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The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001.

Adult Fiction ADAMS

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Watership Down

Adams, Richard, 1920-

Adult Fiction ADAMS

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The handmaid's tale

Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

Adult Fiction ATWOOD

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Emma

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Adult Fiction AUSTEN

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Persuasion

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Adult Fiction AUSTEN

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Pride and prejudice

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Adult Fiction AUSTEN

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Sense and sensibility

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Adult Fiction AUSTEN

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The wasp factory

Banks, Iain, 1954-

Adult Fiction BANKS

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Jane Eyre

Bronte, Charlotte, 1816-1855

Children's Fiction BRONTE

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Wuthering Heights

Bronte, Emily, 1818-1848

Adult Fiction BRONTE

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Notes from a small island

Bryson, Bill.

Adult Nonfiction Book 914.1 B

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The secret garden

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924

Children's Fiction BURNETT

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Possession : a romance

Byatt, A. S. 1936-

Adult Fiction BYATT

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The woman in white

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

Adult Fiction COLLINS

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Heart of darkness

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924

Adult Fiction CONRAD

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Inferno

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.

Adult Nonfiction Book 851.1 D235

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A Christmas carol

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Children's Fiction DICKENS

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A tale of two cities

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Adult Fiction DICKENS

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Bleak house

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Adult Fiction DICKENS

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David Copperfield

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Adult Fiction DICKENS

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Great expectations

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Adult Fiction DICKENS

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Oliver Twist

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Children's Fiction BAXTER

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The adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930

Adult Fiction DOYLE

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Rebecca

Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989

Adult Fiction DU MAUR

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

Adult Fiction DUMAS

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The three musketeers

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

Adult Fiction DUMAS

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Middlemarch

Eliot, George, 1819-1880.

Adult Fiction ELIOT

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Birdsong

Faulks, Sebastian.

Adult Fiction FAULKS

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The great Gatsby

Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940

Adult Fiction FITZGER

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Madame Bovary

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880

Adult Fiction FLAUBERT

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Love in the time of cholera

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928-

Adult Fiction GARCIA

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One hundred years of solitude

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928-

Adult Fiction GARCIA

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Cold Comfort Farm

Gibbons, Stella, 1902-1989

Adult Fiction GIBBONS

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Memoirs of a geisha : a novel

Golden, Arthur, 1957-

Adult Fiction GOLDEN

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The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Haddon, Mark.

Adult Fiction HADDON

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Far from the madding crowd

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

Adult Fiction HARDY

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Jude the obscure

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

Adult Fiction HARDY

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

Adult Fiction HARDY

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Dune

Herbert, Frank.

Adult Fiction HERBERT

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The kite runner

Hosseini, Khaled.

Adult Fiction HOSSEIN

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Les miserables

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.

Adult Fiction HUGO

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Brave new world

Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963

Adult Fiction HUXLEY

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The remains of the day

Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-

Adult Fiction ISHIGURO

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Ulysses

Joyce, James, 1882-1941.

Adult Nonfiction Book PR6019.O9U4 1984

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On the road

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.

Adult Fiction KEROUAC

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To kill a mockingbird

Lee, Harper.

Adult Fiction LEE

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The chronicles of Narnia

Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963.

Children's Fiction LEWIS

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The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe

Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963.

Children's Fiction LEWIS

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Life of Pi : a novel

Martel, Yann.

Adult Fiction MARTEL

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Atonement : a novel

McEwan, Ian.

Adult Fiction MCEWAN

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Moby Dick

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

Adult Fiction MELVILL

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A fine balance : a novel

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-

Adult Fiction MISTRY

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Cloud atlas : a novel

Mitchell, David

Adult Fiction MITCHELL

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Lolita

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.

Adult Fiction NABOKOV

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The time traveler's wife : a novel

Niffenegger, Audrey.

Adult Fiction NIFFENE

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Animal farm

Orwell, George, 1903-1950.

Adult Fiction ORWELL

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His dark materials

Pullman, Philip, 1946-

Teen Fiction PULLMAN

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The shadow of the wind

Ruiz Zafon, Carlos, 1964-

Adult Fiction RUIZ ZA

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Midnight's children : a novel

Rushdie, Salman.

Adult Fiction RUSHDIE

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The little prince

Saint-Exupery, Antoine de, 1900-1944

Children's Fiction SAINT-EXU

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The catcher in the rye

Salinger, J. D. 1919-2010

Adult Fiction SALINGE

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The lovely bones : a novel

Sebold, Alice.

Adult Fiction

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A suitable boy : a novel

Seth, Vikram, 1952-

Adult Fiction SETH

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The complete works of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Adult Nonfiction Book PR2754 .L59 1990

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A town like Alice

Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960.

Adult Fiction SHUTE

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Of mice and men

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968

Adult Fiction STEINBECK

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The grapes of wrath

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968

Adult Fiction STEINBECK

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Dracula

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912

Adult Fiction STOKER

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The Secret history

Tartt, Donna.

Adult Fiction TARTT

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Vanity fair

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.

Adult Fiction THACKER

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The hobbit or there and back again

Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.

Children's Fiction TOLKIEN

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The lord of the rings

Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.

Adult Fiction TOLKIEN

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Anna Karenina

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910

Adult Fiction TOLSTOY

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War and peace

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910

Adult Fiction TOLSTOY

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A confederacy of dunces

Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969.

Adult Fiction TOOLE

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The color purple

Walker, Alice, 1944-

Adult Fiction WALKER

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Germinal

Zola, Emile, 1840-1902.

Adult Fiction ZOLA

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