Here's a book that is frequently cited as a classic, mandatory for all who aspire to be called literate, and it is. 

Curiously, it has been borrowed from so often since it's publish, that I can't tell if authors like J.K. Rowling borrow from it liberally and intentionally, or unintentionally because so many others have too. It was once far more original than it comes across now. At any rate, you can consider this J.K. Rowling for grownups.

Interesting that there are many literary tricks Eco used that have not been widely mimicked since, and they work.