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Essential Penguins

The Penguin Essentials are some of the twentieth-century's most important books. When they were first published they changed the way we thought about literature and about life. And they have remained vital reading ever since.
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
1
George Orwell
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
2
Carson McCullers
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
3
Françoise Sagan
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
4
Truman Capote
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
5
Evelyn Waugh
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock
6
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
7
Kurt Vonnegut
Cider With Rosie
Cider With Rosie
8
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
9
Anthony Burgess
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
10
Stella Gibbons
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
11
John Kennedy Toole
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
12
John Wyndham
The Diary of a Nobody
The Diary of a Nobody
13
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
14
George Orwell
The Dubliners (James Joyce)
The Dubliners
15
James Joyce
Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
16
Erskine Childers
The Go Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go Between
17
L.P. Hartley
Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
18
Robert Graves
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
19
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
20
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
21
Evelyn Waugh
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
22
Joseph Conrad
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
23
Graham Greene
Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels
24
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
25
Truman Capote
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
26
Ralph Ellison
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
27
Rudyard Kipling
Junky (William S Burroughs)
Junky
28
William S Burroughs
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
29
D.H. Lawrence
Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
Le Grand Meaulnes
30
Alain-Fournier
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
31
Vladimir Nabokov
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
32
Kingsley Amis
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
33
Philip K. Dick
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
34
Virginia Woolf
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
35
Gerald Durrell
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
36
George Orwell
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
37
Jack Kerouac
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
38
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
39
Isak Dinesen
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
40
Albert Camus
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