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100 Books for Aspiring Writers and Thinkers to Read - Page 3

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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The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
81
Flannery O'Connor
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
82
John Cheever
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
83
Allen Ginsberg
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
84
Vladimir Nabokov
The Double Hook
The Double Hook
85
Philip Larkin: Collected Poems
Philip Larkin: Collected Poems
86
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
87
Muriel Spark
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
88
Truman Capote
The Last Picture Show (Larry McMurtry)
The Last Picture Show
89
Larry McMurtry
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
90
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
91
Hunter S. Thompson
Humboldts Gift
Humboldts Gift
92
Essential Chomsky (Noam Chomsky)
Essential Chomsky
93
Noam Chomsky
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
94
Howard Zinn
Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
95
Alice Munro
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
96
Cormac McCarthy
The Counterlife
The Counterlife
97
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
98
Kazuo Ishiguro
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
99
Karl Ove Knausgaard
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
100
Elena Ferrante
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