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The Leopard (Everyman's Library classics)
1.  The Leopard (Everyman's Library classics) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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  "The decline of a man and his class in 19th century Italy. I think this may be a perfect book. Every page is sublime."
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Midnight's Children
2.  Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
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  "Booker of Bookers, and Rushdie's best.  If you like verbal pyrotechnics, marvel.  If not, don't bother."
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Imperial Blandings: "Full Moon"; "Pigs Have Wings"; "Service with a Smile": An Omnibus
3.  Imperial Blandings: "Full Moon"; "Pigs Have Wings"; "Service with a Smile": An Omnibus by P. G. Wodehouse
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  "or any of Wodehouse's others.  Exuberant wit, loony plots."
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The Big Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Mystery (Penguin Fiction)
4.  The Big Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Mystery (Penguin Fiction) by Raymond Chandler
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  "The other great Dulwich College prosemeister.  Couldn't plot to save his life - especially in this book -  but every sentence is a joy to read. Also try Dashiel Hammett, eg 'Red Harvest'."
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Three Men in a Boat, to Say Nothing of the Dog! (Penguin Popular Classics)
5.  Three Men in a Boat, to Say Nothing of the Dog! (Penguin Popular Classics) by Jerome K. Jerome
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  "I don't think there's anything funnier. Read and reread.  Open, read page, cheer up."
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Oscar and Lucinda
6.  Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
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  "A strange, moving love story. 'Illywhacker' is also superb."
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Schindler's Ark
7.  Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
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  "The film is wonderful; this is even better."
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War and Peace (Oxford World's Classics)
8.  War and Peace (Oxford World's Classics) by Leo Tolstoy
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  "OK, it's long, but it's the best soap opera ever.  Take it on holiday and read it quickly."
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Bridge Over The Drina
9.  Bridge Over The Drina by Ivo Andric
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  "Centuries of Balkan history seen through the eyes of the small people.  Also contains the most eye-watering scene I've ever read."
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The Glass Bead Game (Vintage Classics)
10.  The Glass Bead Game (Vintage Classics) by Hermann Hesse
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  "Subject matter sounds daunting (art v science; academe v life, etc), but it's a surprisingly easy read."
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Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics)
11.  Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
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  "(not) just a great story."
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American Tabloid
12.  American Tabloid by James Ellroy
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  "Large, ambitious, paranoid, repulsive, corrupt, mesmerising."
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The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classics)
13.  The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
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  "The Devil visits Russia.  Absurdist masterpiece.  I've given this to several people and everyone seems to love it."
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Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Popular Classics)
14.  Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Popular Classics) by Jane Austen
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  "Deft, witty, ironic."
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The Aubrey Maturin Series
15.  The Aubrey Maturin Series by Patrick O'brian
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  "Austen for boys:  beautifully written, full of irony, great sense of place and character; and great battles!"
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Flashman (The Flashman Papers)
16.  Flashman (The Flashman Papers) by George MacDonald Fraser
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  "Crime may not pay, but poltroonery does.  Hilarious, extremely well written, and apparently reliable on the history.  There are 11 or 12 in the series, and they get better and better."
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Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics)
17.  Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics) by Henry Fielding
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  "A comic Rake's progress.  Great fun."
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Zuleika Dobson
18.  Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm
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  "Oxford satire.  Wonderful wit.  There must be cheaper editions than this."
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King Solomon's Ring (Routledge Classics)
19.  King Solomon's Ring (Routledge Classics) by Julian Huxley
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  "Warm-hearted and heart-warming, but not anthropocentric, descriptions of his favourite animals, by one of the founders of ethology, happily back in print."
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The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
20.  The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
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  "Episodic story of the return of Odysseus from Troy.  Read '1000 Nights' straight after and compare stories."
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A History of the English Speaking Peoples (One Volume Abridgement of all 4 Volumes)
21.  A History of the English Speaking Peoples (One Volume Abridgement of all 4 Volumes) by Winston Churchill
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  "'Great men' history from a great (and therefore partial) patriot.  But the prose sparkles."
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1066 and All That
22.  1066 and All That by W.C. Sellar
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  "I read this as a kid and enjoyed.  Now I know more history, it's funnier."
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The First Rumpole Omnibus
23.  The First Rumpole Omnibus by John Mortimer
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  "Gentle, civilised humour, underpinned by a strong belief in the value of our traditional freedoms. (I read them in the bath - too much information?)"
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Our Man in Havana (Vintage Classics)
24.  Our Man in Havana (Vintage Classics) by Graham Greene
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  "A great writer.  I slightly prefer what he slightingly called his 'entertainments' - the less miserable stuff."
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The Betrothed (Classics)
25.  The Betrothed (Classics) by Alessandro Manzoni
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  "I like books in which stuff happens.  Plenty happens in this, not least a plague."
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