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Twenty Essential Pageturners
Lord of the FliesLord of the Flies by William Golding
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A poignant, vivid tableau of human frailties.
Small World: An Academic RomanceSmall World: An Academic Romance by David Lodge
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Smitten swot amongst animated eggheads in scrumptious farce.
Stranger in a Strange LandStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
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Recalcitrant sociopaths, or Elysian luminaries? You decide.
WarlockWarlock by Wilbur Smith
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Unputdownable adventure set in ancient Egypt.
The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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So veracious a voice in a world so full of dissemblers.
The Quincunx: The Inheritance of John HuffamThe Quincunx: The Inheritance of John Huffam by Charles Palliser
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A Dickensian-style labyrinthine romp through Victorian England.
Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Popular Classics)Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Popular Classics) by D.H. Lawrence
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The sexual energy pours off every page of this erotic masterpiece.
MiseryMisery by Stephen King
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A snowbound scribe is shackled by a maniacal medic.
Brave New World (Flamingo Modern Classics)Brave New World (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Aldous Huxley
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Welcome to the year 632AF - or the 21st century?
The TestamentThe Testament by John Grisham
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Grisham takes us on a jurisprudencial journey to darkest Brazil.
Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics)Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics) by Emily Brontë
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Tragic romance in this atmospheric, Gothic classic.
Cocaine NightsCocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard
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A tumultuous trip into Ballard's compelling, paranoid imagination.
The Brothers Karamazov (Penguin Classics)The Brothers Karamazov (Penguin Classics) by F. M. Dostoevsky
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A whole cast of archetypes here, in Dostoevsky's swansong.
HeadhuntersHeadhunters by John King
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Mirth aplenty in the depths of the demi-monde.
Foundation (The Foundation Series)Foundation (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov
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Witness the birth of a stupendous, sci-fi saga.
Sawdust Caesar: The Pioneers of Youth RebellionSawdust Caesar: The Pioneers of Youth Rebellion by Howard Baker
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It's a mod world, in this tale set in swinging sixties London.
Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)Middlemarch (Penguin Classics) by George Eliot
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Riveting ramble through nineteenth century provincial England.
One Rainy Night (Headline feature paperback)One Rainy Night (Headline feature paperback) by Richard Laymon
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Could even the most hardened horror reader stomach this?
Animal Farm: A Fairy StoryAnimal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
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The book is compulsory, the film is to be avoided!!
Tell Me Your DreamsTell Me Your Dreams by Sidney Sheldon
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An effortlessly entertaining psychological thriller.