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Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics)
1.  Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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  "Soared straight into my top ten after reading it"
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The Unfortunates
2.  The Unfortunates by B S Johnson
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  "Book in a box - novel and totally brilliant"
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Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Popular Classics)
3.  Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Popular Classics) by Jane Austen
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  "A Predictable inclusion - but it's just great"
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Total Fears: Letters to Dubenka
4.  Total Fears: Letters to Dubenka by Bohumil Hrabal
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  "All hail Mr Hrabal - genius and pubgoer"
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The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics)
5.  The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka
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  "Bizarre but so lifelike"
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The Dharma Bums (Penguin Modern Classics)
6.  The Dharma Bums (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jack Kerouac
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  "Just makes me want to go camping"
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The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jaroslav Hasek
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  "Really, really funny book, but with a serious message. The illustrations are fantastic too"
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The Human Factor (Vintage classics)
8.  The Human Factor (Vintage classics) by Graham Greene
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  "Greene is fantastic - my favourite author of all time - this is his masterstroke"
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Blackberry Wine
9.  Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris
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  "better than Chocolat. read this first as once you've read one Joanne Harris book you read them all"
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The Master and Margarita
10.  The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
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  "Mayhem. (the first half of the book is the best)"
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The Mezzanine
11.  The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
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  "How anyone can make escalators, shoelaces and drinking straws amusing is beyond me..."
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A Fine Balance
12.  A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
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  "Grim, but gripping and thought-provoking"
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A Spy In The House Of Love (Penguin Modern Classics)
13.  A Spy In The House Of Love (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anais Nin
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  "Nin's bonkers but this is a fine book"
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Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics)
14.  Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics) by Patrick Hamilton
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  "I read this when I'd just been blown out by an evil bloke - it may not work so well if you're of sane mind..."
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David Copperfield (Penguin Classics)
15.  David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
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  "A great adventure"
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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
16.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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  "Hardly a day goes past when I don't think about something that was said in this book - and I've only read it once - 14 years ago"
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The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room"
17.  The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room" by Paul Auster
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  "Weird, but ace all the same"
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Therese Raquin (Classics)
18.  Therese Raquin (Classics) by Emile Zola
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  "Pretty morbid, but an excellent investigation into the human condition"
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The Tin Drum
19.  The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
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  "Weird"
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All The Names (Panther)
20.  All The Names (Panther) by Jose Saramago
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Too Loud A Solitude
21.  Too Loud A Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
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  "About a guy who salvages books from the jaws of a paper compacting machine. Very poetic considering the subject matter."
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The End of the Affair (Twentieth Century Classics)
22.  The End of the Affair (Twentieth Century Classics) by Graham Greene
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  "Beautiful, profound and excellent evocation of warltime London"
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Life: A User's Manual
23.  Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec
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  "Disturbingly anal, but good all the same"
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Absolute Beginners (Absolute Classics)
24.  Absolute Beginners (Absolute Classics) by Colin MacInnes
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Death And The Penguin (Panther)
25.  Death And The Penguin (Panther) by Andrey Kurkov
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  "This and it's sequal, Penguin Lost, is delightfully bizarre"
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Nineteen Eighty-Four forum
Definitive book of the 20th century? 		5 25 Jan 2012
The Master and Margarita forum
Whose translation is this, please? 		2 9 Oct 2011
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) forum
Best Pride & Prejudice Character 		3 25 Feb 2011
Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) forum
Which translation is best? 		0 9 Dec 2010
Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) forum
Russian historical romance in the genre of The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons 		0 20 Apr 2010
Nineteen Eighty-Four forum
Definitive book of the 20th century? 		4 6 Feb 2010
Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) forum
McDuff's translation. 		0 29 Jun 2009
Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) forum
penguin popular classics 		0 19 Apr 2009
Nineteen Eighty-Four forum
Definitive book of the 20th century? 		0 21 Jun 2007
 
   

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