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Title

Author
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkein
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee
Cloudstreet Tim Winton
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Book 5) J. K. Rowling
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Douglas Adams
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
Catch 22 Joseph Heller
A Fortunate Life A.B. Facey
Dirt Music Tim Winton
800 Horseman Col Stringer
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
Zhaun Falun Li Hongzhi
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Book 3) J.K. Rowling
Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space Dav Pilkey
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
The Wind In The Willows Kenneth Grahame
The Catcher In The Rye J.D. Salinger
The Pillars Of The Earth Ken Follett
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Possession: A Romance A.S. Byatt
Dune (Dune Chronicles) Frank Herbert
A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth
One Hundred Years Of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez
'Fighting' McKenzie Anzac Chaplain Col Stringer
Deltora Quest Series Emily Rodda
Tomorrow, When The War Began John Marsden
Perfume: The Story Of A Murder Patrick Suskind
The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
The Ancient Future Trilogy Traci Harding
The God Of Small Things Arundhati Roy
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Book 4) J.K. Rowling
The Power Of One Bryce Courenay
The Shipping News Annie Proulx
Captain Corelli's Mandolin Louis De Bernieres
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
Anne Of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery
Gone With The Wind Margaret Mitchell
Cross Stitch Diana Gabaldon
Persuasion Jane Austen
Ice Station Matthew Reilly
Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier
Life Of Pi Yann Martel
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket
Love In The Time Of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Rage Steve Gerlach
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Lewis Carroll
The Mists Of Avalon Marion Zimmer-Bradley
Cafe Scheherazade Arnold Zable
The Bone People Keri Hulme
Jessica Bryce Courtenay
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (Book 2) J. K. Rowling
The Fortunes Of Richard Mahony Henry Handel Richardson
My Family And Other Animals Gerald Durrell
War And Peace Leo Tolstoy
Wild Swans Jung Chang
Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer
Eragon Christopher Paolini
Shantaram Gregory David Roberts
Memoirs Of A Geisha Arthur Golden
The Riders Tim Winton
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
Angela's Ashes Frank Mccourt
The Age Of Reason Thomas Paine
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
Middlemarch George Eliot
Emma Jane Austen
Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie
The English Patient Michael Ondaatje
Matilda Roald Dahl
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert Pirsig
On The Road Jack Kerouac
The Bfg Roald Dahl
Animal Farm George Orwell
Birdsong Sebastian Faulks
A Prayer For Owen Meany John Irving
Boyz Rule Felice Arena and Phil Kettle
Scarecrow Matthew Reilly
The Secret History Donna Tartt
Looking For Alibrandi Melina Marchetta
Watership Down Richard Adams
The Thorn Birds Colleen Mccullough
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand
Winnie The Pooh A. A. Milne
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (Book 1) J. K. Rowling
The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton
Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh
Heart Of Darkness Conrad
High Fidelity Nick Hornby
Goosebumps R. L Stine
The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay
Les Miserables Victor Hugo and
David Copperfield Charles Dickens