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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (Vintage Classics)The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (Vintage Classics) by Yukio Mishima
Buy new: £5.07 / Used from: £1.97
Beautiful and a good way into his work. Plus, a Nietzschean overman? I'm there!
The Hour of the Star (Black & White S.)The Hour of the Star (Black & White S.) by Clarice Lispector
Buy new: £5.35 / Used from: £2.99
So depressing but so good!
Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics)Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01
If you haven't read this, don't even talk to me. Or, talk to the elbow, because you ain't worth the extension.
Driving ForceDriving Force by Dick Francis
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01
Horses, vans and skulduggery. I think it's probably not a good sign that I invariably fancy all Francis' narrators...
Hopscotch (Pantheon Modern Writers)Hopscotch (Pantheon Modern Writers) by Julio Cortazar
Buy used from: £9.90
Best. Thing. Ever.
Sarah Kane: Complete Plays (Methuen Contemporary Dramatists): Blasted; mPhaedra's Love; Cleansed; Crave; 4.48 Psychosis; SkinSarah Kane: Complete Plays (Methuen Contemporary Dramatists): Blasted; mPhaedra's Love; Cleansed; Crave; 4.48 Psychosis; Skin by Sarah Kane
Buy new: £10.56 / Used from: £8.66
Don't read them all in one sitting, trust me.
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Borges
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.98
A cliche, but one for a reason. Wonderful, and proof that idea does sometimes trump narrative, but only if you're this good. So don't go getting any ideas!
Pnin (Penguin Modern Classics)Pnin (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £3.37
A good introduction to Nabokov - funny, beautiful and sad.
The Kraken WakesThe Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £1.64
So good that going over any bridge is almost like a religious experience.
Coffee, Tea, or Murder? (Murder She Wrote (Paperback))Coffee, Tea, or Murder? (Murder She Wrote (Paperback)) by Jessica Fletcher
Buy new: £3.36 / Used from: £1.01
Oh my god I didn't even know these existed! I'm going to buy them all now!