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Doctor Zhivago
1.  Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
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  "Most well known 20th Century piece of Russian Lit. Won the Nobel Prize."
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The Book of Dave: A Revelation of the Recent Past and the Distant Future
2.  The Book of Dave: A Revelation of the Recent Past and the Distant Future by Will Self
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  "I hate his over-indulgent and self-absorbed books. Not keen on the guy either. He is all Self."
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The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anne Frank
The list author says:
  "This book, I am sure, needs no introduction."
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Kalooki Nights
4.  Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson
The list author says:
  "Very funny guy. His style is usually referred to as a Philip Roth/Kingsly Amis hybrid, and I quite agree. This is my Favourite."
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
5.  The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
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  "Chabon's prose and narrative style seems a bit soft but this is well worth a read. Pulitzer Prize winner."
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Humboldt's Gift
6.  Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
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  "The Late Great Nobel Prize winning Saul Bellow."
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
7.  The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 by Wladyslaw Szpilman
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  "Wladyslaw Szpilman's autobiographical account of his time in the Warsaw ghetto is most famous for the Polanski film."
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American Pastoral
8.  American Pastoral by Philip Roth
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  "Roth is America's most powerful contemporary writer. His 90's work won him numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize for this. 'Sabbath's Theatre' is my personal favourite."
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Disobedience
9.  Disobedience by Naomi Alderman
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  "Orange Prize"
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Stardust
10.  Stardust by Neil Gaiman
The list author says:
  "Liked 'Stardust' the film. Tried 'Anansi Boys' and got about 50 pages in before I decided to stop wasting my life. However, his 'Sandman' graphic novels are supposed to be magnificent."
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Zofloya: or The Moor (Oxford World's Classics)
11.  Zofloya: or The Moor (Oxford World's Classics) by Charlotte Dacre
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  "A Gothic Horror masterpiece. Along with Mathew Lewis' 'The Monk' they are the jewels of the genre."
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The Stars' Tennis Balls
12.  The Stars' Tennis Balls by Stephen Fry
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  "A pop-intellectual funny guy come actor."
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Chronicles: Volume One
13.  Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan
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  "The autobiography of the world's most respected, influential and prolific singer/songwriter."
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Catch-22
14.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The list author says:
  "Damn I love this book. His best work."
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The Catcher in the Rye
15.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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  "You either love it or you think it's rubbish. If you think it's rubbish then those who love it say you just don't get it. But really it IS rubbish!"
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The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (Penguin Modern Classics)
16.  The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (Penguin Modern Classics) by Arthur Miller
The list author says:
  "Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. I'm sure everyone has studided this for GCSE. He also went out with Marilyn Monroe - Lucky Guy!"
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Woman on the Edge of Time (A Women's Press classic)
17.  Woman on the Edge of Time (A Women's Press classic) by Marge Piercy
The list author says:
  "Feminist/Passivist activist and a wonder of a writer."
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Foundation (The Foundation Series)
18.  Foundation (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov
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  "The King of Golden-Age American sci-fi. His entire works describe a vast and sprawling galaxy with a phenomenal vision of timescale."
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The Forever War (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
19.  The Forever War (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Joe Haldeman
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  "This is one of the most perfect pieces of sci-fi you will ever read."
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The Book Of Skulls (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
20.  The Book Of Skulls (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Robert Silverberg
The list author says:
  "He is a bit hit and miss. The peak of his older stuff is included in the sci-fi masterworks series (a good guide)."
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The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon
21.  The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
The list author says:
  "Foremost poet of the first world war (despite his displeasment with such a tag). His 'Memoirs of a...' series are good too."
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Howl (Pocket Poets)
22.  Howl (Pocket Poets) by Allen Ginsberg
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  "Outlaw poet of a generation."
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The Trial (Vintage Classics)
23.  The Trial (Vintage Classics) by Franz Kafka
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  "'The Metamorphosis' should also be read. A tortured soul who is eulogised by every intended intellectual. Spawned the turm 'Kafkaesque'."
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If This Is a Man / The Truce
24.  If This Is a Man / The Truce by Primo Levi
The list author says:
  "Auschwitz survivor. Completed a large and confesional body of work before his suicide. Should be essential reading for everyone. Also see 'The Drowned and the Saved'"
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Complete Prose
25.  Complete Prose by Woody Allen
The list author says:
  "Comedy genius. Check out his films too (and fortunately there are tons of them)."
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