Top Ten Books for Pretentious Adolescents

A Listmania! list by Naomi Cuthbert
 
The Catcher in the Rye
1.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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  "Great if you think you're a victim of society"
£4.50   Used & New from: £0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (386 customer reviews)

A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics)
2.  A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess
The list author says:
  "An interesting - if gruesome - take on the transition from child to adult"
£6.29   Used & New from: £1.03
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (250 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Nineteen Eighty-Four
3.  Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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  "If you suffer from a social conscience then Orwell is for you"
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Complete Poems and Plays T.S. Eliot
4.  Complete Poems and Plays T.S. Eliot by T.S. Eliot
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  "Good for quoting if you want to sound like a pseudo-intellectual"
£11.04   Used & New from: £4.93
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

On the Road (Penguin Classics)
5.  On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Kerouac
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  "Three writers does not a Generation make"
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In Cold Blood : A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Penguin Modern Classics)
6.  In Cold Blood : A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Penguin Modern Classics) by Truman Capote
The list author says:
  "Slightly more realistic than Agatha Christie"
£5.89   Used & New from: £0.98
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

"Hamlet" (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series)
7.  "Hamlet" (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series) by William Shakespeare
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics)
8.  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics) by James Joyce
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  "A veritable manual on how to be arrogant"
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3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

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Lolita
9.  Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The list author says:
  "For fiends only"
Used & New from: £3.00
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)

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Our Man in Havana (Vintage Classics)
10.  Our Man in Havana (Vintage Classics) by Graham Greene
The list author says:
  "The token spy-novel"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)

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