The Satanic Verses

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The Satanic Verses

by Salman Rushdie

Other books by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Quichotte by Salman Rushdie

The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie

Shame by Salman Rushdie

Our most recommended books

War and Peace (book) by Leo Tolstoy

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

The Confessions by Augustine (translated by Maria Boulding)

Scoop by Evelyn Waugh

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Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie

Quichotte
by Salman Rushdie

The Moor's Last Sigh
by Salman Rushdie

Shame
by Salman Rushdie

War and Peace (book)
by Leo Tolstoy

On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill

Middlemarch
by George Eliot

Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell

The Confessions
by Augustine (translated by Maria Boulding)

Scoop
by Evelyn Waugh