English fiction
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Watership Down
The Bronze Bow
Song of Solomon
Foreign Affairs
American Gods
The Good Terrorist
The Jungle Book
The Second Jungle Book
The Lantern Bearers
Vurt
The Shipping News
Life of Pi
Oliver Twist
The Fellowship of the Ring
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass
Jane Eyre
Dubliners
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
The Time Machine
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sense and Sensibility
Wuthering Heights
Prince Caspian
The Secret Agent
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours
The Godfather
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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