 | Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Buy used from: £1.48 An absolute masterpiece. An intelligent look into the 'future', worryingly relevant. Huxley doesn't bore the reader with an attractive, loveable main character or happy endings.
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 | 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy new: £5.11 / Used from: £2.95 A timeless classic. Haunting, strange and eerie, this is a book that should be read by everyone at some point.
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 | Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 Full of symbolism and a fascinating look into the nature of human beings. The deterioration of the situation is poignant and, I suspect, truly closer to the bone than we realise.
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 | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Buy new: £4.30 / Used from: £1.94 An exploration of prejudice, amongst other themes. Just a brilliant classic that should be compulsory in all schools.
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 | Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: £4.92 / Used from: £1.17 An excellent, dark book with political undertones, people should not be put off by it's length. So very relevant with regards to the human nature.
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 | Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew by Bernard Hare
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Should be read by politicians. A fascinating insight into the 'underclasses' of Britain today, where children who have lost all faith. A modern day Lord of the Flies. Violent, harrowing and real.
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 | The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £0.01 Brilliant, bizarre and eerie. A mysterious story with full bodied characters and eerie goings on.
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 | The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
Buy used from: £0.01 One really feels a connection with Harriet, the main. Childhood innocence comes into conflict with the seedy, adult underworld of menacing drug dealers with gripping results.
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 | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Buy new: £4.80 / Used from: £0.01 Anybody who does not fully understand the concept of 'Autism' should read this book. A funny yet poignant insight into the world of a boy with Autism.
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 | Enduring Love: Now a major motion picture by Ian McEwan
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £0.42 NOT a romance story, but a haunting tale that tells of a distaster, and the complicated string of events which follows, involving a disturbed mind and unrequited love. Excellent.
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 | The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary classics) by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01 A dystopian future where the main character is a certain class of woman - one intended to carry babies. Fascinating and disturbing.
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