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My favourite books
A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics)A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess
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An underestimated piece of foresight and social commentary
Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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A classic
Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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A book that first pronounced as awful by the author' s peers
The Noonday DemonThe Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon
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Insight into something indescribible
Suicide (Routledge Classics): A Study in SociologySuicide (Routledge Classics): A Study in Sociology by Emile Durkheim
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Foreward-thinking for its time
The StrangerThe Stranger by Albert Camus
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A simple classic
The Plague (Essential Penguin)The Plague (Essential Penguin) by Albert Camus
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Frightening
The Complete Poetry and ProseThe Complete Poetry and Prose by William Blake
Buy new: £13.57 / Used from: £10.00
Underestimated as a poet and artist
Thomas Chatterton, The Marvelous Boy: The Story of a Strange Life 1752-1770Thomas Chatterton, The Marvelous Boy: The Story of a Strange Life 1752-1770 by Charles Edward Russell
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Childhood genius
"The Merchant of Venice" (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series)"The Merchant of Venice" (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series) by William Shakespeare
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Social commentary of the time and of human-kind
"Hamlet" (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series)"Hamlet" (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series) by William Shakespeare
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What is the self?
Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle)Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle) by Cynthia Voigt
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Childhood favourite
Tell ME If the Lovers are LosersTell ME If the Lovers are Losers by Cynthia Voigt
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Teenage favourite
Play Nimrod for Him (Red Fox young adult books)Play Nimrod for Him (Red Fox young adult books) by Jean Ure
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Junk (Puffin Teenage Fiction)Junk (Puffin Teenage Fiction) by Julia Eccleshare
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Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian MafiaCosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie
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Best book about this topic
Notes from the Underground (Dover Thrift)Notes from the Underground (Dover Thrift) by F.M. Dostoevsky
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