 | The Rainbow (Wordsworth Classics) by D.H. Lawrence
Buy new: £1.99 / Used from: £0.01 An example of how to create a masterpiece out of the simplest of plots. A Deeply affecting novel, Lawrence manages to define the magic of Rainbows that we can't quite grasp.
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 | David Copperfield (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 Dickens makes you his David, you will laugh, cry, love and hate. Dickens' characterisation remains untouchable.
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 | Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics) by Emily Brontë
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 The greatest love story ever told. Still utterly compelling, a timeless masterpiece.
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 | Atonement by Ian McEwan
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01 McEwan loves to toy with the true meaning of a story. Very clever novel that contains many sub-stories which could probably stand happily on their own. The result -modern classic.
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 | Twelve by Nick McDonnell
Buy used from: £0.01 The most gripping book i have ever read. Inspired me into reading Less Than Zero, but this is actually better.
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 | The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Buy used from: £4.56 Some truly wonderful characters here that you are immediately drawn to. Close to perfection.
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 | Dubliners by James Joyce
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 The best set of short stories i have ever read. The Dead remains one of the most beautifully written pieces in my memory...heartbreaking.
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 | The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 Flawless...just read it, although you probably have done.
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 | American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Has to be one of the most contentious books ever released and far better than the film. Ellis' writing is taut, simple and beautiful. Like Hemmingway but with blood and sex.
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 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 Loads of twists and turns. Seems to ask us why we read stories and what we (hope to) draw from them. Clever stuff.
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