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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story (Literary Classics - Gramercy Books)
1.  The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story (Literary Classics - Gramercy Books) by Adams Douglas
The list author says:
  "Vonnegut made British. And pop. And Dawkinsian. And Python. With Scientific Materialism. And French Surrealism. Nice attidude towards the universe, which is, after, just a big thing full of stuff."
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Slaughter House Five
2.  Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "Kurt shows that the ridiculous becomes sublime, that the ludicrous becomes sincerity in the dire conditions of the 20th century."
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Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years
3.  Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared Diamond
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  "The story of the human race. The best of comparable books that I've read. Diamond is a remarkable man, you will learn a lot from this. True stuff."
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V.
4.  V. by Thomas Pynchon
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  "Pynchon's first and finest. A maze of tales of humans and objects. Clumsiness, plastic surgery, and a huge metaphysical fetish. Stunna!"
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Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
5.  Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem
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  "You work for The Building, at the mercy of sextuple agents, impossible set-ups, & bureaucratic systems that neutralise all by forcing treason on all. Beautiful. No plot at all."
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Notes from Underground and The Double
6.  Notes from Underground and The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The list author says:
  "Fyodor very wisely wrote "Notes..." as a handy bitesize nugget of his brain. It's as good as his biggies, but you don't need to be unemployed to have time for it. Maybe "Fun" isn't the word here?"
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Moby Dick: Or, the Whale (Penguin Popular Classics)
7.  Moby Dick: Or, the Whale (Penguin Popular Classics) by Herman Melville
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  "Great writing. Very playful with literary styles, feels at various times like The Bible,  an outdated field guide and Fame (I'm gonna live forever). Loved it, weak ending though."
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The Selfish Gene
8.  The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The list author says:
  "Known as the father of Pop Science, this book is more potent than that title suggests. It's the biggest idea in all Science, all Philosophy, the lot... for generations."
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Galapagos
9.  Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "A ripping good farce about our species next evolutionary development - small brains and seal-like fur - and how it comes about. Plus much rumination on the problems of big brains. Tops."
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Slapstick Or Lonesome No More!
10.  Slapstick Or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "Another post-apocalyptic comedy from the Great One. More lament of human condition. Fun, fun, fun!"
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The Sirens Of Titan (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
11.  The Sirens Of Titan (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Kurt Vonnegut
The list author says:
  "Fly into a chrono-synclastic infundibulum, see all the problems that ensue. His most poetic and brilliantly silly, I feel. A must."
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The Origins of Virtue (Penguin Press Science)
12.  The Origins of Virtue (Penguin Press Science) by Matt Ridley
The list author says:
  "Absolutely essential knowledge. Should be taught in schools. Learn about selection pressures, game theory and possibly the Meaning of Life (in a way). Very personably written."
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How the Mind Works (Penguin Press Science)
13.  How the Mind Works (Penguin Press Science) by Steven Pinker
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  "The funniest scientist I ever read. What a nice guy too! Oh, and his book not only makes you think, but makes you think about how you think. Mainly true."
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Freedom Evolves
14.  Freedom Evolves by Daniel C. Dennett
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  "Famously tricky writer. I haven't read the heavier ones, but I found this, on the whole, quite readable. Philosopher with a grasp on reality - much needed."
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Brave New World
15.  Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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  "Obtuse writing, lacks emotional depth of characters, lumpy story. But a stunning thought experiment, which means a lot for our modern society."
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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
16.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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  "Lots to think about here. A very beautiful book, very real, very frightening. A classic."
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The Age of Consent
17.  The Age of Consent by George Monbiot
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  "Priceless guide to the off-kilter morality of our global societies. Plus some fantasy about the poor holding the rich to ransom with a global democracy. You'll cry."
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Atomised
18.  Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
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  "Enjoyable and twisted tale representing our age. But its real import is the social analysis, the utopian undertones and the discussion of the Huxley Bros. Easy to read too."
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The Dice Man
19.  The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
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  "This is a lot of fun. It's about free will, I expect. But it will, as it says on the cover, change your life. Just a bit."
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The Meme Machine (Popular Science)
20.  The Meme Machine (Popular Science) by Susan Blackmore
The list author says:
  "Not a gifted writer, but the themes here are well-probed and very thought-provoking. Never thought I'd take meditation seriously, but I'll try it if I can roll a snake eyes!"
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