Some all time favourites in no particular order

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To Kill A Mockingbird
1.  To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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  "Wonderful movie, but the book is beyond brilliant"
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Dispatches (Picador)
2.  Dispatches (Picador) by Michael Herr
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  "Had no idea how to appreciate writing, until I read this.  My growing up book"
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Waterland
3.  Waterland by Graham Swift
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  "Had a special poignancy when my school cancelled A-level history"
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War and Remembrance
4.  War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
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  "Absolutely devoured this in Junior High"
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Deadeye Dick
5.  Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "Little known, little celebrated - but what a unique style"
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Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Teenage Fiction)
6.  Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Teenage Fiction) by Greene Bette
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  "Because you have to include the stuff you liked early on as well.  Still counts"
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Samarkand
7.  Samarkand by Amin Maalouf
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  "Fascinating Historical fiction"
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The Poisonwood Bible
8.  The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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  "That are some books that just define an age and place.  This rather unassuming novel is it"
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Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel
9.  Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel by Helen Fielding
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  "Included for sheer reading pleasure, and to show the breadth & diversity of my interests too"
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Destiny
10.  Destiny by Sally Beauman
The list author says:
  "Why pretend I only read serious contemporary literature?  The summer of 88 would not have been without this"
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Sins
11.  Sins by Judith Gould
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  "The miniseries book ...ah, now we are really scraping the barrel"
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Gone with the Wind
12.  Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The list author says:
  "Good thumping read.  Trying to include everything I borrowed from Ma Hudson's library"
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War and Peace: 3-Volume Boxed Set (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)
13.  War and Peace: 3-Volume Boxed Set (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics) by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
The list author says:
  "The ultimate. I took this out each summer vacation I was in high school, reading a book at a time, until I read the whole thing cover to cover in my final yr.  All girls fall in love with Prince Andre"
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The Levant Trilogy: "Danger Tree", "Battle Lost and Won" and "Sum of Things" (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
14.  The Levant Trilogy: "Danger Tree", "Battle Lost and Won" and "Sum of Things" (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Olivia Manning
The list author says:
  "Pleasure of a book - set mostly in Egypt during the Second World War"
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The English Patient
15.  The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
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  "An absolute gem of a book"
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
16.  Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
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  "Great summer holiday reading - if a rather unexpected ending"
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You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down
17.  You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker
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  "Beacause the list would not have been complete without something by Alice Walker"
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In the Eye of the Sun
18.  In the Eye of the Sun by Ahdaf Soueif
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  "The Great Egyptian Novel"
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Brazzaville Beach
19.  Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
The list author says:
  "Something unusual that I happened to stumble across one summer holiday"
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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)
20.  The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics) by Naguib Mahfouz
The list author says:
  "Good luck finding any book satisfying after you read this.  Genius"
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Ali and Nino (Thorndike Basic)
21.  Ali and Nino (Thorndike Basic) by Kurban Said
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  "Such an amazing find.  The kind that makes you happy to be alive"
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Prophet
22.  Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
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  "The most incredible poetry.  One of a kind."
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The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition (Penguin Modern Classics)
23.  The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anne Frank
The list author says:
  "Mrs Rennie read out the 'Don't Condemn Me' passage in Std 7, and Mr Briggs recommended it in Form 1or 2, and I was hooked"
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The God of Small Things
24.  The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The list author says:
  "I thought this was the best South Asian book I had ever read, until I came across Khaled Hosseini's 'Kite Runner'"
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The Ramona Collection, Volume 1: Ramona and Her Father/Ramona the Brave/Ramona the Pest/Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Collections)
25.  The Ramona Collection, Volume 1: Ramona and Her Father/Ramona the Brave/Ramona the Pest/Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Collections) by Beverly Cleary
The list author says:
  "My childhood hero - enough said.  The 1st time I visited NYC I bought all the books that were missing from my collection"
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