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100 Must Read (In Gill's Opinion) Novels

I believe I read quite a lot and quite broadly... these are my all time top 100 novels. Maybe one day I'll make a list of my favourite non-fiction.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
3
Hanya Yanagihara
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
4
Emma Donoghue
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
5
John Kennedy Toole
4321 (Paul Auster)
4321
6
Paul Auster
The Heart's Invisible Furies (John Boyne)
The Heart's Invisible Furies
7
John Boyne
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna (Juliet Grames)
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
8
Juliet Grames
Daisy Jones & the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones & the Six
9
Taylor Jenkins Reid
An Untamed State (Roxane Gay)
An Untamed State
10
Roxane Gay
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
11
Helen Oyeyemi
The People in the Trees (Hanya Yanagihara)
The People in the Trees
12
Hanya Yanagihara
The Lonely Hearts Hotel (Heather O'Neill)
The Lonely Hearts Hotel
13
Heather O'Neill
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
14
Mark Haddon
Here I Am (Foer)
Here I Am
15
Foer
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
16
Rebecca Makkai
Brass (Xhenet Aliu)
Brass
17
Xhenet Aliu
We Own the Sky (Luke Allnut)
We Own the Sky
18
Luke Allnut
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
19
Min Jin Lee
Hum If You Don't Know the Words (Bianca Marais)
Hum If You Don't Know the Words
20
Bianca Marais
The Mothers (Brit Bennett)
The Mothers
21
Brit Bennett
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
22
Jeffrey Eugenides
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
23
J.K. Rowling
Everything Everything (Nicola Yoon)
Everything Everything
24
Nicola Yoon
Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games
25
Suzanne Collins
Counting by 7S (Holly Goldberg Sloan)
Counting by 7S
26
Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
27
Lois Lowry
The Leavers (Lisa Ko)
The Leavers
28
Lisa Ko
Ginny Moon (Benjamin Ludwig)
Ginny Moon
29
Benjamin Ludwig
This Is How It Always Is (Laurie Frankel)
This Is How It Always Is
30
Laurie Frankel
Nebraska: Eleanor and Park (Rainbow Rowell)
Nebraska: Eleanor and Park
31
Rainbow Rowell
Everybody's Fool (Richard Russo)
Everybody's Fool
32
Richard Russo
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
33
Sherman Alexie
All Our Wrong Todays (Elan Mastai)
All Our Wrong Todays
34
Elan Mastai
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
35
Ralph Ellison
Edgar and Lucy (Victor Lodato)
Edgar and Lucy
36
Victor Lodato
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
37
Angie Thomas
Half Broke Horses (Jeannette Walls)
Half Broke Horses
38
Jeannette Walls
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
39
James Baldwin
Heat and Light (Jennifer Haight)
Heat and Light
40
Jennifer Haight
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