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Beautifully Written Books to Get Lost In - Page 3

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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The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
81
Madeline Miller
Song of Kali (Simmons)
Song of Kali
82
Simmons
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
83
Emily St John Mandel
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender (Leslye Walton)
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
84
Leslye Walton
Strange the Dreamer (Laini Taylor)
Strange the Dreamer
85
Laini Taylor
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
86
Ernest Hemingway
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea (Dina Nayeri)
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea
87
Dina Nayeri
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
88
Zora Neale Hurston
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
89
Tim O'Brien
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
90
Virginia Woolf
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
91
Henry James
Waking the Moon (Elizabeth Hand)
Waking the Moon
92
Elizabeth Hand
We Were Liars (E. Lockhart)
We Were Liars
93
E. Lockhart
When the Moon Was Ours (Anna-Marie McLemore)
When the Moon Was Ours
94
Anna-Marie McLemore
Whiskey & Ribbons (Leesa Cross-Smith)
Whiskey & Ribbons
95
Leesa Cross-Smith
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
96
Janet Fitch
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
97
Mark Helprin
World's Fair (E.L. Doctorow)
World's Fair
98
E.L. Doctorow
The Wrath & the Dawn (Renée Ahdieh)
The Wrath & the Dawn
99
Renée Ahdieh
Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist (Sunil Yapa)
Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
100
Sunil Yapa
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