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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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Pet Sematary by Stephen        King
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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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