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books that split your skull open
Waiting for the BarbariansWaiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.10
Los Santos Inocentes: Los Santos InocentesLos Santos Inocentes: Los Santos Inocentes by Miguel Delibes
Buy used from: £10.95
Fight ClubFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
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Amazingly softer than the film, but still a great perspective into the present.
All Fires the FireAll Fires the Fire by Julio Cortazar
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What can you say after reading this? The best.
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy new: £5.09 / Used from: £3.14
An indispensable reference of our time... still.
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Puffin Books)Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Puffin Books) by Rushdie Salman
Buy new: £4.46 / Used from: £1.76
Beatiful, light and deep.
Equus (Penguin Modern Classics)Equus (Penguin Modern Classics) by Peter Shaffer
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What is normal? And what is desirable?
Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One (Arkana)Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One (Arkana) by Eugen Herrigel
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So nicely written!
The ProphetThe Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
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Not just pretty thoughts, by Jove!
A Short History of Nearly EverythingA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Buy new: £6.20 / Used from: £0.01
Finally, science made charming and fun.