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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
1.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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  "A thought provoking masterpiece"
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)
2.  Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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  "A hilarious tragedy comedy"
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The God of Small Things
3.  The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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  "Simply the best piece of modern writing you'll read"
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Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics)
4.  Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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  "An absolutely enchanting dark story filled with black humour"
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Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics)
5.  Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
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  "One of the more accessible of Dicken's tales. Some classic Dickens humour."
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Ripley Bogle
6.  Ripley Bogle by Robert McLiam Wilson
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  "Not much talked about but nonetheless an exceptionally written and interesting tale. Shades of Orwell."
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Lolita
7.  Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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  "Nabokov is such a talented and poetic author that he gives the grotesque storyline a heart and soul"
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
8.  Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
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  "A wonderfully written tale"
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The Collected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
9.  The Collected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
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  "enchanting, baroque, beautifully written horrors of the flesh and of the mind"
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A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics)
10.  A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess
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  "Cult classic"
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The Secret History
11.  The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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  "Dead Poet's Society meets Crime and Punishment"
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Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
12.  Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft
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  "Weird, flesh-crawling,spine-tingling, creepy, otherworldly horror."
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Armistead Maupin Omnibus
13.  Armistead Maupin Omnibus by Armistead Maupin
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  "Reading this is like watching a superb drama on TV. It's an effortless read, the characters are brilliant. The sort of books you stay at your desk at lunch to read."
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Vernon God Little
14.  Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
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  "disturbingly excellent a modern day 'catcher in the rye'. Also one of those books that makes you feel you can be an author too"
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