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The first 100 TITLES of the Penguin Books Main Series, published under Allen Lane between 1935 and 1970
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
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A Farewell to Arms
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Poet's Pub
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Ariel
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The Thin Man
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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
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Gone to Earth
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The Return
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I Am Jonathan Scrivener
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Still She Wished for Company
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The Jungle
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Lolly Willowes : Or the Loving Huntsman
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Wild Strawberries
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The Hampdenshire Wonder
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Madame Claire
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
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The Informer
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3.72 avg rating — 676 ratings
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Four Frightened People: A Novel
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3.36 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Carnival
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3.31 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Twenty-Five
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The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
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3.87 avg rating — 114,901 ratings
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The Edwardians
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The Purple Land
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William
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South Wind
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Patrol
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3.55 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Debonair
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The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg
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Erewhon
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Our Mr. Wrenn
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3.49 avg rating — 156 ratings
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Odd Craft
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My Man Jeeves
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A Short History of the World
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3.86 avg rating — 2,946 ratings
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Anna of the Five Towns
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Almayer's Folly
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Dr Serocold
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The Wallet of Kai Lung (Kai Lung #1)
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Esther Waters
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Death of a Hero
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Naval Occasions
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Hangman's House (Riverrun series)
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4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Pilgrim of a Smile
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The Owls' House
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Dodo
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The Autobiography of Margot Asquith. Volume One
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A Cuckoo in the Nest
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The Autobiography of Margot Asquith. Volume Two
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The Glen O'weeping
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The Lonely Plough
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The Wayward Man
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The Spanish Farm
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Dusty Answer
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Mr. Fortune, Please
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The Poisoned Chocolates Case
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3.78 avg rating — 3,645 ratings
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The Rocklitz
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The Dark Invader
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3.33 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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Raffles
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Morning Tide
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3.94 avg rating — 70 ratings
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The Party Dress
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Crome Yellow
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My South Sea Island
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The Four Just Men (The Four Just Men #1)
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A Safety Match
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3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Hounds of Spring
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Decline and Fall
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A Hind Let Loose
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Mr Weston's Good Wine
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Sir Isumbras at the Ford
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A Passage to India
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The Poacher
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The W Plan
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Undertones of War
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Tarka the Otter
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The Dawn of Reckoning
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Dangerous Ages
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Trent's Last Case (Philip Trent, #1)
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Thunder on the Left
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The Rasp (Colonel Gethryn, #1)
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The Black Diamond
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Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.
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Three Wives
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The Documents in the Case
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The Missing Moneylender
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These Charming People
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Greenery Street
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The Murders in Praed Street
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The Man in the Dark: An Ealing Mystery
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The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic, 1910-1913 Volume 1
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3.88 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Surgeon's Log
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The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic, 1910-1913 Volume 2
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With Mystics and Magicians in Tibet
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Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate Vol 1
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Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate Vol 2
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Confessions and Impressions
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Grey Wolf
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Green Lacquer Pavilion
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The Sanfield Scandal
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Saturday Night at the Greyhound
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Selected Modern Short Stories
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