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The Name of the World
1.  The Name of the World by Denis Johnson
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  "Great novella concerning the notion of personal freedom"
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Empire Of The Sun :
2.  Empire Of The Sun : by J. G. Ballard
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  "Stunning semi-autobiographical novel."
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Ghost World
3.  Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
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  "Graphic novel that beats the spleen out of 'Catcher in the Rye'."
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Requiem for a Dream
4.  Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby
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  "Haunting & heartbreaking novel of four downward spirals..."
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The Quiet American (Vintage classics)
5.  The Quiet American (Vintage classics) by Graham Greene
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  "Faith,infidelity & the third way in Indochine/Vietnam"
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Ham on Rye
6.  Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
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  "Screamingly funny and mournfully tragic. His finest novel."
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The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room"
7.  The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room" by Paul Auster
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  "Three-postmodern novellas: all mindblowing."
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (Bloomsbury Film Classics)
8.  The Postman Always Rings Twice (Bloomsbury Film Classics) by James M. Cain
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  "Brief & brutal noir novel- an influence on 'L'Etranger'"
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Ask the Dust ("Rebel Inc." Classics)
9.  Ask the Dust ("Rebel Inc." Classics) by John Fante
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  "Madness & poverty in twilight LA. The best book set in that city."
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I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks)
10.  I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks) by Richard Matheson
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  "Highly original take on the vampire novel."
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The Piano Teacher
11.  The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
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  "Self-hate & despair in 80's Vienna"
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U.S.A. (Twentieth Century Classics)
12.  U.S.A. (Twentieth Century Classics) by John Dos Passos
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  "The best trilogy ever written? The best modernist book? Or, one you can read- unlike parts of Joyce & all of Woolf."
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A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential Penguin)
13.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential Penguin) by John Kennedy Toole
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  "Satirical genius. A fave of Bill Hicks; enuf said?"
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Lolita (Penguin Classics)
14.  Lolita (Penguin Classics) by Craig Raine
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  "A great novel- American roads, black comedy & paedophilia collide."
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Jesus' Son
15.  Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
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  "Imagine if Raymond Carver wrote 'Drugstore Cowboy' and you're near."
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The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Modern Classics)
16.  The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Modern Classics) by Saul Bellow
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  "Much more significant than 'On the Road'. A masterclass in how to write a novel in itself."
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Super-Cannes
17.  Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard
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  "Nietzsche meets 'Alice in Wonderland' & 'Lolita' in a utopia. And its next stage of evolution."
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The Sheltering Sky
18.  The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
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  "A voyage into alien territory. Between Durrell & Kafka."
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The Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell (Penguin Modern Classics)
19.  The Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell (Penguin Modern Classics) by Nathanael West
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  "'The Day of the Locust' is the fictional equivalent of 'Hollywood Babylon'. 'Mulholland Dr' fans should love it!!"
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The Black Dahlia
20.  The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
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  "Gruelling fiction about the infamous unsolved murder in late 40's LA."
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Now Wait For Last Year (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
21.  Now Wait For Last Year (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Philip K. Dick
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  "Parallel worlds. Time travel forwards & backwards. The nature of reality."
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The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics)
22.  The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus
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  "A masterpiece- though 'La Peste' , 'La Chute' et 'La Premier Homme' are probably better. A good starting point."
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The Ice Storm
23.  The Ice Storm by Rick Moody
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  "Awesome novel that namechecks Big Star & The Velvets- to a backdrop of sexual misdeameanours & Nixon's fall."
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Tropic of Cancer (Flamingo Sixties Classic)
24.  Tropic of Cancer (Flamingo Sixties Classic) by Henry Miller
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  "A fantastic novel- though you could just read the first 100 or so pages like Orwell said. The sexist argument gets really tedious the more it is repeated."
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The Virgin Suicides
25.  The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
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  "The death of youth and the painful gaze looming backwards."
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Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK)
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