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An English Major at Columbia's Favorite Books

A list of my top 50 favorite books––some read at Columbia, some not. Ranges from Shakespeare to Trevor Noah.
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A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
1
John Irving
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
2
William Shakespeare
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
3
William Shakespeare
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
4
Toni Morrison
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
5
Madeline Miller
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
6
Aravind Adiga
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
7
Stieg Larsson
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
8
Ralph Ellison
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
9
Marilynne Robinson
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
10
Daniel Kahneman
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
11
Malcolm Gladwell
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
12
Trevor Noah
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate
13
Robert A. Caro
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
14
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
15
Arundhati Roy
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
16
George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
17
Jane Austen
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
18
Amor Towles
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
19
Daniel James Brown
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
20
Audrey Niffenegger
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
21
Aldous Huxley
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
22
Kurt Vonnegut
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
23
Agatha Christie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
24
J.K. Rowling
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
25
Jon Krakauer
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
26
Dan Brown
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
27
David Mitchell
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad (Margarita Engle)
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
28
Margarita Engle
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
29
Zora Neale Hurston
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
30
Paul Beatty
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
31
J.D. Salinger
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
32
Virginia Woolf
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
33
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
34
William Shakespeare
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
35
Elena Ferrante
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
36
Frank Herbert
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
37
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
38
Christopher Isherwood
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
39
James Baldwin
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
40
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