The Novels That Shaped Our World
100 genre-busting novels written in the English language in the last 300 years. Novels that shaped the lives of our panel. Here you can explore the 10 themes, each with 10 books, which reflect the ways books help shape and influence our thinking.
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Finding your story: Ten remarkable novels about identity
The novels exploring what makes us who we are and how we define both ourselves and others
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Get passionate over these ten books about love, sex and romance
Ten novels dealing with affairs of the heart and the bedroom, including Forever & Riders
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Spine-tingling tales: 10 of the best adventure stories ever told
Stories of exploration, quest and survival, including Mr Standfast and The Hunger Games.
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The view from elsewhere: Ten classic stories of other worlds
Novels tackling the struggle to live well in alternative universes or imagined futures
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Making a protest: Ten political novels to challenge your views
Ten stories about about the ideas, people and power struggles that shaped worlds
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Living together: What 10 classic novels tell us about society
Ten novels examining how others live and how we live together
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Coming of Age: 10 classic novels that chart the joy and jeopardy of youth
Novels about finding your way in the world: including Golden Child and Harry Potter
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Ten tales of relationships that make life worth living
Ten novels exploring the complexity of familial relationships, and the power of friendship
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Crime & Conflict: Ten novels about the best and worst of humanity
The impact of war, violence, crime and struggle unite these ten novels
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Rule Breakers: Ten novels that broke the mould
Ten stories that shocked, broke the mould or brought new perspectives
