 | The Ladies' Paradise (Oxford World's Classics) by Émile Zola
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £0.99 The first Zola novel I read and I completely fell in love with it, now i'm a complete Zola addict!
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 | Far from the Madding Crowd (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hardy
Buy used from: £0.01 My favourite Thomas Hardy novel, combines plenty of Hardy's great tragic moments but with an overall sense of hope.
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 | My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Buy new: £5.51 / Used from: £2.35 An idyllic book that will have you laughing out loud, I never tire of reading it
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 | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Buy new: £4.30 / Used from: £2.00 All you need to know about society can be found in this book.
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 | Fiesta (Vintage Classics) by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.82 I love the way Hemingway's writing sizzles!
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 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
Buy new: £4.05 / Used from: £0.01 So romantic and epic and utterly compelling.
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 | Therese Raquin (Penguin Classics) by Émile Zola
Buy new: £4.94 / Used from: £2.62 Extremely dark and twisted and so enjoyable to read.
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 | The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred: Monster Hercules Barefoot, His Wonderful Love and Terrible Hatred by Carl-Johan Vallgren
Buy new: £5.20 / Used from: £0.01 An adult fairy tale following the adventures of a deaf and deformed hero through Europe
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 | A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 Forget everything you thought about Dickens, this comes from an entirely different place
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 | Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.01 My second attempt at a Salman Rushdie novel. I haven't finished it yet but so far i'm enjoying the gorgeous, rich writing
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 | All the Pretty Horses: Volume One of The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 This is a beautiful book. A coming of age tale set in the Wild West and Mexico.
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 | The Collected Stories of Colette by Colette
Buy used from: £4.73 Feminism with a sense of humour!
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 | Persuasion by Jane Austen
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 Everybody needs a bit of Jane Austen in their life. This is my favourite.
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 | L'Assommoir (Oxford World's Classics) by Émile Zola
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £4.30 Zola again. This book exposes the cruelty and suffering of the working-classes while Paris was developing into a great modern city, it also shows up Zola's talents as the master of description.
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 | I Capture the Castle (Vintage Classics) by Dodie Smith
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.33 A must read, especially for teenage girls.
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 | The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £1.20 A fascinating read which gives a vivid insight into depression and nervous breakdowns
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 | Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka
Buy new: £5.44 / Used from: £4.25 A favourite short story that really made me think.
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 | The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.05 A great travel journal written by one of the most important and influencial figures of the 20th century.
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 | Breakfast at Tiffany's: WITH House of Flowers (Penguin Modern Classics) by Truman Capote
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £1.70 A short read with many depths.
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 | Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Bronte
Buy new: £4.09 / Used from: £1.45 An essential read. For me, it was all about young Cathy and Hareton.
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