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A Listmania! list by J. Preston "The Aspidistra" (San Francisco Bay, California)
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The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set)
1.  The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set) by J. R. R. Tolkien
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  "My comfort book - I have read it more than 30 times."
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Pride and Prejudice (Collector's Library)
2.  Pride and Prejudice (Collector's Library) by Jane Austen
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  "The best romantic leads ever written"
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A Room with a View (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  A Room with a View (Penguin Modern Classics) by E. M. Forster
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  "Old fashioned charm"
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Anna Karenina (Everyman's Library classics)
4.  Anna Karenina (Everyman's Library classics) by Leo Tolstoy
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  "Thought by many to be the best novel every written"
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War and Peace (Penguin Classics)
5.  War and Peace (Penguin Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy
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  "Don't be put off by the size, definitely worth it"
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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
6.  Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh
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  "Brideshead was Castle Howard in the TV adapt."
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The Complete 1922 "Seven Pillars of Wisdom": 'The Oxford Text'
7.  The Complete 1922 "Seven Pillars of Wisdom": 'The Oxford Text' by T.E. Lawrence
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  "A brilliant and complex Character"
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Testament Of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 (Virago classic non-fiction)
8.  Testament Of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 (Virago classic non-fiction) by Shirley Williams
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  "An autobiography of a young woman in the first world war"
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
9.  I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Dr Maya Angelou
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  "A moving biography of a childhood"
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To Kill A Mockingbird
10.  To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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  "Boo Radley and co.  Also made into a brilliant black and white film"
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The Tin Drum
11.  The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
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  "Getting into deeper terratory now - bizzarre and disturbing"
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The Master and Margarita
12.  The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
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  "Surreal and all too real at the same time"
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The Bell Jar
13.  The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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  "All women should read this preferrably before age 25."
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Girl, Interrupted
14.  Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
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  "The Bell Jar for the 60's and 70's generation"
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Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir
15.  Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel
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  "If you read one book about screwed up women - read this!"
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)
16.  Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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  "my personal favourite Orwell"
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Cannery Row (Penguin Modern Classics)
17.  Cannery Row (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
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  "Doc is based on Steinbech's real life friend Ed Ricketts"
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Sweet Thursday (Penguin Modern Classics)
18.  Sweet Thursday (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
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  "The follow up to Cannery Row - and possibly even better"
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Penguin Modern Classics)
19.  Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
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  "True travelog - Charley is a Standard Poodle with attitude"
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The Age of Reason (Penguin Modern Classics)
20.  The Age of Reason (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jean-Paul Sartre
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  "A novel by the great philosopher"
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The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics)
21.  The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus
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  "This book will surprise you and make you think"
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The Plague (Essential Penguin)
22.  The Plague (Essential Penguin) by Albert Camus
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  "Camus played football for Algeria as well as being a resistence leader, philosopher and novelist"
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Brave New World (Flamingo Modern Classics)
23.  Brave New World (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Aldous Huxley
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  "Gripping and disturbing"
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The Shorter Pepys
24.  The Shorter Pepys by Samuel Pepys
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  "This is a pleasure to read and to dip into"
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The Little Friend
25.  The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
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  "A modern novel to end on"
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Last updated: 28/02/2004
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