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Updated: Apr 07, 2015 18:44 IST

1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote:

2. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess:

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

by Gabriel García Márquez:

4.The Testament of Maryby Colm Tóibín:



5. Love Story by Erich Segal:



6. The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy:



7. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman:



8. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:



9. A Contract with God by Will Eisner:



10. Any of Aleph’s ‘Short Biography’ series:



11. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad:



12. Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie:



Six weeks till the end of the year – your deadline to read 24 books. Want to speed through? Read these...About a New York society girl in the 1940s. Doesn’t matter if you’ve watched the film, the book is different. You must meet Holly Golightly.Read for Nadsat, the coolest secret language and for its countless pop culture references.The opening line will draw you in: The year of my ninetieth birthday I wanted to give myself a night of mad love with an adolescent virgin.The mother of Jesus recounts the events that led to the death of her son.Those who’ve read it have wept or sniggered.A story of death, and of life not lived well enough. A masterpiece (and shorter than his Anna Karenina and War and Peace).Thoroughly enjoyable fantasy writing – you may even get mildly spooked, in a PG-13 way.This super bestselling children’s book for adults (or adults’ book for children) is tiny, full of drawings (and wisdom).The "first graphic novel" – it popularised the term. Here are stories of some poor jews in 1930s America.Our favourite series of books about cities.This influential and controversial book is an account of a European who sails to Congo, where a fellow European is worshipped by the natives.Possibly his most fun read, an adventure for kids, adults and above all, storytellers.

From HT Brunch, November 16

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