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Beautifully Written Books to Get Lost In - Page 2

Sometimes we forget how important good writing can be to the art of story telling. Here are 100 modern , post-modern, and contemporary works which contain beautiful prose styles that inform, enhance, and elevate the reading experience. I have limited the list to works written in English; translation can only approximate the prose styles of writers in other languages. Much as I love "The Name of the Rose", for example, I do not read Italian, so I don't know how much of what I read is actually Umberto Eco and how much is the translator William Weaver.
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Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
41
Thomas Hardy
The King Must Die (Mary Renault)
The King Must Die
42
Mary Renault
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
43
Khaled Hosseini
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss
44
James Crumley
The Last Picture Show (Larry McMurtry)
The Last Picture Show
45
Larry McMurtry
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
46
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Life Before Her Eyes (Laura Kasischke)
The Life Before Her Eyes
47
Laura Kasischke
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
48
Larry McMurtry
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
49
Raymond Chandler
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
50
Booth Tarkington
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
51
Salman Rushdie
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
52
Marion Zimmer Bradley
A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)
A Monster Calls
53
Patrick Ness
Moonbath (Yanick Lahens)
Moonbath
54
Yanick Lahens
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
Morality Play
55
Barry Unsworth
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
56
Erin Morgenstern
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
57
Kristin Hannah
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
58
Cormac McCarthy
Nostromo (Conrad - Penguin Classics))
Nostromo
59
Conrad - Penguin Classics)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
60
Neil Gaiman
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
61
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
62
Virginia Woolf
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
63
Barbara Kingsolver
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
64
Graham Greene
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
65
E. L. Doctorow
Raymond Carver: Collected Stories (Raymond Carver)
Raymond Carver: Collected Stories
66
Raymond Carver
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories
67
Stephen Crane
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
68
Cormac McCarthy
The Scorpio Races (Maggie Stiefvater)
The Scorpio Races
69
Maggie Stiefvater
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
70
Iris Murdoch
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
71
Joseph Conrad
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
72
Donna Tartt
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
73
Emily St.John Mandel
Seraphina (Rachel Hartman)
Seraphina
74
Rachel Hartman
Shadow and Bone (Leigh Bardugo)
Shadow and Bone
75
Leigh Bardugo
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line
76
Joseph Conrad
The Shadow Lines (Amitav Ghosh)
The Shadow Lines
77
Amitav Ghosh
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing (Mira Jacob)
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
78
Mira Jacob
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
79
Hemingway
Somewhere off the Coast of Maine (Hood)
Somewhere off the Coast of Maine
80
Hood
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