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Some really, really good books
FictionsFictions by Jorge Borges
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £2.23
Ignore the first story on your first read and this might just be the best thing written in the 20th century. Except...
The Aleph and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)The Aleph and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) by Jorge Luis Borges
Buy new: £8.24 / Used from: £6.76
... that this is even better. Borges gets closer to perfection than anyone else, ever.
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin)One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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This has to be the most beautiful novel I've ever read. Just magnificent.
Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with DeathSlaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £2.87
This one's up there as well...
Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.19
And this is probably the funniest. And such a better cover than the newer editions!
Gulliver's Travels (Oxford World's Classics)Gulliver's Travels (Oxford World's Classics) by Jonathan Swift
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Most certainly not a 'children's book'. Wonderful.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Oxford World's Classics)Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hardy
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Powerfully written, with great characterisation.
Brave New WorldBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
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It's like '1984'! Only good...
Coming Up for Air (Penguin Modern Classics)Coming Up for Air (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: £5.74 / Used from: £2.08
... but don't think I dislike Orwell. It's just that this is far, far superior.
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: £6.22 / Used from: £2.94
And this.
Metamorphosis and Other Stories, The (Barnes & Noble Classics)Metamorphosis and Other Stories, The (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Franz Kafka
Buy new: £3.74 / Used from: £0.01
A bit hit and miss, but when it hits it's just so, SO great.
Winnie the Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh)Winnie the Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh) by A.A. Milne
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Stop looking at me like that. A great book, and you try finding someone who's not read it.
The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory: AND Shakespeare's Memory (Penguin Modern Classics)The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory: AND Shakespeare's Memory (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Borges
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And just to end, another of the best from JLB.