This is a list of 100 books compiled by TES, as voted for by teachers, to read before you leave secondary school. How many have you read?
List of 100 books compiled by TES
No.
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Book Title
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Author
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1
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1984
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By George Orwell
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2
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To Kill A Mockingbird
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By Harper Lee
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3
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Animal Farm
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By George Orwell
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4
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Lord of the Flies
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By William Golding
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5
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Of Mice and Men
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By John Steinbeck
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6
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The Harry Potter Series
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By J. K. Rowling
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7
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A Christmas Carol
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By Charles Dickens
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8
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The Catcher in the Rye
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By JD Salinger
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9
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Great Expectations
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By Charles Dickens
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10
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Pride and Prejudice
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By Jane Austen
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11
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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By Mark Haddon
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12
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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By John Boyne
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13
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Jane Eyre
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By Charlotte Bronte
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14
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Brave New World
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By Aldous Huxley
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15
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Wuthering Heights
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By Emily Bronte
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16
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Frankenstein
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By Mary Shelley
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17
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Birdsong
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By Sebastian Faulks
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18
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A Kestrel for a Knave
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By Barry Hines
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19
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The Lord of the Rings trilogy
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By JRR Tolkien
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20
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Danny, Champion of the World
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By Roald Dahl
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21
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The Great Gatsby
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By F Scott Fitzgerald
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22
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The Book Thief
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By Markus Zusak
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23
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The Kite Runner
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By Khaled Hosseini
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24
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A Clockwork Orange
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By Anthony Burgess
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25
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A Passage to India
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By EM Forster
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26
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Private Peaceful
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By Michael Morpurgo
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27
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The Hobbit
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By J. R. R. Tolkien
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28
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A Monster Calls
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By Patrick Ness
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29
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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By Mark Twain
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30
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Holes
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By Louis Sachar
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31
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Catch-22
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By Joseph Heller
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32
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The Noughts and Crosses trilogy
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By Malorie Blackman
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33
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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By Robert Louis Stevenson
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34
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War Horse
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By Michael Morpurgo
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35
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Atonement
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By Ian McEwan
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36
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The Hunger Games trilogy
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By Suzanne Collins
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37
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His Dark Materials
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By Philip Pullman
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38
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Dracula
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By Bram Stoker
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39
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Fahrenheit 451
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By Ray Bradbury
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40
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A Room With a View
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By EM Forster
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41
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Beloved
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By Toni Morrison
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42
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Wonder
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By RJ Palacio
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43
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Emma
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By Jane Austen
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44
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Gulliver's Travels
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By Jonathan Swift
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45
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Half a Yellow Sun
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By Chimamanda Ngoxi Adichie
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46
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The Color Purple
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By Alice Walker
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47
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Oliver Twist
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By Charles Dickens
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49
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Cider with Rosie
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By Laurie Lee
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50
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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By Ken Kesey
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52
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The Discworld series
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By Terry Pratchett
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53
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Around the World in Eighty Days
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By Jules Verne
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54
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Skellig
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By David Almond
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55
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Life of Pi
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By Yann Martel
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56
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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By Thomas Hardy
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57
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The Artemis Fowl series
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By Eoin Colfer
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58
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A Modest Proposal
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By Jonathan Swift
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59
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My Family and Other Animals
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By Gerald Durrell
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60
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Things Fall Apart
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By Chinua Achebe
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61
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Brighton Rock
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By Graham Greene
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62
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Never Let Me Go
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By Kazuo Ishiguro
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63
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The Fault In Our Stars
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By John Green
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64
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Dubliners
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By James Joyce
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65
|
Face
|
By Benjamin Zephaniah
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66
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
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By Judith Kerr
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67
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White Teeth
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By Zadie Smith
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68
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Treasure Island
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By Robert Louis Stevenson
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69
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Cry, the Beloved Country
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By Alan Paton
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70
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Little Women
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By Louisa May Alcott
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71
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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By Philip K Dick
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72
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I am David
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By Anne Holm
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73
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The Bell Jar
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By Sylvia Plath
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74
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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By Oscar Wilde
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75
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V for Vendetta
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By Alan Moore and David Lloyd
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76
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The Grapes of Wrath
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By John Steinbeck
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77
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A Song of Ice and Fire series
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By George RR Martin
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78
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The Old Man and the Sea
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By Ernest Hemingway
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79
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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
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By Louise Rennison
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80
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Empire of the Sun
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By JG Ballard
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81
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On the Road
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By Jack Kerouac
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82
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
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By Thomas Hardy
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83
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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By James Joyce
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84
|
Billy Liar
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By Keith Waterhouse
|
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85
|
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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By Mark Twain
|
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86
|
A Gathering Light
|
By Jennifer Donnelly
|
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87
|
Heroes
|
By Robert Cormier
|
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88
|
Refugee Boy
|
By Benjamin Zephaniah
|
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89
|
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
|
By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
|
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90
|
Schindler's Ark
|
By Thomas Keneally
|
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91
|
Forever
|
By Judy Blume
|
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92
|
Coram Boy
|
By Jamila Gavin
|
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93
|
Stone Cold
|
By Robert Swindells
|
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94
|
A Time to Dance
|
By Bernard MacLaverty
|
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95
|
Cat's Eye
|
By Margaret Atwood
|
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96
|
Cloud Atlas
|
By David Mitchell
|
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97
|
The War of the Worlds
|
By HG Wells
|
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98
|
The Tracy Beaker series
|
By Jacqueline Wilson
|
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99
|
Bridge to Terabithia
|
By Katherine Paterson
|
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100
|
Kidnapped
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By Robert Louis Stevenson
|
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101
|
The Time Machine
|
By HG Wells
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