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Books I would recommend to my friends
Enduring Love: Now a major motion pictureEnduring Love: Now a major motion picture by Ian McEwan
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Beautifully written and gripping. Film does it justice as well.
The FountainheadThe Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
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Anyone who sets out on a career path will recognise this. Money or self-repsect?
Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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This is more relevant than ever. Read it, and be afraid.
White TeethWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
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If you haven't read this by now, what's keeping you?
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five PartsThe Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts by Douglas Adams
Buy new: £12.27 / Used from: £7.23
The Time Traveler's WifeThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy new: £3.82 / Used from: £0.91
Couldn't put this down, beautiful and very sad.
Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Popular Classics)Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Popular Classics) by Mary Shelley
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See what the story was supposed to be about, before Hollywood got hold of it.
Great ApesGreat Apes by Will Self
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A twisted alternative reality. Would it be any better with other Apes in charge?
Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of GitanesSerge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes by Sylvie Simmons
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Quite a tragic life, but true rock star and artist. Read what he said to Whitney Houston.
Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Popular Classics)Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Popular Classics) by Jonathan Swift
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Not a children's book at all, a classic satire that still holds up.
Making HistoryMaking History by Stephen Fry
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The whole concept of this is very clever. Have you ever thought what would happen if Hitler never existed?
Essays In LoveEssays In Love by Alain de Botton
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A nice reflection on something we're all interested in.