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The Elegant Variation: Recommended Books

This short challenge is from "The Elegant Variation" literature weblog and supplements my earlier list "The Elegant Variation: Critic James Wood's Best Books Since 1945". A tough challenge even for the literati. Kudos to those who have read any of these books!
BTW, don't miss out on enlarging and reading the list image, which I sourced from the weblog. It's quite insightful and amusing.
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Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal (Rob Riemen)
Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal
1
Rob Riemen
Netherland (Joseph O'Neill)
Netherland
2
Joseph O'Neill
Dictation (Cynthia Ozick)
Dictation
3
Cynthia Ozick
Diary of a Bad Year (J.M. Coetzee)
Diary of a Bad Year
4
J.M. Coetzee
The Indian Clerk (David Leavitt)
The Indian Clerk
5
David Leavitt
Then We Came to the End (Joshua Ferris)
Then We Came to the End
6
Joshua Ferris
Christine Falls (Benjamin Black)
Christine Falls
7
Benjamin Black
The Paris Review Interviews, I: 16 Celebrated Interviews (The Paris Review)
The Paris Review Interviews, I: 16 Celebrated Interviews
8
The Paris Review
The Dead Fish Museum (Charles D'Ambrosio)
The Dead Fish Museum
9
Charles D'Ambrosio
The Mystery Guest (Grégoire Bouillier)
The Mystery Guest
10
Grégoire Bouillier
Ticknor (Sheila Heti)
Ticknor
11
Sheila Heti
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers (Vendela Vida)
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers
12
Vendela Vida
The Sea (John Banville)
The Sea
13
John Banville
Here Is Where We Meet (John Berger)
Here Is Where We Meet
14
John Berger
Home Land (Sam Lipsyte)
Home Land
15
Sam Lipsyte
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