 | Zorba the Greek (Faber Fiction Classics) by Nikos Kazantzakis
Buy used from: £0.01 An engrossing and engaging story of the lust for life. A poignant counter-point to the death love of the buddist faith.
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 | The Magus (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £3.52 Mysterious, enchanting and beguiling. Wonderful characters and beautifully written.
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 | The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge (Arkana) by Carlos Castaneda
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £2.03 An enchanting voyage into the mind's eye. Stop the world and read this book to find a lost reality. So much more than a schroom-fest.
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 | Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Buy used from: £3.75 Brave New World is a frightening vision dressed up as a utopian future. More horrifying and precient than Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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 | The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £3.69 A fantastic rap about Ken Kesey's trip across America. A cool counter-point to the buddhist denial of desire. The philosophy of 'Further' beats others hands down.
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 | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
Buy new: £6.72 / Used from: £0.01 Original and provoking. Defining value is a slippery business and takes Pirsig to the brink of madness. Well worth the journey.
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 | The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01 Amusing and exciting. A classic tale of loosing self control.
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 | The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (Picador Books) by Hunter S. Thompson
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £1.64 A drug fuelled trip taken by the master of Gonzo. Should come with a mental health warning.
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 | Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £1.88 A dizzying action-packed cyberpunk tale of the evolution of language into the digital age.
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 | Neuromancer by William Gibson
Buy new: £5.89 / Used from: £0.69 Writing's genius, cyberpunk's genesis, story's just great.
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 | Quicksilver: The Baroque Cycle (Baroque Cycle 1) by Neal Stephenson
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.03 Truly amazing. The Baroque Cycle + Cryptonomicon is mint!
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 | Dhalgren (Vintage) by Samuel R. Delany
Buy new: £9.27 / Used from: £4.57 A story like no other. Plot, character construction, denoument and closure are all concepts that don't apply to this book. Breathtaking work.
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 | Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 A selection of intruiging short stories, connected by an intangible theme. Beutiful and haunting.
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 | Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.00 Funny and sad, this classic tales of the madness of war evokes tears of laughter and pain in equal measures.
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 | Tunnel Visions: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher by Christopher Ross
Buy new: £5.43 / Used from: £0.01 Armchair philosophy born of boredom. A gentle journey along the tracks of life.
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 | The Elephant Man by Christine Sparks
Buy new: £3.96 / Used from: £1.00 Emotive and enthralling. A tale of not judging books by their cover.
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 | Something Wicked This Way Comes (Fantasy Masterworks) by Ray Bradbury
Buy used from: £5.48 Georgeous prose, haunting content, Ray Bradbury at his very best.
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 | Vurt by Jeff Noon
Buy used from: £0.01 Cool and crazy. Noon adds funk, surrealism and true originality to the sci-fi genre.
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 | Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
Buy used from: £1.31 Smith's books are a fresh, classy works of sci-fi joy.
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 | The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Buy new: £6.26 / Used from: £3.30 A mystery novel from a very different land. Haunting, elusive and a delightful read.
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 | American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £1.00 Amusing, disgusting and sharp. A tale of narcissistic selfishness gone mad. Makes Gordon Gecko look like a pussy (cat).
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 | Watership Down (Puffin Books) by Richard Adams
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01 A truly wonderful classic. Too good for children.
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 | The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01 One of the most disturbing and absorbing thriller / horror stories written. Too realistic for comfort.
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 | American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Buy used from: £2.06 Amusing and enchanting voyage through an alternative american dream.
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 | Crime and Punishment: A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue (Vintage Classics) by F.M. Dostoevsky
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £2.25 Terrific insight into moral deception, delusion and destruction. Best translation.
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