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The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics)
1.  The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka
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  "Unlike anything you'll ever read."
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Cosmicomics
2.  Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino
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  "All of Calvino's books are wonderful, but this is perhaps one of his most unusual."
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Penguin Popular Classics)
3.  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Penguin Popular Classics) by Lewis Carroll
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  "One of the most hilarious books ever written"
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The Gods Will Have Blood (Twentieth Century Classics)
4.  The Gods Will Have Blood (Twentieth Century Classics) by Anatole France
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  "The only book still published in English by a tragically overlooked genius."
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Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)
5.  Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Luis Borges
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  "Magical, literary brain-teasers"
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Microserfs
6.  Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
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  "Modern life is rubbish, but he captures it perfectly."
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Love in the Time of Cholera
7.  Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "One of the few books that can make you fall in love."
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Narcissus and Goldmund (Peter Owen Modern Classic)
8.  Narcissus and Goldmund (Peter Owen Modern Classic) by Hermann Hesse
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  "Hesse seems to write the same great story in different ways. This is the best version."
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Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics)
9.  Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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  "Truly compelling story from a magnificent writer."
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Silk
10.  Silk by Alessandro Baricco
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  "The best modern writer around. Lyrical, evocative, amazing."
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A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Popular Classics)
11.  A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
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  "Dickens' most developed work - no black and white picture here. I actually cried."
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12.  253 by Geoff Ryman
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  "A different way of writing; a different way of reading. Expertly handled."
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Pedro Páramo (Five Star)
13.  Pedro Páramo (Five Star) by Juan Rulfo
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  "A Mexican Kafka? A masterpiece you'll think you dreamt."
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The Life of Insects
14.  The Life of Insects by Victor Pelevin
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  "An Aesop for the next century. Strange but true."
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In the Labyrinth (Calderbooks)
15.  In the Labyrinth (Calderbooks) by Alain Robbe-Grillet
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  "Another overlooked French author with a unique style."
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The Reprieve (Penguin Modern Classics)
16.  The Reprieve (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jean-Paul Sartre
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  "Part 2 of the Roads to Freedom trilogy - and the best. Read all three for best results."
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Watchmen
17.  Watchmen by Alan Moore
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  "Comics were never the same after this. Intricately plotted with developed characterisation. This deserves to be recognised as one of the most important books of the century."
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