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Reading list #2 (5 stars being the best):

The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, © 2003 ***** Wonderful story of betrayal and redemption, set in Iraq and the US.

The No.1 Ladie’s Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith, © 2002 ***** Most delightful fiction of a lady setting up a detective agency in Botswana. Smith is a law professor from Scotland. Once you’ve read this, you’ll want to read more books by him.

Waiting, by Ha Jin, © 1999 ***** Exceptionally well-written Chinese story written by a Chinese author.

Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie, © 2002 ***** Touching, sad but at places funny story in communist China by a Chinese author, originally written in French.

The Curious Incedent of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, © 2003 **** Funny/sad fictional story narrated by an autistic teenager trying to solve a mystery.

The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, © 2002 **** A most unusual, gripping fictional story of a boy from India adrift in the ocean with a hungry tiger on the same lifeboat after a shipwreck