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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
1.  Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder
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  "The police state - escapes, internal and external."
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Knulp: Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps
2.  Knulp: Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps by Hermann Hesse
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  "Become a wandering journeyman; sleep under the stars."
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Cider with Rosie (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  Cider with Rosie (Penguin Modern Classics) by Laurie Lee
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  "Just walk away and see the world beyond."
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Sweet Thursday (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  Sweet Thursday (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
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  "Become a hobo; just kickback and relax."
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The Autobiography of a Super Tramp
5.  The Autobiography of a Super Tramp by William Henry Davies
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  "Yes, become a supertramp. Write poetry."
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Down and Out in Paris and London (Twentieth Century Classics)
6.  Down and Out in Paris and London (Twentieth Century Classics) by George Orwell
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  "Better than a guilded cage."
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Sketches from a Hunter's Album (Classics)
7.  Sketches from a Hunter's Album (Classics) by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
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  "Somewhere big to wander in. Beautiful."
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Monsieur Monde Vanishes (Penguin Modern Classics)
8.  Monsieur Monde Vanishes (Penguin Modern Classics) by Georges Simenon
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  "Or hide in the big city: leave the banalities of the bourgeoisie behind you."
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Letters from My Windmill (Classics)
9.  Letters from My Windmill (Classics) by Alphonse Daudet
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  "This is the way to do it."
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Hunger
10.  Hunger by Knut Hamsun
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  "The hunger inside. Enough to drive you mad."
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Dirty Havana Trilogy
11.  Dirty Havana Trilogy by Pedro Juan Gutierrez
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  "Be idle, listless, seek to satisfy yourself by the simple pleasures."
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The Log from the Sea of Cortez (Penguin Modern Classics)
12.  The Log from the Sea of Cortez (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
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  "Or mess about in a boat."
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Demian
13.  Demian by Hermann Hesse
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  "Let the power of Abraxus find you, help you understand better."
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Growth of the Soil
14.  Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
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  "Return to the land. The answer lays in the soil."
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Harper Perennial Modern Classics - Tropic of Cancer
15.  Harper Perennial Modern Classics - Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
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  "Go off the rails, preferably somewhere like Paris."
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Popular Classics)
16.  Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Popular Classics) by D. H. Lawrence
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  "Run off with the beautiful lady of the manor or the gamekeeper, depending on your circumstances."
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The Time Machine (Penguin Classics)
17.  The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells
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  "A bit drastic but when you realise what this vale of tears all leads too, might shake you up a bit."
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A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics)
18.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Kennedy Toole
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  "Ignatius escaped, so can we. Poor John Kennedy Toole though."
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