1. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
2. The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
3. Sexing the Cherry by Jeannette Winterson
4. Persuasion by Jane Austen
5. Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
7. Imaginary Homelands by Salman Rushdie
8. Nana by Emile Zola
9. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
10. Beloved by Toni Morrison
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