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Books That Still Live Rent-Free in This 40-Something's Head

This is a list of books that have really had an impact on me in my life for many different reasons. Some are thought-provoking, some are funny, some were childhood favourites, some are sources of inspiration, but whatever the reason they've all stayed with me for years or even decades.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
A Tale of Time City (Diana Wynne Jones)
A Tale of Time City
2
Diana Wynne Jones
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
3
Erich Maria Remarque
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
4
Jules Verne
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Canterbury Tales
5
Geoffrey Chaucer
Cloudstreet (Tim Winton)
Cloudstreet
6
Tim Winton
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Diary of a Young Girl
7
Anne Frank
Duncton Tales (William Horwood)
Duncton Tales
8
William Horwood
Flames (Robbie Arnott)
Flames
9
Robbie Arnott
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
10
Terry Pratchett
His Dark Materials Series (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Series
11
Phillip Pullman
Home of the Blizzard (Douglas Mawson)
Home of the Blizzard
12
Douglas Mawson
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
13
Susanna Clarke
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
14
Kazuo Ishiguro
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J. R. R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
15
J. R. R. Tolkien
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
16
William Shakespeare
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
17
Art Spiegelman
Midsummer Night's Dream (Oxford Shakespeare)
Midsummer Night's Dream
18
Oxford Shakespeare
Mort (Terry Pratchett)
Mort
19
Terry Pratchett
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
20
William Shakespeare
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
Night Watch
21
Terry Pratchett
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
22
Nevil Shute
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
23
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
24
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Orbital (Samantha Harvey)
Orbital
25
Samantha Harvey
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
26
Peter Carey
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
27
Jane Austen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
28
Daphne Du Maurier
Remains of the Day (Ishiguro, Kazuo)
Remains of the Day
29
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Shades of Grey (Jasper Fforde)
Shades of Grey
30
Jasper Fforde
Shipwrecks (Akira Yoshimura)
Shipwrecks
31
Akira Yoshimura
South (Ernest Shackleton)
South
32
Ernest Shackleton
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
33
Emily St John Mandel
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
34
David Mitchell
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
35
The Commitments (Roddy Doyle)
The Commitments
36
Roddy Doyle
The Complete Works of Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton Paterson)
The Complete Works of Banjo Paterson
37
Andrew Barton Paterson
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
38
Alexandre Dumas
The Hundred Year Old Man (Jonas Jonasson)
The Hundred Year Old Man
39
Jonas Jonasson
The Messenger
The Messenger
40
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