 | A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01 Wonderful. Very long, but truly life affirming and always engaging
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 | Lolita (Penguin Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
Buy new: £5.42 / Used from: £1.67 I just can't believe English wasn't his first language. Get over any reservations you might have with the main themes; it's a heartbreaking story written with truly incredible skill
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 | The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Buy new: £4.91 / Used from: £0.89 Hugely interesting short novel, still relevent to the lives of most adolescents
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 | Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics) by F.M. Dostoevsky
Buy new: £1.99 / Used from: £0.01 Forget the hype- everyone should read this at some point
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 | Dubliners (Penguin Modern Classics) by Joyce James
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01 Collection of short stories, great characterisation
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 | The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
Buy new: £4.74 / Used from: £0.01 A story with surprising depth, an easy and satisfying read.
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 | Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Buy new: £5.92 / Used from: £0.01 Just an absolute laugh- I recently saw this on sale at the Imperial War Museum gift shop, hilarious!
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 | An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 I read this for a third year alchemy course at uni, it's far more credible than anything Dan Brown could write
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 | Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville
Buy new: £1.99 / Used from: £0.01 I thought I knew this story- I was wrong! Whaling and Cap'n Ahab brought to life.
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 | The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £0.01 Disturbing, in a good way
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