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A Listmania! list by K. N. Tole "pachucocadaver"
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Ulysses (Penguin Modern Classics)
1.  Ulysses (Penguin Modern Classics) by James Joyce
The list author says:
  "Changed the face of modern literature - a classic to read and reread"
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (122 customer reviews)

At Swim-two-birds (Penguin Modern Classics)
2.  At Swim-two-birds (Penguin Modern Classics) by Flann O'Brien
The list author says:
  "Novel within a novel within a novel from the unacknowledged master of Dublin and drink"
£6.99   Used & New from: £1.89
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

The Master and Margarita (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  The Master and Margarita (Penguin Modern Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
The list author says:
  "Yet more layers and layers as the devil comes to Moscow"
Used & New from: £0.93
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics)
4.  Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The list author says:
  "Guilt and beyond - dense dense writing"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (210 customer reviews) | 4 customer discussions

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How Late It Was How Late
5.  How Late It Was How Late by James Kelman
The list author says:
  "The very best of contemporary Scottish writing"
£6.74   Used & New from: £0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

Dog Years
6.  Dog Years by Gunter Grass
The list author says:
  "Storytelling, character writing and a vast swathe of history plus the Miller and the worms that tell the future."
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.20
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Catch-22
7.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The list author says:
  "The whole dumb ridiculousness of it all"
£5.38   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (332 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

The Third Policeman (Paladin Books)
8.  The Third Policeman (Paladin Books) by Flann O'Brien
The list author says:
  "The second modern classic from Myles and a surreal extravaganza"
Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)

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And the Ass Saw the Angel (Essential Penguin)
9.  And the Ass Saw the Angel (Essential Penguin) by Nick Cave
The list author says:
  "Flawed but apocalyptic writing"
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4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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The Fixer
10.  The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
The list author says:
  "Unbelievably talented and overlooked"
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5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

The Barracks (FF Classics)
11.  The Barracks (FF Classics) by John McGahern
The list author says:
  "A spare and clean prose that depresses and uplifts"
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3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
12.  The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea by Lawrence Durrell
The list author says:
  "Four perspectives to the same events dislocated. Superb storytelling."
£9.74   Used & New from: £5.36
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

London Fields
13.  London Fields by Martin Amis
The list author says:
  "Who would have thought that writing about characters where everyone is a s**t could be so enthralling"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)

Cry ME a River
14.  Cry ME a River by T.R. Pearson
The list author says:
  "A crime novel but extremely well written with great characters and a lot of laughter"
Used & New from: £0.23
2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Under The Frog
15.  Under The Frog by Tibor Fischer
The list author says:
  "The Hungarian Revolution and a basketball team - about as funny as it gets passages of which I still cannot read without falling off the chair in gales of hysterics"
£6.74   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

The Earth (Classics)
16.  The Earth (Classics) by Émile Zola
The list author says:
  "A vivid picture of agricultural life to companion Germinal"
£9.09   Used & New from: £0.01
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics)
17.  The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus
The list author says:
  "Read, reread, reread, reread"
£6.74   Used & New from: £1.70
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)

Trilogy: "Molloy", "Malone Dies", "Unnameable" (Calderbooks)
18.  Trilogy: "Molloy", "Malone Dies", "Unnameable" (Calderbooks) by Samuel Beckett
The list author says:
  "Early and hilarious Beckett"
Used & New from: £9.68
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book)
19.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book) by John Kennedy Toole
The list author says:
  "Ignatius J Reilly - the all time incompetent idiot - hilarious through and through"
Used & New from: £0.01
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Paradiso
20.  Paradiso by Jose Lezama Lima
The list author says:
  "Brilliant depth and clarity - the very best of Latin American writing"
Used & New from: £29.94
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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