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Books I have read twice
Ender's Game (The Ender saga)Ender's Game (The Ender saga) by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: £4.72 / Used from: £2.13
A brilliant coming-of-age story in a futuristic setting.
Gormenghast (Gormenghast Trilogy (Book Two))Gormenghast (Gormenghast Trilogy (Book Two)) by Mervyn Peake
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This complex and elaborate novel is a classic of dark fantasy.
Snow CrashSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
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A slick and well-imagined cyberpunk epic.
We Need To Talk About Kevin (Five Star Paperback)We Need To Talk About Kevin (Five Star Paperback) by Lionel Shriver
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £0.01
As darkly thrilling a novel as you will ever read.
Once in a House on FireOnce in a House on Fire by Andrea Ashworth
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Alternately heartbreaking and life-affirming.
The Black Madonna of DerbyThe Black Madonna of Derby by Joanna Czechowska
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A beautifully written chronical of a dysfunctional family history.
Cold MountainCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
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Frazier's engrossing Civil War odyssey.
Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics)Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics) by William Thackeray
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This classic is as lurid and acerbic as the era it describes.
The Sterkarm HandshakeThe Sterkarm Handshake by Susan Price
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A time-travel story that illustrates the brutality of cultural imperialism.
Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics)Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley
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Easily the best gothic novel ever written.