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Books That Left Me Shook

Each of these books affected me in an extraordinary way at some point in my life. Many of these still visit my thoughts to this day.
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
1
Victor Hugo
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
2
John Steinbeck
This Is Water, by David Foster Wallace
This Is Water, by David Foster Wallace
3
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
5
David Mitchell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6
Mark Twain
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son
7
Adam Johnson
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
8
Mark Twain
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
9
Alexandre Dumas
A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It
10
Norman MacLean
The Good Lord Bird (James McBride)
The Good Lord Bird
11
James McBride
The Son (Philipp Meyer)
The Son
12
Philipp Meyer
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
13
Marilynne Robinson
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
14
Khalid Hosseini
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
15
Elizabeth Strout
Enon
Enon
16
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour (Joshua Ferris)
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
17
Joshua Ferris
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
18
Haruki Murakami
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
19
Elizabeth Kolbert
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
20
Emily St John Mandel
My Struggle Book 1 (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle Book 1
21
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
22
David Foster Wallace
Get in Trouble (Kelly Link)
Get in Trouble
23
Kelly Link
Moby Dick (Herman Mellville)
Moby Dick
24
Herman Mellville
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
25
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Civilwarland in Bad Decline (George Saunders)
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
26
George Saunders
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Marie Kondo)
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
27
Marie Kondo
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
28
Ben Fountain
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
29
Denis Johnson
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
30
George Saunders
The Invention of Everything Else (Samantha Hunt)
The Invention of Everything Else
31
Samantha Hunt
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
32
Marcel Proust
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
33
Wallace Stegner
A River Runs Through It (Montana)
A River Runs Through It (Montana)
34
Zero K (Don Delillo)
Zero K
35
Don Delillo
Miss Jane (Brad Watson)
Miss Jane
36
Brad Watson
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet
37
Shakespeare
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
38
George Saunders
The Nix (Nathan Hill)
The Nix
39
Nathan Hill
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
40
Cormac McCarthy
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