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Literature that makes you live
The Moor's Last SighThe Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
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unreviewable, its that good
God KnowsGod Knows by Joseph Heller
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one of the most fascinating novels of all time
Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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a classic that will never be surpassed
The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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I read this this summer and am still reeling
American Psycho (Picador thirty)American Psycho (Picador thirty) by Bret Easton Ellis
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Just do it
The Exorcist: Screenplay (Faber Reel Classics)The Exorcist: Screenplay (Faber Reel Classics) by William Peter Blatty
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one of those novels that just get better each time you read it, the movie is nothing compared to this
In Cold Blood: A True Account of A Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Essential Penguin)In Cold Blood: A True Account of A Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Essential Penguin) by Truman Capote
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a fusion of non-fiction and fiction, what's real and what is imagined?
Lolita (Penguin Classics)Lolita (Penguin Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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Apart from the joy of people in the street giving you dirty looks as you read it, this is a fantastic piece
The God of Small ThingsThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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One to read just because you can
Sister Carrie (Oxford World's Classics)Sister Carrie (Oxford World's Classics) by Theodore Dreiser
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Famed for American Tragedy, however, this one, although true Dreiser is much more interesting in a critical context, of course
Les Miserables (Classics)Les Miserables (Classics) by Victor Hugo
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this just has to be done, if only for dignity
Christopher Smart: Clown of God (Briefs in Law Librarianship Series)Christopher Smart: Clown of God (Briefs in Law Librarianship Series) by Chris Mounsey
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Now I'm just plugging friends, but this is great critical reading
Presenting Gender: Changing Sex in Early-Modern Culture (Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture)Presenting Gender: Changing Sex in Early-Modern Culture (Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture)
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And the same again
Tom Brown's Schooldays (Oxford World's Classics)Tom Brown's Schooldays (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hughes
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read this and then read harry potter, then come to me about originality in 20th century literature
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my finale, buy this if only because I'm in it - nothing wrong with a little egotism