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The Crimson Petal and the White
1.  The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
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  "Hugely detailed, wonderfully descriptive and lengthy novel set in the shadowy and tragic world of Victorian prostitution"
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The Master and Margarita (Penguin Modern Classics)
2.  The Master and Margarita (Penguin Modern Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
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  "Fantastical and surreal, the devil and his minions roll up in Soviet era Moscow and reap havoc"
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The Edwardians (Virago Modern Classics)
3.  The Edwardians (Virago Modern Classics) by Vita Sackville-West
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  "An enjoyable, eminently readable tale of the English Upper Classes"
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A Suitable Boy
4.  A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
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  "Epic family saga set in post independence India"
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High-Rise
5.  High-Rise by J. G. Ballard
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  "Unnerving thriller/horror in which the affuent inhabitants of a high class apartment building descend into anarchy"
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Someone Like You
6.  Someone Like You by Roald Dahl
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  "Dahl's short stories for adults are perfectly crafted and satisfyingly twisted"
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My Little Blue Dress: A Memoir
7.  My Little Blue Dress: A Memoir by Bruno Maddox
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  "The first half is the best bit - a very funny made up old ladies 'memoir'"
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No Tears: Tales from the Square Mile
8.  No Tears: Tales from the Square Mile by David Charters
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  "Short, sharp stories about the inner workings of London's square mile"
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The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics)
9.  The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood
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  "Set in a terrifying, rigidly structured future in which mankind is essentially doomed and living in fear, told from the perspective of a woman enslaved for her 'viable ovaries'"
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Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics)
10.  Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics) by Gustave Flaubert
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  "Classic tragedy of a provincial French housewife who longs for escape and romance"
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books)
11.  The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books) by Tom Wolfe
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  "Class collision in 80's New York"
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The Eustace Diamonds (Oxford World's Classics)
12.  The Eustace Diamonds (Oxford World's Classics) by Anthony Trollope
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  "Difficult to pick my favourite Trollope novel - he is unputdownable!"
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The Magic Toyshop (Virago Modern Classics)
13.  The Magic Toyshop (Virago Modern Classics) by Angela Carter
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  "Rich, mythical and dark, Carter's writing is breath-taking"
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Gone with the Wind
14.  Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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  "Satisfying historical epic about the American Civil War and self-centered heroine, the wonderfully named Scarlett O'Hara"
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Perfume: the Story of a Murderer (Read Red)
15.  Perfume: the Story of a Murderer (Read Red) by Patrick Suskind
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  "Vivid, evocative novel about a perfumer in 18thC Paris, whose acute sense of smell drives him to murder in his quest to distill the perfect scent"
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Dracula (Wordsworth Classics)
16.  Dracula (Wordsworth Classics) by Bram Stoker
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  "How amazing it must have been to pick up this classic occult book when it was newly published, and before the countless misinterpretations which followed!"
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Barrytown Trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper" and "The Van"
17.  Barrytown Trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper" and "The Van" by Roddy Doyle
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  "Laugh out loud funny, sad and poignant all at the same time.  The quality of storytelling steadily improves throughout"
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Penguin Modern Classics)
18.  One Hundred Years of Solitude (Penguin Modern Classics) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "Comedy, tragedy, magical realism and political history combine in this Columbian family saga"
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
19.  Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
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  "Big, atmospheric 19thC fantasy about the rivalry between two English Magicians"
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Alas, Poor Lady
20.  Alas, Poor Lady by Rachel Ferguson
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  "A large family of genteel Victorian sisters face a grim future at home unless they manage to snag a husband, the youngest eventually being forced into near penuary as a governess in her old age"
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Revolutionary Road (Vintage Classics)
21.  Revolutionary Road (Vintage Classics) by Richard Yates
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  "A cutting insight into the breakdown of an unhappy marriage in 50's US Suburbia"
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East Lynne (Oxford World's Classics)
22.  East Lynne (Oxford World's Classics) by Ellen Wood
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  "Ridiculous Victorian premise, told with great enthusiasm, whereby an adulterous wife, believed dead, returns as her own children's governess, and nobody realises"
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