brien)
Time and Tide
8
Edna O'Brien
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
9
Dodie Smith
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
10
Ivan Turgenev
The Centaur (John Updike)
The Centaur
11
John Updike
The House of Doctor Dee (Peter Ackroyd)
The House of Doctor Dee
12
Peter Ackroyd
To the Hermitage (Malcolm Bradbury)
To the Hermitage
13
Malcolm Bradbury
The Virgin Blue (Tracy Chevalier)
The Virgin Blue
14
Tracy Chevalier
The 19th Wife (David Ebershoff)
The 19th Wife
15
David Ebershoff
The Glassblower of Murano (Marina Fiorato)
The Glassblower of Murano
16
Marina Fiorato
The Book of Air and Shadows (Michael Gruber)
The Book of Air and Shadows
17
Michael Gruber
The Fanatic (James Robertson)
The Fanatic
18
James Robertson
Ghostwalk
Ghostwalk
19
Witchcraft (Nigel Williams)
Witchcraft
20
Nigel Williams
The Maid of Buttermere (Melvyn Bragg)
The Maid of Buttermere
21
Melvyn Bragg
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
22
Emily Brontë
The Comedians (Graham Greene)
The Comedians
23
Graham Greene
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
24
Thomas Hardy
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
25
John Irving
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
26
Rudyard Kipling
The Painter of Signs (R.K. Narayan)
The Painter of Signs
27
R.K. Narayan
Waterland (Graham Swift)
Waterland
28
Graham Swift
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
29
Wilkie Collins
Death of a Train (Freeman Wills Crofts)
Death of a Train
30
Freeman Wills Crofts
Gorky Park (Martin Cruz Smith)
Gorky Park
31
Martin Cruz Smith
Cold Light (John Harvey)
Cold Light
32
John Harvey
Eton Crop (Bill James)
Eton Crop
33
Bill James
Skinner's Rules (Quintin Jardine)
Skinner's Rules
34
Quintin Jardine
Lieberman's Law (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
Lieberman's Law
35
Stuart M. Kaminsky
Killer's Choice (Ed McBain)
Killer's Choice
36
Ed McBain
A Guilty Thing Surprised (Ruth Rendell)
A Guilty Thing Surprised
37
Ruth Rendell
The Laughing Policeman (Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö)
The Laughing Policeman
38
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Finnegan's Week (Joseph Wambaugh)
Finnegan's Week
39
Joseph Wambaugh
Anthills of the Savannah (Chinua Achebe)
Anthills of the Savannah
40
Chinua Achebe
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