Can you list some books?

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Kalamazoo wrote:I loved The Stranger by Albert Camus. It's about 150 pages.
I am busy reading this with my students. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Lots of thought provoking ideas and questions.
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To kill a mockingbird
12 years a slave
The great gatsby
Of mice and men
The Outsiders
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Separate reality, Power of Silence, Fire Within, Eagles Gift, written by Carlos Castenada.
White Lotus, Art of Enlightenment, Book of Secrets written by Osho.
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Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
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Silas Marner.
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The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men and The Crucible :)
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I second the Phantom Tollbooth-fun book although I don't know if it rates as a classic or not.
Wrinkle in Time
Old Man and the Sea
Farenheit 451
Heart of Darkness
Animal Farm (one of my favorites when I was younger)
Frankenstein (by Mary Shelley)
...to name a few
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Great Expectations By Dickens
Oliver Twist By Dickens
A Christmas Carol By Dickens
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A Separate Peace
Pride and Prejudice
The Metamorphosis
A Wrinkle in Time
Fahrenheit 451
Brave New World
Scarlet Letter
Animal Farm
Things Fall Apart
The Outsiders
-Vonnegut
To Kill a Mockingbird
Rebecca
The Great Gatsby
My Theodosia
~ few favorites
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I would definitely read

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

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Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

Beautiful book, simply must read.
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Someone already said 12 Years A Slave, but I just want to reiterate how incredible this book is. The story and writing are both fantastic.
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I have to echo H.G. Wells - War of the Worlds and The Time Machine were two of the scariest books I have ever read, and I'm not normally freaked out by sci-fi. If they haven't already been spoiled for you, both contain a lot of suspense and leave you drained (in the best way!) when you're done.
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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (Modern Classic)
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (Play)
Man Eater of Malgudi by R. K. Narayan
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The Most Dangerous Game is a short story that is very interesting. In short, the characters shipwreck on an island and are hunted by a man who has become tired of hunting traditional game and has decided to hunt a more intelligent species: man
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