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10 Books That Kept Me Up All Night
The Master and Margarita (Penguin Modern Classics)The Master and Margarita (Penguin Modern Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
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A brilliant, dark satire of Soviet life, and Christianity.
Of Love and Other DemonsOf Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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A masterpeice of perceptive horror and dark passion.
Love in the Time of CholeraLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Mystical, enchanting and oh so stygian.
Orlando: A Biography (Penguin Modern Classics)Orlando: A Biography (Penguin Modern Classics) by Joseph Conrad
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A verbal portrait of gender ambiguity, cast against a backdrop of enchantment and beauty. This book is at the top of the aesthetic pinnacle.
Forbidden ColoursForbidden Colours by Yukio Mishima
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The Camus of the East: dark, passionate and beautiful.
The Well of Loneliness (Virago modern classics)The Well of Loneliness (Virago modern classics) by Radclyffe Hall
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A passionate and moving look at the torturous hardships that the lesbian artist faces. One of my favourites. A must read for lesbians who want to better understand themselves.
The Unbearable Lightness of BeingThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
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A dark and passionate look at desire and renunciation.
The StrangerThe Stranger by Albert Camus
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This representation of a dead soul creates a beautiful, lively paradoxical work in which many of us identify with.
The Last Temptation of ChristThe Last Temptation of Christ by N. Kazantzakis
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Christ presented as a tortured soul; torn between desire and his duty on the cross. The movie is almost as good, and David Bowie makes a great Pontius Pilate.
The Complete StoriesThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
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From the pen of the American south, wrought on the grotesque coupled with ironical religious epiphany, O'Connor boasts a sense of humour that is both shocking and highly thought provoking.