15 books you have to read

A Listmania! list by C. Barnardo "Kaptin Scarlet" (London, UK)
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The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
1.  The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
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  "Beautifully written and easy to read, it will take to new places, but stay with you forever"
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The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
2.  The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
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  "Dictated by the author's blinking eye from his hospital bed, after an incapacitating stroke, utterly gripping, poignant & beautiful"
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Gormenghast (Gormenghast Trilogy (Book Two))
3.  Gormenghast (Gormenghast Trilogy (Book Two)) by Mervyn Peake
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  "Superbly, rich, deep and utterly fanciful, one of the most significant works of imagination of the 20thC"
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
4.  Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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  "A dark, prophetic & frightening vision of the power of the State to destroy our freedom"
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The Book of Evidence
5.  The Book of Evidence by John Banville
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  "So superbly written that lines from it will always haunt you and remind you how well a story can be told"
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Foucault's Pendulum
6.  Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
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  "A titanic book, a tough read, but so well worth it, timeless Rosicrucian conspiracy at least 1000 times better than Da Vinci Code"
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Seven by Five
7.  Seven by Five by H. E. Bates
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  "Short stories from an English master, many you will never forget, ever"
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Consider Phlebas (The Culture)
8.  Consider Phlebas (The Culture) by Iain M. Banks
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  "One of the best Sci-Fi available, opens your eyes to machine intelligence and the truely BIG science of the Culture"
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Galapagos
9.  Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "Timeless. Where classic writting edges into fantasy, a handful of survivors witness the end of civilisation from the isolated archipelago"
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers)
10.  Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind
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  "Wonderfully written, lushious, sensual & vivid account of fictional 18th C French  flawed genius perfumier"
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Sexing The Cherry
11.  Sexing The Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
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  "A glorious 17thC romp into Janette Winterson's imagination about love, sex, lies and truth"
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The Illustrated Man (Flamingo Modern Classics)
12.  The Illustrated Man (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Ray Bradbury
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  "One of my all time favourite books, short stories of a metal and rubber American future written in the 1950's"
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
13.  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
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  "Totally engaging (a one sitting read) and a window in to the strange asbergers-ridden world of most men"
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K-Pax
14.  K-Pax by Gene Brewer
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  "Please don't watch the film, read the books and believe in Prot"
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador)
15.  The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador) by Oliver Sacks
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  "Utterly gripping (true) case histories of the dysfunctional mind provide an incredible vision of how we tick"
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