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best books of 20th century
Catch-22 (Vintage Classics)Catch-22 (Vintage Classics) by Joseph Heller
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £2.90
The best novel written by anyone
Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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Everyone should read this
Norwegian WoodNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
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You'll never read anything else like this
Hell's Angels (Penguin Modern Classics)Hell's Angels (Penguin Modern Classics) by Hunter S. Thompson
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £4.12
A bit crazy, they've made it a modern classic now if that means anything...
Nausea (Penguin Modern Classics)Nausea (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jean-Paul Sartre
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Ok, little bit pretentious, good though.
LuckyLucky by Alice Sebold
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wasn't sure about this or 'lovely bones', painful
TrainspottingTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
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Better than the film, the title makes sense
George's Marvellous MedicineGeorge's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
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J.K. who?
One Flew Over the Cuckoos NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey
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America can be scary
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (Penguin Modern Classics)The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (Penguin Modern Classics) by Arthur Miller
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Brilliant playwright
Things Fall Apart (Pocket Penguin Classics)Things Fall Apart (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Chinua Achebe
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £2.24
deep, provoking and handily very short
An African Dream: the Diaries of the Revolutionary in the Congo (Panther)An African Dream: the Diaries of the Revolutionary in the Congo (Panther) by Ernesto Guevara
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not narratively written, if your interested in che read it
Mr Nice (Signed)Mr Nice (Signed) by Howard Marks
Funny, insightful, lovely guy
The Doors of Perception: And Heaven and HellThe Doors of Perception: And Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley
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what just happened?
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Flamingo Modern Classic)Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Flamingo Modern Classic) by Alan Sillitoe
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first of its kind, welsh, hornby etc owe this guy