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Favourite Texts Up to October 2024

My tastes have changed throughout the years and these are my favourites at this moment. Some of them are older favourites, some of them I've only just read recently but they were so singular that they made it into my favourite list at once.
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
3
Junky (William S. Burroughs)
Junky
William S. Burroughs
4
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
5
Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot)
Four Quartets
T.S. Eliot
6
Mersey Sound (Brian Patten, Adrian Henri and Roger McGough)
Mersey Sound
Brian Patten, Adrian Henri and Roger McGough
7
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children
8
Desert Journal (Ruth Weiss)
Desert Journal
ruth weiss
9
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
Sylvia Plath
10
Howl
Howl
11
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Trans. Michael Hoffman)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Alfred Döblin, trans. Michael Hoffman
12
Omeros (Walcott, Derek)
Omeros
Walcott, Derek
13
Under Milkwood (Dylan Thomas)
Under Milkwood
dylan thomas
14
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
15
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
16
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
17
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
Tom Stoppard
18
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Bertolt Brecht
19
The Dog Beneath the Skin (W.H. Auden Christopher Isherwood)
The Dog Beneath the Skin
W.H. Auden Christopher Isherwood
20
Faust, Part I (Goethe)
Faust, Part I
Goethe
21
Faust, Part 2 (1832)
Faust, Part 2
1832
22
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
23
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen
24
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Walter Tevis)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Walter Tevis
25
A Kestrel for a Knave (Barry Hines)
A Kestrel for a Knave
Barry Hines
26
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
Thornton Wilder
27
The Good Person of Szechwan (Brecht)
The Good Person of Szechwan
Brecht
28
Collected Poems (Ian Hamilton)
Collected Poems
Ian Hamilton
29
The Dark Tower (Louis Macneice)
The Dark Tower
Louis MacNeice
30
Rich (Craig Raine)
Rich
Craig Raine
31
Exiles (James Joyce)
Exiles
James Joyce
32
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
33
Slaughterhouse Five (1969)
Slaughterhouse Five
1969
34
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
35
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Bertolt Brecht)
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Bertolt Brecht
36
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
Arthur Miller
37
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
38
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
39
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
George Eliot
40
Machinal (Sophie Treadwell)
Machinal
Sophie Treadwell
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