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Trainspotting
1.  Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
The list author says:
  "One of my favourite books. A variety of narratives and voices expertly woven to provide brilliantly insightful tragedy, horror and comedy. Also the Scottish dialect, what more could you want?"
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Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
2.  Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
The list author says:
  "Probably the best written allegory ever. Must read for the same reasons as 1984. Incredibly important in terms of politics, history and popular culture."
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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
The list author says:
  "Absolute genius. This book is important to read, referenced often in popular culture, esp if you are interested in history or politics."
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Dr Faustus based on the A text (New Mermaids)
4.  Dr Faustus based on the A text (New Mermaids) by Christopher Marlowe
The list author says:
  "Call me a dissident but this play is better than any Shakespeare. The only drawback is the use of latin (which I find annoyingly elitist) but the literary pyrotechnics outweigh this easily"
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The Color Purple
5.  The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The list author says:
  "This book is like an intellectually and spiritually satisfying chick flick. Strong female characters suffer and overcome in this really inspirational book"
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Wuthering Heights (Pocket Penguin Classics)
6.  Wuthering Heights (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Emily Brontë
The list author says:
  "*Starry-eyed sigh*. This is the best book EVER. Cathy is wonderfully caustic, feisty and intelligent and Heathcliff is irresistible in the Byronic hero mode. So often imitated, never equalled."
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I'm the King of the Castle
7.  I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill
The list author says:
  "This isn't the most comfortable read but will reach out to anyone who appreciates the potential problems of childhood, such as alienation, isolation and depression."
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Of Mice and Men (Penguin Modern Classics)
8.  Of Mice and Men (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
The list author says:
  "This is a childhood favourite of mine, an absolute classic. You'll laugh and cry and maybe even fall in love (Slim is the fittest fictional character ever...)"
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Porno
9.  Porno by Irvine Welsh
The list author says:
  "Sequal to Trainspotting. It's narrower in terms of characters, which is a shame but this is necessary, esp if you're dying to find out what becomes of Renton, Sick Boy, Spud, Diane & Begbie."
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Poppy Shakespeare
10.  Poppy Shakespeare by Clare Allan
The list author says:
  "Absolutely brilliant book. Tragic, funny and true especially if you know anything of the way mental health is dealt with in this country."
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Reasons to Be Cheerful: from Punk to New Labour Through the Eyes of a Dedicated Troublemaker
11.  Reasons to Be Cheerful: from Punk to New Labour Through the Eyes of a Dedicated Troublemaker by Mark Steel
The list author says:
  "I've lovingly nicknamed this book "my political bible". Watch history unfold from a squat in Brixton: politics, dissentry, Ireland, underground 80s subculture, The Clash etc."
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Jane Eyre (Penguin Popular Classics)
12.  Jane Eyre (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
The list author says:
  "This semi-autobiographical work really picks up after 300 pages. Don't worry Reader, persist and you chest will heave from the romance & the strength of our heroine."
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
13.  The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
The list author says:
  "Classicly post modern, to the point it seems almost cliched now. Much more enjoyable and insightful, I think, than the work of other textbook post modernists such as John Fowles"
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (Penguin Popular Classics)
14.  Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (Penguin Popular Classics) by George Eliot
The list author says:
  "Such a cute wee story. You'll love it if you want something sweet, short and undemanding. Just don't study the ideologies behind it like I've had to...."
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Netochka Nezvanova (Classics)
15.  Netochka Nezvanova (Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The list author says:
  "Fascinating and gorgeously told. With classic Dostoyevsky themes, this book is both beautiful and hideous and as a result, I can't help feeling like I've been robbed at knifepoint, as it's unfinished."
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High Fidelity
16.  High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The list author says:
  "If you're a fan of the film then you'll love the book as much of the script is taken directly out of the pages. An insightful, observational & hillarious masterpiece for all music lovers"
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Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance
17.  Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance by Irvine Welsh
The list author says:
  "The first two tales are brilliant, the third I still liked but I couldn't help feel it trailed off a little (for a writer as punchy as Welsh). Definitely worth reading for the originality of the plot."
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Misery (King Classics)
18.  Misery (King Classics) by Stephen King
The list author says:
  "*The* most terrifying book I've ever read. Absolutely brilliant: a real page turner and more addictive than any codeine based drug described in the book"
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Catch-22
19.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The list author says:
  "I laughed out loud in public (so everyone thought I was mad) as well as cried at this book. It's conjuring up of Rome is so vivid & I couldn't help falling in love with Nately and Nately's whore"
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The Virgin Suicides
20.  The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The list author says:
  "The Lisbon sisters still haunt me and it disturbs me how much I can identify with them and their decaying, dilapidated residence"
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Beautiful Losers
21.  Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen
The list author says:
  "Reading other books after this seems somewhat akin to infidelity. This is a strange, obscure, corrupt and beautiful work that has stolen my heart and imagination and refuses to give it back."
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Paranoid: Black Days with Sabbath and Other Rock Icons
22.  Paranoid: Black Days with Sabbath and Other Rock Icons by Mick Wall
The list author says:
  "Mick Wall at his best. It's an honest account of his life working in the music industry. Colourful and unglamorous"
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Journey's End (Penguin Modern Classics)
23.  Journey's End (Penguin Modern Classics) by Robert Cedric Sherriff
The list author says:
  "My favourite play. Tragic, comic and intellectually relevant. It gave birth to the satirical, anti-war, absurdist comedy 'Blackadder Goes Forth'"
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Psychoanalysis of Fire
24.  Psychoanalysis of Fire by Gaston Bachelard
The list author says:
  "I am not a big fan of psychoanalysis but I found this book very enjoyable and readable despite it's technical quality. Thought provoking still, despite its age"
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Picture of Dorian Gray (Modern Library)
25.  Picture of Dorian Gray (Modern Library) by Oscar Wilde
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Trainspotting forum
Great book, try reading this 		1 19 days ago
Nineteen Eighty-Four forum
Definitive book of the 20th century? 		5 25 Jan 2012
Catch-22 forum
catch 22 		5 15 Feb 2011
Of Mice and Men: with Notes (Longman Literature Steinbeck) forum
paper quality of the book: of mice and men 		0 23 Nov 2010
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story forum
Kindle 		0 17 Nov 2010
Catch-22 forum
Catch 22 		1 27 Jun 2010
Jane Eyre (Complete Classics) forum
Jane Eyre (Fine Edition) (Hardcover) Font Size help? 		0 11 May 2010
The Virgin Suicides forum
recomendations for a female uni student? 		2 16 Apr 2010
Nineteen Eighty-Four forum
Definitive book of the 20th century? 		4 6 Feb 2010
High Fidelity forum
Another superb read 		0 11 Jan 2009
Of Mice and Men: with Notes (Longman Literature Steinbeck) forum
Paperback? 		0 10 Aug 2007
Jane Eyre (Complete Classics) forum
Jane Eyre Naxos edition[unabridged] 		0 22 Jul 2007
 
   

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Last updated: 04/07/2007
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