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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Perfume by Patrick SüskindFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
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Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
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The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Pet Sematary by Stephen  King
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti
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Oblivion by David Foster WallaceCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
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