My Best Books that reel around my head

A Listmania! list by duirsgrove "duirsgrove"
 
The Catcher in the Rye
1.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The list author says:
  "A book for anyone who ever feels on the outside"
£4.99   Used & New from: £0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (386 customer reviews)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
2.  The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
The list author says:
  "I think the cleverest thing I've come across"
£4.76   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)

In the Cut
3.  In the Cut by Susanna Moore
The list author says:
  "Real women & relationships - very funny and ironic if you look for it"
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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The Bell Jar
4.  The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The list author says:
  "Amazing and infinitely underrated"
£4.87   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (141 customer reviews)

The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)
5.  The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The list author says:
  "Really shocking stuff"
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.54
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (385 customer reviews)

The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals (Oxford World's Classics)
6.  The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals (Oxford World's Classics) by Dorothy Wordsworth
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5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen
7.  The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred Owen
The list author says:
  "Best war poet, like John Clare for War.  Also ASIN 0701136618"
£6.49   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Romeo and Juliet (Penguin Shakespeare)
8.  Romeo and Juliet (Penguin Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "I read this when I was about 14 and didn't find it hard at all.  Also Hamlet/MND."
£5.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

The Peloponnesian War (Classics)
9.  The Peloponnesian War (Classics) by Thucydides
The list author says:
  "Ok, so I did History, can you tell.  Salway's Roman Britain also good"
£7.69   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Choephori, the Eumenides (Penguin Classics): 0
10.  The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Choephori, the Eumenides (Penguin Classics): 0 by Aeschylus
The list author says:
  "Lysistrata, Frogs, Plato/Socrates also good"
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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The Hobbit
11.  The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The list author says:
  "Read this when I was 8 (other versions: 0261103288 & 0006754023 ) I prefer to LOTR"
£16.25   Used & New from: £4.47
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (408 customer reviews)

The English Patient
12.  The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The list author says:
  "Very different from the film"
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

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Linda McCartney's World of Vegetarian Cooking: Over 200 Meat-free Dishes from Around the World
13.  Linda McCartney's World of Vegetarian Cooking: Over 200 Meat-free Dishes from Around the World by Linda McCartney
The list author says:
  "Best veggie book"
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5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Memoirs Of A Geisha
14.  Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
The list author says:
  "A little American in places, but great considering he's a guy!"
£4.89   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (346 customer reviews)

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
15.  Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
The list author says:
  "So much better than the film, If Paxman rates it, can't be half bad"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (333 customer reviews)

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
16.  The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language by David Crystal
The list author says:
  "I've seen him lecture, amazingly clever guy"
Used & New from: £3.00
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)
17.  Middlemarch (Penguin Classics) by George Eliot
The list author says:
  "Dvd also has a rather nice Mr Sewell ahem oh we were talking about books weren't we"
£5.43   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)

Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)
18.  Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Bronte
The list author says:
  "(0141023546 a new reprint)"
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (329 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Secret Garden (Collector's library)
19.  The Secret Garden (Collector's library) by Anna South
The list author says:
  "I seem to relate to stories about orphans lol"
Used & New from: £0.72
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
20.  Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Bronte
The list author says:
  "People are mean to Jane Eyre grrr.  The days when  a teacher meant something (reprint also 0141028165)"
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (200 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood
21.  Angela's Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood by Frank McCourt
The list author says:
  "Miserable Irish childhood"
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (190 customer reviews)

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The Velveteen Rabbit (Creative Editions)
22.  The Velveteen Rabbit (Creative Editions) by Margery Williams
The list author says:
  "Be real"
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)

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The Iliad (Penguin Classics)
23.  The Iliad (Penguin Classics) by Homer
The list author says:
  "Better than the Odyssey & The Aeneid"
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.84
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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