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The Ultimate Vintage Reading List in 52 Books

Vintage is the publisher of over 5,000 books by some of the most celebrated writers past and present. But with a list that long, where do you start? The Vintage team pick their favourites from around the world.
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Beloved (Ohio)
Beloved
1
Ohio
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
2
Paul Kalanithi
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
3
Philip Roth
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
4
Richard Yates
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
5
Richard Wright
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
6
John Williams
The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls
7
Emma Cline
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
8
Alex Haley
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
9
Richard Flanagan
Selected Stories (Alice Munro) (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
10
Alice Munro
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Xiaolu Gui)
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
11
Xiaolu Gui
All That Man Is (David Szalay)
All That Man Is
12
David Szalay
The Hare With the Amber Eyes (Edmund De Waal)
The Hare With the Amber Eyes
13
Edmund De Waal
And the Weak Suffer What They Must? (Yanis Varoufakis)
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
14
Yanis Varoufakis
A Train in Winter: A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival in Auschwitz (Caroline Moorehead)
A Train in Winter: A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival in Auschwitz
15
Caroline Moorehead
At the Existentialist Cafe (Sarah Bakewell)
At the Existentialist Cafe
16
Sarah Bakewell
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000
17
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
18
Yuval Noah Harari
McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime (Misha Glenny)
McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime
19
Misha Glenny
A Rising Man (Abir Mukherjee)
A Rising Man
20
Abir Mukherjee
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
21
Salman Rushdie
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
22
Marjane Satrapi
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Roddy Doyle)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
23
Roddy Doyle
The Gathering (Anne Enright)
The Gathering
24
Anne Enright
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
25
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
26
Umberto Eco
Noruwei No Mori / Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Noruwei No Mori / Norwegian Wood
27
Haruki Murakami
In Praise of Shadows (Junichiro Tanizaki)
In Praise of Shadows
28
Junichiro Tanizaki
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
29
Erin Morgenstern
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
30
Angela Carter
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
31
Aldous Huxley
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
32
Margaret Atwood
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
33
Mikhail Bulgakov
A Death in the Family (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
A Death in the Family
34
Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Snowman (2017)
The Snowman (2017)
35
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
36
J. M. Coetzee
In Patagonia
In Patagonia
37
The Past (Tessa Hadley)
The Past
38
Tessa Hadley
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
39
Jeanette Winterson
Crow Country (Mark Cocker)
Crow Country
40
Mark Cocker
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