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10 Fantastic Books you really should own
American TabloidAmerican Tabloid by James Ellroy
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.39
A dark, brooding masterpiece of noir fiction
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books)The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books) by Tom Wolfe
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01
So it rips off Crime and Punishment? with language and plot this good, who cares...?
The StandThe Stand by Stephen King
Buy used from: £19.22
The absolute definitive horror epic and amongst King's finest
GB84GB84 by David Peace
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.20
Utterly magnificient.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £1.82
Funny, moving- stop: just marvellous fiction from start to finish
WatchmenWatchmen by Alan Moore
Buy new: £10.79 / Used from: £23.00
This is the one that non-comic fans like. How right they are. Its a stunning achievement
Batman: Dark Knight Returns (Batman)Batman: Dark Knight Returns (Batman) by Frank Miller
Buy new: £5.85 / Used from: £5.75
So good that even my mum thinks its ok that a grown man still can read a comic
Powers Volume 1: Who Killed Retro Girl?: Who Killed Retro Girl? v. 1Powers Volume 1: Who Killed Retro Girl?: Who Killed Retro Girl? v. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis
Buy new: £16.81 / Used from: £10.50
the best noir comic ever. Read it before they make the movie and then tell your friends how much you were into it before it became popular
Money: A Suicide NoteMoney: A Suicide Note by Martin Amis
Buy used from: £0.01
Amis's best and, twenty years on it still feels fresh and vital
High FidelityHigh Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Buy new: £4.94 / Used from: £0.01
Not Hornby's best but undoubtedly his most personal and resonant