First up, Miss Havisham: Estella’s adopted mother trained her to break men’s hearts.

(Eh, there are worse jobs out there.)

She becomes downright evil when you realize she might have been covering up her husband’s assault.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens CR: Chapman & Hall

Chapman & Hall

Matilda (1998)by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake CR: Penguin Random House

Penguin Random House

Carrie by Stephen King CR: Doubleday

Doubleday

A Game Of Thronesby George R.R. Martin

Bantam

Hamlet by William Shakespeare CR: Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster

Push by Sapphire CR: Penguin Random House

Penguin Random House

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Knopf Doubleday

Rabbit, RunBy JOHN UPDIKE CR: Random House

Random House

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN BY LIONEL SHRIVER PAPERBACK CR: HarperCollins

HarperCollins

Portnoy’s ComplaintBy PHILIP ROTH CR: Random House

Random House

The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn CR: Picador

Picador

The Great Gatsby (9/30/04)by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Scribner

Coraline

HarperCollins

The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon CR: McGraw-Hill

McGraw-Hill

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