Ultimate Best Books
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The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.Todavia recuerdo aquel amanecer en que mi padre me llevo por primera vez a visitar el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados.
The Pursuit of Love
Nancy Mitford
There is a photograph in existence of Aunt Sadie and her six children sitting round the tea-table at Alconleigh.
The Princesse de Cleves
Madame de La Fayette
La magnificence et la galanterie n'ont jamais paru en France avec tant d'éclat que dans les dernières années du règne de Henri second.
Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves, setting up their devil-doll stool pigeons, crooning over my spoon and dropper I throw away at Washington Square station, vault and turnstile and two flights down the iron stairs, catch an uptown A train.
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
The first place that I can well remember, was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.
The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolaño
I've been cordially invited to join the visceral realists.
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