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The Grapes of Wrath
1.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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  "A monumental achievement; travel with the Joads, see the milk of human kindness prevail, even as the American Dream turns sour."
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A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential Penguin)
2.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential Penguin) by John Kennedy Toole
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  "Ignatius J. Reilly: fat, obnoxious, camp, valetudinarian - the greatest comedy creation ever?"
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The Catcher in the Rye
3.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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  "Holden Caulfield, the archetypal teenage anti-hero.  He's not arrogant, he's in PAIN."
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A Farewell To Arms
4.  A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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  "Hemingway tackles WWI - astonishing"
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The Old Man and the Sea
5.  The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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  "A 100-page writing masterclass. Trust 'Papa' to deliver the goods."
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Catch-22
6.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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  "What an achievement - to craft something so deliciously funny, from something so tragic."
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Cop Hater (Crime Essentials)
7.  Cop Hater (Crime Essentials) by Ed McBain
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  "I do love Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels. Nice easy reads. Start here."
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The Shining
8.  The Shining by Stephen King
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  "Certainly the greatest Gothic horror novel of the late 20th century."
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Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics)
9.  Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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  "A boy's own adventure that even girls (urggh!) can enjoy."
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Collector's Library Editions)
10.  The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Collector's Library Editions) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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  "Ahhh... what would I do without my Sherlock Holmes? Perfect comfort reading for when a guy gets weary."
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It
11.  It by Stephen King
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  "Technically not King's best, but probably his most enjoyable, and my favourite. You will fall in love with these characters."
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To Kill A Mockingbird
12.  To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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  "Male or female, let Atticus Finch be a template for how you live your life."
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The Day Of The Jackal
13.  The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
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  "An absolutely cracking thriller. Ingenious."
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The Big Nowhere
14.  The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy
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  "One of the best crime novels I've ever read."
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Lolita
15.  Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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  "'Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta'."
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The Idiot (Penguin Classics)
16.  The Idiot (Penguin Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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  "My favourite Dostoevsky. Sublime."
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The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics)
17.  The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics) by Henry James
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  "Short, weird, downright creepy - an exemplary ghost story."
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Danny the Champion of the World (Puffin Fiction)
18.  Danny the Champion of the World (Puffin Fiction) by Roald Dahl
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  "I read this when I was nine, and knew I wanted to become a writer.  I  also used to dream about living in the Romany caravan with Danny and his dad. Just lovely."
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The Dark Tower Boxed Set: Vols I-IV: v. 1-1v
19.  The Dark Tower Boxed Set: Vols I-IV: v. 1-1v by Stephen King
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  "Knocks Professor Tolkien's little hobbit tales into a cocked hat."
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Collected Stories (Everyman's Library classics)
20.  Collected Stories (Everyman's Library classics) by Raymond Chandler
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  "Yaldi! Chandler's 25 short stories, written for various pulp magazines, in a single volume."
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Heart Of Darkness
21.  Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
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  "Short, but prose as rich as yer granny's fruit loaf. A dark, hypnotic dream set in the dank bowels of the Congo."
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (CRIME MASTERWORKS)
22.  The Postman Always Rings Twice (CRIME MASTERWORKS) by James M. Cain
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  "Again short, terse, sexy, shocking. I still feel the dust in my craw. Marvelous."
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Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)
23.  Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
The list author says:
  "Wow. Dickens's prose makes me sick. With envy, that is.  I tore through this, stopping only for the occasional cup of tea and restorative Jammy Dodger. Excellent notes in my Penguin Classics edition."
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Popular Classics)
24.  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Popular Classics) by Mark Twain
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  "I love this book. Such fun."
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Popular Classics)
25.  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Popular Classics) by Mark Twain
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  "Wonderful on so many levels. Perhaps my favourite book."
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