10 books that changed my life

A Listmania! list by "kyotostephen"
 
Lucky Jim (Penguin Modern Classics)
1.  Lucky Jim (Penguin Modern Classics) by Kingsley Amis
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  "Quite simply, the funniest book ever written."
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The Catcher in the Rye
2.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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  "For I while I thought I was Holden."
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Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
3.  Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
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  "Still jus as funny as when it was written."
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Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)
4.  Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
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  "Brilliant and moving: the template for all coming-of-age stories"
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics)
5.  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics) by James Joyce
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  "For me, Joyce's finest."
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Empire Of The Sun :
6.  Empire Of The Sun : by J. G. Ballard
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  "Speilberg's movie is just as good, if not better."
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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
7.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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  "Scared the pants off me when I first read it at 16."
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Midnight's Children
8.  Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
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  "Pure magic (realism)."
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The Grapes of Wrath
9.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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  "Wrath is an understatement."
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Catch-22
10.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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  "Tragic, hysterical,  satirical anti-war perfection."
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