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Catch-22
1.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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  "Dark satire of war and despair. Insanely funny."
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The Glass Bead Game (Vintage Classics)
2.  The Glass Bead Game (Vintage Classics) by Hermann Hesse
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  "Hesse's magnum opus."
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The God of Small Things
3.  The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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  "A moving family drama interwoven with the Indian conscious."
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
4.  Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "A simple novella about the power of redemptive love. Wonderful."
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Life of Pi
5.  Life of Pi by Yann Martel
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  "Magically evoked survival of a boy and his cat."
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The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion (Vintage Classics)
6.  The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion (Vintage Classics) by Yukio Mishima
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  "About the elusive nature of beauty, desire, and life."
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Penguin Modern Classics) by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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  "Rich in joy. Hope exists in a Siberian prison camp. A gem of a novel."
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Midnight's Children
8.  Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
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  "Utterly astounding in its sweeping magnitude. Saleem's narrative is the story of modern India and so, so much more."
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The Collector (Vintage Classics)
9.  The Collector (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
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  "Unsettling and deeply disturbing. A man kidnaps a woman and hides her in his basement."
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Disgrace
10.  Disgrace by J M Coetzee
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  "A man is scarred during a physical assault and literally and metaphorically 'loses face.'"
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Siddhartha
11.  Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
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  "The quest for enlightenment, 'kill the Buddha.'"
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Heavy Weather (Everyman Wodehouse)
12.  Heavy Weather (Everyman Wodehouse) by Sir P G Wodehouse
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  "Be entertained! Wodehouse is the master."
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Wise Children
13.  Wise Children by Angela Carter
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  "Wildly evocative, this thrills and delights. Carter writes about female twins and their showbiz relatives. What a show it is!"
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Shalimar The Clown
14.  Shalimar The Clown by Salman Rushdie
The list author says:
  "Rushdies best novel since 'Midnight's Children'. The love of two people is torn apart and a bitter revenge ensues."
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Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death
15.  Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "The ultimate post-modern novel. Time-travel, aliens, and war all wrapped up in a nice humorous bundle. Vonnegut at his finest."
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Higher Ground
16.  Higher Ground by Caryl Phillips
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  "You'll seethe at the injustice, your blood will boil with frustration and impotent rage."
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Things Fall Apart (Pocket Penguin Classics)
17.  Things Fall Apart (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Chinua Achebe
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  "The greatest of African novels and thats saying something."
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The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classics)
18.  The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
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  "The devil comes to town and all hell breaks loose. Its time for forgiveness."
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Beloved
19.  Beloved by Toni Morrison
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  "A mother kills her daughter in order to save her from a life of slavery."
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Les Miserables (Classics)
20.  Les Miserables (Classics) by Victor Hugo
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  "I can swim in the memory of this novel. Hugo through his vivid characters brings France alive."
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