 | Notes from the Underground by F.M. Dostoevsky
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01 Intense. Perhaps difficult. Prepare for total immersion in the simultaneously horrifying and hilarious world of the narrator.
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 | The Catcher in the Rye by J. Salinger
Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £1.96 Don't believe the bad reviews! The fact that Lennon's assassin was carrying when he did the deed is NOT A GOOD REASON to read. It is totally honest, and if you can't handle it, it's your problem.
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 | Robinson Crusoe (Penguin Popular Classics) by Daniel Defoe
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 The only readable edition, in my opinion. The original text with numerous italics etc is too distracting. First English novel, and one of the best.
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 | Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01 Ditto with the edition. As with Crusoe, Defoe is so immersed in the role that even the manner of telling reflects the character. This bothers some, who dislike the unprofessional style. Ignore them!
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 | Trilogy: "Molloy", "Malone Dies", "Unnameable" (Calderbooks) by Samuel Beckett
Buy used from: £17.45 Actually I've only read Molloy. It's great! It actually is 'dark and funny'.
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 | Lolita (Penguin Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
Buy new: £6.24 / Used from: £2.99 A great book, moving and true. It's also funny, which you might not expect.
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