Simply the Best!

A Listmania! list by R. Siddiqui "A bookworm" (London, UK)
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Maldoror And The Complete Works
1.  Maldoror And The Complete Works by Comte de Lautreamont
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  "It will shock you, will change your life forever. Are you brave enough?"
£9.09   Used & New from: £4.48
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

The Brothers Karamazov (Penguin Classics)
2.  The Brothers Karamazov (Penguin Classics) by F. M. Dostoevsky
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  "If you've got time to read one big book, here's the one."
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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King Lear (New Penguin Shakespeare)
3.  King Lear (New Penguin Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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  "Shakespeare's greatest!"
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Trilogy: "Molloy", "Malone Dies", "Unnameable" (Calderbooks)
4.  Trilogy: "Molloy", "Malone Dies", "Unnameable" (Calderbooks) by Samuel Beckett
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  "Best things don't come single anymore, they come in threes (or is it four???)"
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5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential Penguin)
5.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Essential Penguin) by John Kennedy Toole
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  "Funny as hell."
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

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Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil (Wo es war)
6.  Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil (Wo es war) by Alain Badiou
The list author says:
  "Now some serious stuff."
£11.76   Used & New from: £5.71
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity
7.  The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity by Tariq Ali
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  "Answer to many of your questions."
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3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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The Spirit of Terrorism
8.  The Spirit of Terrorism by Jean Baudrillard
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  "A tiny masterpiece!"
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2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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The Name Of The Rose
9.  The Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco
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  "A masterpiece for all times to come."
£6.74   Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The White Hotel
10.  The White Hotel by D M Thomas
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  "Another great achievement of our time!"
£6.89   Used & New from: £0.01
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

The God of Small Things
11.  The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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  "Read it, you must read this one!"
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (212 customer reviews)

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Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett
12.  Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett by James Knowlson
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  "Now here's a great biography."
£10.39   Used & New from: £3.67
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
13.  Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson
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  "Here's another!"
£11.89   Used & New from: £5.99
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)

Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
14.  Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom
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  "The best work on Shakespeare in recent years."
Used & New from: £6.40
2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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War and Peace (Penguin Classics)
15.  War and Peace (Penguin Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy
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  "Read it again and again."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (142 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

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A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics)
16.  A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics) by Mikhail Lermontov
The list author says:
  "I read it at the age of ten, almost quarter of a century ago. It still haunts me."
£7.19   Used & New from: £1.37
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Madame Bovary: Complete & Unabridged (Cover to Cover)
17.  Madame Bovary: Complete & Unabridged (Cover to Cover) by Gustave Flaubert
The list author says:
  "Is it only me who thinks that Ronal Pickup is the best reader in this country?"
Used & New from: £8.49

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Nightwood
18.  Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
The list author says:
  "A little gem of a book."
Used & New from: £1.72
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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Midnight's Children
19.  Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
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  "Simply magic."
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)

Shame
20.  Shame by Salman Rushdie
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  ""Horror, horror.""
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Popular Classics)
21.  The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Popular Classics) by George Eliot
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  "A real great classic."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
22.  Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
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  "Feel the power!"
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
23.  Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins
The list author says:
  "Hilarious!"
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

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The Stranger
24.  The Stranger by Albert Camus
The list author says:
  "Unforgettable"
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (120 customer reviews)

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The Castle (Penguin Modern Classics)
25.  The Castle (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka
The list author says:
  "It will leave you feeling lonely, confused and amazed at the same time."
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.50
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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