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OK - I'll start. Again, my reading is not that broad in this decade. Having said that, I was so impressed with Ethan Frome when I read it with the book club. It had a dark tragic feel to it (always works well with me) combined with a beautiful writing style that kept me fascinated throughout.
I could only pick one and it was a toss-up between this one and Death In Venice, so I consider this also to be a pick that missed out on a technicality. I studied this along with The Metamorphosis (also in this list) in German literature. I'm planning to read Death In Venice again next year along with a couple of other Mann's novellas as I want to experience this tragic, idealised and imagined love affair again.
The only other book I've read in this list is The Thirty-Nine Steps which I found a bit ordinary.
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