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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin)
1.  One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "striking, vivid, colorful...magico-realism at its best"
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East of Eden (Steinbeck "Essentials")
2.  East of Eden (Steinbeck "Essentials") by John Steinbeck
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If Not Now, When? (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  If Not Now, When? (Penguin Modern Classics) by Primo Levi
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  "haunting, profound and written in a spare unsentimental style based on the author's own story, this book will stay with you for a long, long time"
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Baltasar & Blimunda (Panther)
4.  Baltasar & Blimunda (Panther) by Jose Saramago
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  "wistful, lyrical...Saramago is a master of words and the human spirit"
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Blindness
5.  Blindness by Jose Saramago
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For Whom The Bell Tolls
6.  For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
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A Tale Of Two Cities (Everyman's Library classics)
7.  A Tale Of Two Cities (Everyman's Library classics) by Charles Dickens
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  "humor and insight...Dickens was a master of both"
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Noli Me Tangere: (Touch Me Not) (Penguin Classics)
8.  Noli Me Tangere: (Touch Me Not) (Penguin Classics) by Jose Rizal
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The Executioner's Song
9.  The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
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Invisible Man
10.  Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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Roots
11.  Roots by Alex Haley
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To Kill a Mockingbird
12.  To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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The Name Of The Rose (Vintage Classics)
13.  The Name Of The Rose (Vintage Classics) by Umberto Eco
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Narziss and Goldmund (Penguin Modern Classics)
14.  Narziss and Goldmund (Penguin Modern Classics) by Hermann Hesse
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
15.  Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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The Worst Journey in the World
16.  The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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  "breath-taking, awe-inspiring tale of man's indomitable spirit against all odds"
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Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy
17.  Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder
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  "witty and light but never shallow, demystifying philosophy for the uninitiated"
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The Best and the Brightest
18.  The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
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  "journalism of the highest order... this is the story of the vietnam war from the inside"
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Guns of August
19.  Guns of August by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
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  "gripping, exemplary war writing. certainty one of the most well-written works on WWI."
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The Famished Road
20.  The Famished Road by Ben Okri
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Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility)
21.  Runaway Horses (The Sea of Fertility) by Yukio Mishima
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A Heart So White
22.  A Heart So White by Javier Marias
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