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ten books to open your eyes
Darkness at NoonDarkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
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Darkness at noon. A novel that will help you understand the fate of revolution
Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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Joseph Heller's book has to be the funniest and at the same time profoundly insightful novel about war written so far.
Conquistadors, TheConquistadors, The by Hammond Innes
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The Conquistadors , by Hammond Innes. Better known as a novelist, Innes uses his not negligible writing skills to make the incredible story of the conquest of Mexico and Peru accesible to the non acad
Mister JohnsonMister Johnson by Joyce Cary
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Mister Johnson by Joyce Cary. A beautiful, funny, tragic story of how Empire was won from a writer who deserves greater fame
A Fairy Tale of New YorkA Fairy Tale of New York by J.P. Donleavy
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J.P.Donleavy: A fairy tale of New York. Sad, disturbing. comic, poetic.
GerminalGerminal by Zola
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Zola's Germinal ; read what out father's father's were up against and think of now. One of a fantastic series.
Pedro Paramo: Pedro Paramo (Letras Hispanicas)Pedro Paramo: Pedro Paramo (Letras Hispanicas) by Rulfo
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Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo. A book to haunt you.
Lolita (Everyman's Library classics)Lolita (Everyman's Library classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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Nabokov's Lolita is so well written it makes you want to read every page twice. Obsessive.
Crime and Punishment: A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue (Vintage Classics)Crime and Punishment: A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue (Vintage Classics) by F.M. Dostoevsky
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The sickness of immorality and the decline into insanity. A powerful double punch from Dostoyevsky in Crime and punishment
Stranger in a Strange LandStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Heinlein: Stranger in a strange land. Classic science fiction . Can you grok it?
On the Road (Modern Classics)On the Road (Modern Classics) by Jack Kerouac
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By era `poet Jack Kerouac. His most famous and arguably greatest work.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Complete Study Edition (Cliffs Notes)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Complete Study Edition (Cliffs Notes) by Mark Twain
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Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn . Much better than the more famous Tom Sawyer.