 | The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $2.04 Probably one of the few Russian novels with a happy ending. At times funny, violent or romantic, it never ceases to surprise me.
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 | Ulysses by James Joyce
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $4.25 A beautiful book. While not for everyone, it is certainly worth its reputation.
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 | Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $9.94 Sexual politics during WWI - what more could you ask for? An amazing achievement, though it requires time and patience. If you have both, you will be rewarded.
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 | A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Buy used from: $1.94 One hell of a mind blowing experience. It shows what a visionary Dick could be.
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 | Dominic (Sunburst Book) by William Steig
Buy used from: $0.01 I fell in love with this book, and consequently with reading. A true hero whom I to this day I aspire to emulate.
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 | Farscape - The Peacekeeper Wars
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $5.80 A bittersweet wrap-up of the best TV show ever.
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 | Farscape - The Complete Fourth Season
Buy used from: $24.98 The season of Sorrow, the final complete season to the best TV show ever.
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 | Farscape - The Complete First Season
Buy used from: $22.00 The season of Discovery, the opening for the best show that TV ever saw, period.
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 | Farscape - The Complete Third Season
Buy used from: $29.95 The season of Death, perhaps the best season of TV ever.
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 | Farscape - The Complete Second Season
Buy used from: $21.99 The season of Insanity, what Henson did with his characters was simply brilliant.
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 | Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
Buy used from: $6.19 What Hitchcock would have filmed were he alive today. One of the greatest films you could watch. It will blow your mind from the start of Act 2 to the very end. Incredibly intense.
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 | Ichi the Killer (Unrated Edition)
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $7.99 Brilliant love story between a Sadist and a Masochist. Defies the boundaries of violence. A technical - and visual - masterpiece.
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 | Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)
Buy used from: $1.49 What more can be said about this classic? I fell in love with film after seeing this.
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 | From Hell by Alan Moore
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $20.90 The greatest graphic novel of all time, telling another version of Jack the Ripper. Explores London and its violent history like nothing else. Truly magnificent.
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 | Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1 by Hayao Miyazaki
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $4.25 First volume of a truly epic tale. A must read for anyone who loves good storytelling.
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 | Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.97 Vonnegut's classic made high school english bearable. Billy Pilgrim was truly hilarious, truly sad, truly human.
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 | Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
Buy new: $25.00 / Used from: $0.33 Excellent book, especially if you're interested in true police procedure. Was made into the greatest cop show.
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 | Homicide Life on the Street - The Complete Seasons 1 & 2
Buy new: $28.99 / Used from: $10.93 The opening salvo to the greatest cop show ever put to TV. People who love cop shows must see this now!
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 | The Wire - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $31.99 / Used from: $23.99 An excellent followup by the creators of Homicide: Life on the Street. Perhaps even better. People who love cop shows must see this, too.
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 | Funny Bones
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.46 A bittersweet comedy, a truly unique story, with some great acting by Jerry Lewis.
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 | The Fisher King
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $4.58 A fantastic story of one man's redemption. It has perhaps the most romantic speech in history with with words "hard on" ever.
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 | Seven Samurai (Criterion Collection Spine #2)
Buy used from: $10.72 The first modern action film, incredibly well paced, with incredible set pieces and characters you'll never forget. The template for all action films that followed.
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 | Akira
Buy used from: $14.98 A classic film. Amazing in its day (nearly 20 years ago), its animation and story both hold up to this day, and will for years to come.
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 | Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Carl Sagan
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $0.75 This book opened my eyes to the beauty of creation, and how our world works.
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 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $5.00 The greatest version of the Dark Knight you'll ever read, this kicked out the Batman of the 60s, and made him real.
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