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My Favorite Books This Year... So Far
The Grapes of WrathThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.78
A close winner being 550 pages of sheer poetry
One Hundred Years of SolitudeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Buy new: £5.13 / Used from: £3.13
...And a close second, being the most enthralling and ambitious read
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.99
The genesis of writing
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics) by Ken Kesey
Buy used from: £6.00
Incredibly human. Changed my outlook
Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.37
Unreal in its incredible use of satire. An addictive read
Lord of the FliesLord of the Flies by William Golding
Buy new: £4.36 / Used from: £0.01
Powerful and haunting
The Secret Agent (Vintage Classics)The Secret Agent (Vintage Classics) by Joseph Conrad
Buy new: £5.39 / Used from: £0.25
My introduction to Conrad's writing. Beautifully written
American PsychoAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £2.59
A sickening satire. Relentless!
A Farewell to ArmsA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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An simple and efficiently written novel
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £7.21
An important book which, like all of Orwell's works, I appreciate for the concept rather than his unfulfilling narrative