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The Outsiders (Puffin Modern Classics)
1.  The Outsiders (Puffin Modern Classics) by S E Hinton
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  "Touching, tragic, heartbreaking and hopeful."
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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
2.  Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh
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  "Poignant, elegant and classy.  The prose is outstandingly beautiful. Its about a way of life gone forever and about finding God when you have lost everything else."
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To Kill A Mockingbird
3.  To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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  "Funny and compelling.  I love the honesty and strength of  the relationship between Atticus and his children."
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A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe (Penguin Popular Classics)
4.  A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe (Penguin Popular Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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  "My favorite childhood book, Re reading as an adult its a little cheesy but still has enough power to make my cry."
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The Remains of the Day
5.  The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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  "A challenging book that is a study in class, manners and quiet dignity.  A butler wonders what might have been."
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
6.  Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
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  "I know its a cliche, but this one will break your heart.  A story about the power of love ( wherever you find it)  and the utter futility of war."
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American Pastoral
7.  American Pastoral by Philip Roth
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  "An insightful and riviting novel with a dark heart,  Roth's story shatters the american dream (good riddance)"
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My Family and Other Animals
8.  My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
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  "Read this book, read it now. It transports you to an enchanted time and place. The stories are hysterical, the characters and language are enchanting. Sequals are lovely too. Read it NOW."
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Gone with the Wind
9.  Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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  "A fantastic yarn, heady and intoxicating.  Charecters you will adore, if not really like.  One of the few books that enhances, not detracts from the film."
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Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!
10.  Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! by Michael Moore
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  "A call to arms. Moore is irreverant, original and always enertaining."
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Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Popular Classics)
11.  Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Popular Classics) by Jane Austen
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  "The ultimate classic of english literature, Read it and wallow in Austin's sparkling prose and vivid charecters. Every girl in possession of good sense will fall for Darcy and want Lizzie as a friend."
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A Town Like Alice
12.  A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
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  "A lovely story, pefect for a rainy weekend"
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The English Patient (Picador thirty)
13.  The English Patient (Picador thirty) by Michael Ondaatje
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  "A group of shattered charecters try to recover from their wartime experience. Beautifully written with a big heart."
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