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The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams were contemporaries who were a part of a group of writers and intellectuals known as The Inklings who met during the 1930s and 1940s at a public house in Oxford. Tolkien, like Lewis, used Christian allegory in many of his writings including, The Lord of the Rings, another [...]

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Think and Grow Rich

If you’re looking for personal development tools, Think and Grow Rich should be on the top of your priorities.”Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill is one of most favourite books by people and it is one of the all time best-selling personal financial books . Although a little dated due to the fact that [...]

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And Then There Were None

‘Mystery Queen’ Agatha Christie as one of the best authors of detective novels out there made it to our top ten books list. She is well known for her excellent plots and surprising endings. Among all her novels who the culprit would be is difficult in almost all Agatha Christie novels, it is nearly an [...]

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The Alchemist

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it”—<<The Alchemist>> The Inspirations author Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil, though not much is known about his education. He won a school poetry prize and his other jobs include journalist, and lyricist. He has also worked as artistic director of CBS Brazil.The [...]

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen, a writer of the nineteenth century to be called ‘ Romantic’.Her books usually revolved round women, family, and marriage and through her books she highlighted the fact that if a woman wants to feel secure emotionally, socially and financially she needs to find the right man in her life. Some of her famous [...]

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War and Peace

“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.”                                                       ——《War and Peace》 Leo Tolstoy is one of many great men who give the great contribution [...]

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The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code is a mystery, thriller, detective fiction novel by Dan Brown.it is a mysterious story depicting a cohesion between Catholic religious beliefs and the modern world. The Da Vinci Code, first published in 2003, the novel has sold about 80 milllion copies and has been translated in 44 languages. One of the [...]

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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is one of the world’s most popular and well-known high fantasy series, one that has and always will be one of the greatest series in its’ genre for all of time.The book was written way back in the 1950′s by J.R.R Tolkien and are still as relevant today as they [...]

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The Count of Monte Cristo

The historical novelist often tries to portray that era sensibly and realistically in both spirit and fact.The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the historical theme.It is a book that will seem glued to your hands, for its story is so absorbing and captivating you will not put it down. The Count of Monte [...]

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Les Miserables

A character, as well as a rock, may have holes worn into it by drops of water.                              —《Les Miserables》 Les Miserables contains more than 513,000 words. Written by French author Victor Hugo, the story is considered to be one of the [...]

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