The top 50 modern classics

'Heartstoppingly chilling' Daily ExpressArthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House.

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his timeDavid, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fianc e to return from vacation in Spain.

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the first book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels.

World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated.

'Lolita is comedy, subversive yet divine' Martin Amis, ObserverPoet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'.

One of the true classics of psychological suspense, about a writer and his No.

"e;Catch-22"e; is a satirical novel written by Joseph Heller, first published in 1961.

A riveting psychological thriller from the Number One bestselling Queen of crime fiction - Val McDermid.

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE ALLIES HAD LOST THE WAR?

The stunning debut story collection from the author of Foster and the Booker Prize shortlisted Small Things Like These'A beautiful, tender work of great clarity.

Published in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of George R.

Agatha Christie's masterpiece, and the best-selling murder mystery book of all time.

"e;Dazai's brand of egoistic pessimism dovetails organically with the emo chic of this cultural moment and with the inner lives of teenagers of all eras.

Sethe is now miles away from Sweet Home, the farm where she was kept as a slave.

ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BOOKS AND WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE_______________________________'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buend a was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice'Gabriel Garc a M rquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buend a family and of Macondo, the town they built.

'One of the greatest achievements in comedy.

The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron.

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction.

The Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning novel is now a new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P.

THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY, THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'Peter May is one of the most accomplished novelists writing today.

One of the most controversial and talked-about novels of all time.

One of the true classics of horror, THE SHINING is regarded as one of Stephen King's masterpieces.

Guy Montag is a fireman.

'Cunning, explosive .

"e;Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

If the final pages of this story don t make your heart race, then you might want to make sure your heart is still working.

'If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

Step into the chilling world of "e;Brave New World,"e; Aldous Huxley's dystopian masterpiece that will leave you questioning the very fabric of society.

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series.

Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck and first ublished in 1937.

A MUST-READ FOR FANS OLD AND NEW, REDISCOVER THE FUNNY AND HEARTWARMING 1.

THE CLASSIC LOST THRILLER FROM THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Shockingly good' The Sun'A prescient, high-octane thriller' Daily Express'Totally on the money - and ripe for this republication' i Newspaper * * * * *It always starts with a small lie.

A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho.

The dystopian classic, introduced by Stephen King.

Plath's only novel has strong elements of autobiography.

Before the Ring, there was a dragon.

'ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER WRITTEN'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

"The Great Gatsby" is a novel by American author F.

A 'haunting, compelling, and brilliant'(The Times) novel about a group of students who, under the influence of their professor find their lives changed forever, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The GoldfinchTruly deserving of the accolade 'modern classic', Donna Tartt's novel is a remarkable achievement - compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.

One of the most celebrated works of modern literature, Animal Farm is George Orwell's satire on the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Stalin's subsequent rule.

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