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My Favourite Books
Capital: Critique of Political Economy v. 1 (Classics S.)Capital: Critique of Political Economy v. 1 (Classics S.) by Karl Marx
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The most important book in the world
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult WomenBitch: In Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel
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A Modernist Feminist manifesto for everyone
The Quantity Theory of InsanityThe Quantity Theory of Insanity by Will Self
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The quantity theory of insanity is true
PoltergeistPoltergeist by Colin Wilson
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Untrained genius at its best
Money: A Suicide Note (Penguin Modern Classics)Money: A Suicide Note (Penguin Modern Classics) by Martin Amis
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The best boof its generation
London FieldsLondon Fields by Martin Amis
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The second best book of its generation
SuccessSuccess by Martin Amis
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Not as good, but a better read
Leviathan (English Library)Leviathan (English Library) by Thomas Hobbes
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The reality of the world, a genuine design for life
George Orwell Omnibus: The Complete Novels: Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman's Daughter, Coming up for Air, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, and, 1984 Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell Omnibus: The Complete Novels: Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman's Daughter, Coming up for Air, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, and, 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Burmese Days is probably the saddest book ever written
Transparent Things: A NovelTransparent Things: A Novel by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
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This is probably the second saddest
Collected PoemsCollected Poems by Philip Larkin
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Poetry, but very very good on the whole
The Penguin History of the WorldThe Penguin History of the World by J.M. Roberts
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A really good basic text
The Deer ParkThe Deer Park by Norman Mailer
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touching the idea of greatness
The Lovely BonesThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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"heaven is the place where all our smallest dreams come true"
No Logo: No Space. No Choice. No JobsNo Logo: No Space. No Choice. No Jobs by Naomi Klein
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intelligent and angry
AuschwitzAuschwitz by Miklos Nyiszli
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awful but compelling
A People's History of the United States: 1492-presentA People's History of the United States: 1492-present by Howard Zinn
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Real American history
In the Place of Fallen LeavesIn the Place of Fallen Leaves by Tim Pears
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The real England, England
England EnglandEngland England by Julian Barnes
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... and the satire
The Lord of The Rings (Based on the 50th Anniversary Single volume edition 2004)The Lord of The Rings (Based on the 50th Anniversary Single volume edition 2004) by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A classic
Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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Obviously
Brave New World (Flamingo Modern Classics)Brave New World (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Aldous Huxley
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Eric Blair's English teacher at Eton...
The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and Where is it Going?The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and Where is it Going? by L. Trotskii
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A great and vicious history
Pannekoek and Gorter's MarxismPannekoek and Gorter's Marxism
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The future?