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Soft
1.  Soft by Rupert Thomson
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  "Everything Rupert Thomson writes is worth reading. He creates strange and disturbing new worlds and makes them fascinating and believable."
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Siddhartha
2.  Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
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  "Hesse's simple biblical prose can be deceptive as he explores the human condition"
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The Razor's Edge (Vintage classics)
3.  The Razor's Edge (Vintage classics) by W Somerset Maugham
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  "A book to make you think about who you are, what you want to be and what in life really matters"
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Dune
4.  Dune by Frank Herbert
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  "science fiction that is worth reading!"
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Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics)
5.  Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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  "tales of adventure and derring do don't get any better than this"
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Penguin Readers Level 2: Mysterious Island (Penguin Longman Penguin Readers)
6.  Penguin Readers Level 2: Mysterious Island (Penguin Longman Penguin Readers) by Jules Verne
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  "It would be hard to find a better island to be ship wrecked on (it has everything!), but it is fab read"
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The Complete Stories (Penguin Classics)
7.  The Complete Stories (Penguin Classics) by Truman Capote
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  "If you ever get annoyed with authors who over-write then you will find Capote's short stories to be a fantastic experience"
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Any Human Heart
8.  Any Human Heart by William Boyd
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  "a wonderful melding of fact and fiction"
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
9.  Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
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  "Jane Austen AND magic - fabulous! It reminds me of a wonderful spoof computer game in "The Face" where you could play a Jane Austen book with control keys to arch eyebrows"
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Norwegian Wood (Vintage East)
10.  Norwegian Wood (Vintage East) by Haruki Murakami
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  "Get drawn into the world of 20 somethings in Japan. His prose is simple, but the characters are wonderfully complex and intriguing"
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