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100 Books for Aspiring Writers and Thinkers to Read - Page 2

This list includes fiction, poetry, and philosophy spanning thousands of years and I think these books would be useful additions to your bookshelves. Let me know how many you have seen!
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Hadji Murad (Tolstoy)
Hadji Murad
41
Tolstoy
Statism and Anarchy (Mikhail Bakunin)
Statism and Anarchy
42
Mikhail Bakunin
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
43
Henry James
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
44
Mark Twain
Miss Julie (August Strindberg)
Miss Julie
45
August Strindberg
The Complete Poetry of Emily Dickenson (Emily Dickenson)
The Complete Poetry of Emily Dickenson
46
Emily Dickenson
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
47
Oscar Wilde
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
48
Thomas Hardy
The Major Plays of Anton Chekhov
The Major Plays of Anton Chekhov
49
Lady With Lapdog and Other Stories (Anton Chekov)
Lady With Lapdog and Other Stories
50
Anton Chekov
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (Peter Kropotkin)
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
51
Peter Kropotkin
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
52
W.E.B. Du Bois
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
53
Marcel Proust
The Dubliners (James Joyce)
The Dubliners
54
James Joyce
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
55
Franz Kafka
The Best of Ring Lardner (Ring Lardner)
The Best of Ring Lardner
56
Ring Lardner
Roads to Freedom (Bertrand Russell)
Roads to Freedom
57
Bertrand Russell
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
58
Sherwood Anderson
Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke
59
Rainer Maria Rilke
3 Plays (Eugene O'Neill)
3 Plays
60
Eugene O'Neill
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
61
Virginia Woolf
Tales of the Jazz Age (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tales of the Jazz Age
62
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
63
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
64
Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
65
Ernest Hemingway
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
66
W.B. Yeats
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
67
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
68
William Faulkner
Such Is My Beloved
Such Is My Beloved
69
Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice (Rudolf Rocker)
Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice
70
Rudolf Rocker
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
71
George Orwell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
72
John Steinbeck
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
73
Albert Camus
Exile and the Kingdom (Albert Camus)
Exile and the Kingdom
74
Albert Camus
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
75
Tennessee Williams
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
76
J.D. Salinger
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
77
J.D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
78
J.D. Salinger
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
79
J.D. Salinger
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
80
Ralph Ellison
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