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Best Books Ever Written
As I Lay DyingAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
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Amazing work of fiction from America's greatest author.
The Sound and the Fury (Vintage Classics)The Sound and the Fury (Vintage Classics) by William Faulkner
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Another amzingly complex faulkner novel - the complexity only serves to create some of the most interesting characters in modern literature.
Dubliners (Penguin Modern Classics)Dubliners (Penguin Modern Classics) by Joyce James
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For me, this is Joyce at his best, especially in 'The Dead' and 'A Painful Case'.
The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald
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Pretty much an essential read.
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Arrow Classic)Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Arrow Classic) by Ernest Hemingway
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Another American, but the American modernists wrote some impressive fiction.
Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics)Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley
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As relavent as ever.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Popular Classics)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Popular Classics) by Mark Twain
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America's great writer, escape into the world of this book.
Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
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A fine novel.
What We Talk About When We Talk About LoveWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
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Perfectly written short stories.
Wise Children (Vintage Classics)Wise Children (Vintage Classics) by Angela Carter
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Post Modern craziness at its finest.
Goodbye to All That (Penguin Modern Classics)Goodbye to All That (Penguin Modern Classics) by Robert Graves
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Moving and profound.
Sister Carrie (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)Sister Carrie (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Theodore Dreiser
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Very enjoyable turn of the century city-life novel.