13 books to read before your 20

A Listmania! list by "gem_morris"
 
A Clockwork Orange (Essential Penguin)
1.  A Clockwork Orange (Essential Penguin) by Anthony Burgess
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  "An influencial dystopia, If you think youth culture is bad now have a read of this."
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Tipping The Velvet (Virago V)
2.  Tipping The Velvet (Virago V) by Sarah Waters
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  "Victorian history with a twist! Fantastic characterisation, a million times better than the BBC Drama"
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The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set)
3.  The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set) by J. R. R. Tolkien
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  "Words cannot decribe this trilogy, I am under the spell of the ring of power"
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How the Dead Live
4.  How the Dead Live by Will Self
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  "Will self conveys an 'alternative'view on life after death involving a popular music singing foetus, and living with the weight that you lost and put on in your former life.  Interesting!!!!"
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Hooky Gear
5.  Hooky Gear by Nick Barlay
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  "A great read brimming with black humour"
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The Passion (Contemporary classics)
6.  The Passion (Contemporary classics) by Jeanette Winterson
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  ""I'm telling you stories.  Trust me." I put all my trust into wintersons storytelling ability.  Gripping, a masterpiece I'll never forget"
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Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics)
7.  Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen
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  "Austen deserves pride of place on all top ten reads, she makes C18th Britain accessable to teens and OAP's alike"
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Much Ado about Nothing (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
8.  Much Ado about Nothing (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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  "Laugh, cry, or just read in awe of the Shakespearian delight that is 'Much ado about nothing'"
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The Blind Assassin
9.  The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
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  "Deserved winner of the booker prize, Atwoods novel is full of twists and turns. An imaginative and unpredictable read"
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Mrs. Dalloway (Wordsworth Classics)
10.  Mrs. Dalloway (Wordsworth Classics) by Virginia Woolf
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  "The stream of conciousness in this novel is to die for, nobody can do it better than Wolfe! Well except maybe Winterson!"
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (Essential Penguin)
11.  Lady Chatterley's Lover (Essential Penguin) by D. H. Lawrence
The list author says:
  "Well, what can I say about this book!  Obviously British prudishness didn't have a hold over Laurence.  It's a shame that Jackie Collins doesn't reach the same standard."
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Ariel
12.  Ariel by Sylvia Plath
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  "Poetry that is almost as good to just look at as it is to read.  Personal, bleak but terrific all the same"
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The World's Wife
13.  The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy
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  "Hated by men, adored by women.  Laugh till you cry and cry till you sob.  My personal favourite is Mrs Beast."
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