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A Listmania! list by "acarolla"
 
Lolita (Penguin Classics)
1.  Lolita (Penguin Classics) by Craig Raine
The list author says:
  "Delicious as forbidden fruit and hypnotising as the edge of a cliff"
£6.99   Used & New from: £2.80
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)

The Last Magician: A Novel
2.  The Last Magician: A Novel by Janette Turner Hospital
The list author says:
  "Narcotic.  What is underneath it all?"
£9.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

If On A Winter's Night A Traveller (Vintage classics)
3.  If On A Winter's Night A Traveller (Vintage classics) by Italo Calvino
The list author says:
  "The book that found me, dear Reader, and never left"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.75
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)

Nightwood (Faber Fiction Classics)
4.  Nightwood (Faber Fiction Classics) by Djuna Barnes
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  "Inpenetrable yet ever yielding, come through the boundaries"
£5.39   Used & New from: £1.85
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Ariel: The Restored Text
5.  Ariel: The Restored Text by Sylvia Plath
The list author says:
  "Sharper than the dark..."
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Birthday Letters
6.  Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
The list author says:
  "... and the light, and all the grey in between"
£5.69   Used & New from: £0.01
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Crime and Punishment (Oxford World's Classics)
7.  Crime and Punishment (Oxford World's Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The list author says:
  "How can you know whether or not you are Napoleon until it's too late?"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (210 customer reviews) | 4 customer discussions

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Collected Fictions
8.  Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
The list author says:
  "A book of spells"
Used & New from: £11.34
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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Ulysses (Oxford World's Classics)
9.  Ulysses (Oxford World's Classics) by James Joyce
The list author says:
  "A book for the journey to eternity"
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3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (122 customer reviews)

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The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories
10.  The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories by Angela Carter
The list author says:
  "Leads you into the forest and then leaves you there"
£4.31   Used & New from: £2.18
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin)
11.  One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The list author says:
  "Magic does happen"
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)

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The Hour of the Star
12.  The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
The list author says:
  "A rare example of feminine ecriture according to Helen Cixous.  A devastating tragedy of everyday proportions"
£5.36   Used & New from: £1.38
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

The Liar
13.  The Liar by Stephen Fry
The list author says:
  "Every bit as splendid as it should be"
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (72 customer reviews)

The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure
14.  The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure by James Redfield
The list author says:
  "Maybe, just maybe..."
£6.79   Used & New from: £0.01
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (213 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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