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A Confederacy of Dunces (Pocket Penguin Classics)
1.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Pocket Penguin Classics) by John Kennedy Toole
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  "Ignatius is one of the great comic creations of literature!"
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POP. 1280
2.  POP. 1280 by Jim Thompson
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  "Perhaps not as famous as other works such as "The Getaway", but a brilliant dark comedy that has you laughing even as you shudder."
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Fat Ollie's Book
3.  Fat Ollie's Book by Ed McBain
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  "McBain has written dozens of books, and I've loved all of the ones that I've read so far, but as this is the first one which I discovered, it seems like as good a starting place as any."
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The Old Devils (Vintage Classics)
4.  The Old Devils (Vintage Classics) by Kingsley Amis
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  "Along with Lucky Jim, this is an absolute classic.  Gentler than Martin Amis, but with a wonderful humanity and humour scattered liberally from start to finish"
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Money: A Suicide Note
5.  Money: A Suicide Note by Martin Amis
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  "One of his best.  A great story, unmarred by the levels of complexity and showing off that sometimes afflict his work."
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Perdido Street Station
6.  Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
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  "An epic sci-fi society wonderfully created by this up-and-coming writer"
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Ubik (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
7.  Ubik (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Philip K. Dick
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  "Becoming ever more popular with Hollywood, I've yet to read a novel which by Philip K Dick which wasn't memorable (albeit often mind-bending).  Sometimes the drugs do work!"
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Koko
8.  Koko by Peter Straub
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  "A dark, gripping page turner.  Horror doesn't always need fantastical monsters and gore to be effective."
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H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 1: At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels of Terror
9.  H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 1: At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels of Terror by H. P. Lovecraft
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  "If only someone had the imagination to turn these stories into films!  Gothic horror where what is unsaid and unseen let's your brain scare itself!  An under-rated genius on a par with Conan Doyle/Poe"
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Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (Flashman 09)
10.  Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (Flashman 09) by George MacDonald Fraser
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  "Very far from pc, but very funny, and you even learn something about Victorian history as you read!"
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I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks)
11.  I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks) by Richard Matheson
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  "A fantastically claustrophobic and original take on the vampire novel."
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The Hippopotamus
12.  The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry
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  "Brilliantly funny, shocking at times.  A master of the English language carrying on the tradition of Oscar Wilde"
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Collins Classics - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
13.  Collins Classics - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
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  "A paradoxically frivolous genius who could say more with one witty remark than most could say in a novel!"
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Cycle of Violence
14.  Cycle of Violence by Colin Bateman
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  "This, along with Bateman's other early novels, is a riot.  Laugh out loud funny, rather than the more traditional sense of rioting in Ulster..."
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High Fidelity
15.  High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
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  "A must-read for anyone who has ever made a mix-tape for the girl, boy or other of their dreams."
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