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Books That Blew Me Away

Hard to boil down. These books opened up a path to some authors becoming favorites, made my jaw drop with the uniqueness of the voice, taught me something informative or are just really amazing.
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
1
Toni Morrison
Kaffir Boy
Kaffir Boy
2
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
3
Margaret Atwood
Mists of Avalon
Mists of Avalon
4
Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara)
Poisonwood Bible
5
Kingsolver, Barbara
The Fifth Child
The Fifth Child
6
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barberry)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
7
Muriel Barberry
The Dovekeepers (Alice Hoffman)
The Dovekeepers
8
Alice Hoffman
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
9
David Sedaris
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
10
Ta-Nehisi Coates
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
11
Elena Ferrante
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
12
Jean Rhys
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
13
Neil Gaiman
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
14
Salman Rushdie
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
15
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
16
Yaa Gyasi
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
17
Kate Chopin
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
18
Kurt Vonnegut
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
19
Anne Rice
Mating Birds (Lewis Ngosi)
Mating Birds
20
Lewis Ngosi
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
21
Vladimir Nabokov
The English Patient
The English Patient
22
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
23
Arundhati Roy
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
24
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
25
Gabriel García Márquez
The Joke
The Joke
26
Immortality
Immortality
27
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
28
J.K. Rowling
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
29
Graham Greene
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
30
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Ink Dark Moon
The Ink Dark Moon
31
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
32
Jhumpa Lahiri
Sonnets From the Portuguese (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Sonnets From the Portuguese
33
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
34
William Shakespeare
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
35
Barbara Kingsolver
I Claudius (Graves)
I Claudius
36
Graves
Auschwitz a New History
Auschwitz a New History
37
No Place to Hide (Glenn Greenwald)
No Place to Hide
38
Glenn Greenwald
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
39
Stieg Larsson
Blink (Malcolm Gladwell)
Blink
40
Malcolm Gladwell
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