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10 Best Books Ever
Notes from Underground and The DoubleNotes from Underground and The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Haunting magic: the best outing from one of the best authors to ever live
GrimusGrimus by Salman Rushdie
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Grimus is one of the less well know novels from the man who is best know for bathing himself in controversy. A genius and a story teller for a modern generation
Laughter in the Dark (Penguin Modern Classics)Laughter in the Dark (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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If Lolita had the most heart-felt opening lines of any novel, this has the most shuddering. A tragic tale of a man's decline.
Burning Your Boats: Collected Short StoriesBurning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories by Angela Carter
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Angela Carter's subversive take on many traditional tales is unique and fantastical
Devils (Oxford World's Classics)Devils (Oxford World's Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Dostoyevsky courted political trouble with this masterpiece of revolutionary spirit and strife interwoven
The Fall of the House of Usher (Classics)The Fall of the House of Usher (Classics) by Edgar Allan Poe
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Gothic? Macabre? Call it what you will. Although scholars have abandoned Poe of late in favour of more critically approachable texts his genius and momentum is undeniable. William Wilson is magic.
Angels and InsectsAngels and Insects by A.S. Byatt
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A selection of eclectic shorts from the booker prize winning author of Possession
Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (Penguin Modern Classics)Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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A tale of lovers in turmoil - a lesser know classic
The Ground Beneath Her FeetThe Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
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Hilarious and moving - Rushdie's most recent addition is a tale full of emotion and laughter
JazzJazz by Toni Morrison
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Morrisons modern classic grabs hold of any reader and encapsulates him/her