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The Ultimate Vintage Reading List in 52 Books

Vintage is the publisher of over 5,000 books by some of the most celebrated writers past and present. But with a list that long, where do you start? The Vintage team pick their favourites from around the world.
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Beloved (Ohio)
Beloved
Ohio
2
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
3
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
4
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates
5
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
6
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
John Williams
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The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls
Emma Cline
8
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
Alex Haley
9
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
10
Selected Stories (Alice Munro) (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro
11
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Xiaolu Gui)
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
Xiaolu Gui
12
All That Man Is (David Szalay)
All That Man Is
David Szalay
13
The Hare With the Amber Eyes (Edmund De Waal)
The Hare With the Amber Eyes
Edmund De Waal
14
And the Weak Suffer What They Must? (Yanis Varoufakis)
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
Yanis Varoufakis
15
A Train in Winter: A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival in Auschwitz (Caroline Moorehead)
A Train in Winter: A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival in Auschwitz
Caroline Moorehead
16
At the Existentialist Cafe (Sarah Bakewell)
At the Existentialist Cafe
Sarah Bakewell
17
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000
18
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
19
McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime (Misha Glenny)
McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime
Misha Glenny
20
A Rising Man (Abir Mukherjee)
A Rising Man
Abir Mukherjee
21
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
22
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
23
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Roddy Doyle)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle
24
The Gathering (Anne Enright)
The Gathering
Anne Enright
25
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
26
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
27
Noruwei No Mori / Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Noruwei No Mori / Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
28
In Praise of Shadows (Junichiro Tanizaki)
In Praise of Shadows
Junichiro Tanizaki
29
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
30
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
Angela Carter
31
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
32
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
33
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
34
A Death in the Family (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
A Death in the Family
Karl Ove Knausgaard
35
The Snowman (2017)
The Snowman (2017)
36
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee
37
In Patagonia
In Patagonia
38
The Past (Tessa Hadley)
The Past
Tessa Hadley
39
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson
40
Crow Country (Mark Cocker)
Crow Country
Mark Cocker
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