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Bookseller Bill's Essential Books - Page 2

Some of the most formative books of my life. These will make you laugh, cry, scream, and be enlightened. I recommend them all and I only gave one choice per author.
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Eden Eden Eden (Pierre Guyotat)
Eden Eden Eden
41
Pierre Guyotat
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
42
Yaa Gyasi
A Girl Is a Body of Water (Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi)
A Girl Is a Body of Water
43
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
Death on the Nile
44
Agatha Christie
Tales of the City (Armistead Maupin)
Tales of the City
45
Armistead Maupin
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
46
The Swimming Pool Library (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Swimming Pool Library
47
Alan Hollinghurst
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
48
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum
49
Scruples (Judith Krantz)
Scruples
50
Judith Krantz
The Bestseller (Olivia Goldsmith)
The Bestseller
51
Olivia Goldsmith
Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
Daughter of Time
52
Josephine Tey
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
53
Michael Chabon
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
54
Alice Walker
Nix (Hill)
Nix
55
Hill
The Changeling (Victor Lavalle)
The Changeling
56
Victor Lavalle
The Raj Quartet (Paul Scott)
The Raj Quartet
57
Paul Scott
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
58
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian)
Master and Commander
59
Patrick O'Brian
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
60
Douglas Adams
Songlines (Bruce Chatwin)
Songlines
61
Bruce Chatwin
The Dark Is Rising (Susan Cooper)
The Dark Is Rising
62
Susan Cooper
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
63
Bram Stoker
Father and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Father and Sons
64
Ivan Turgenev
Small Great Things (Jodi Picoult)
Small Great Things
65
Jodi Picoult
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
66
Ian McEwan
The Loney (Andrew Michael Hurley)
The Loney
67
Andrew Michael Hurley
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic
68
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Road of Bones (Christopher Golden)
Road of Bones
69
Christopher Golden
The Japanese Lover (Isabel Allende)
The Japanese Lover
70
Isabel Allende
Weaveworld (Clive Barker)
Weaveworld
71
Clive Barker
Midnight's Children – Salman Rushdie
Midnight's Children – Salman Rushdie
72
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
The Devil's Dictionary
73
Ambrose Bierce
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
74
Mikhail Bulgakov
Killing Floor #1 (Lee Child)
Killing Floor #1
75
Lee Child
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
76
Kazuo Ishiguro
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
77
Haruki Murakami
Outlaws of the Marsh (Shi Nai'an)
Outlaws of the Marsh
78
Shi Nai'an
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle
79
Colson Whitehead
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
80
James Joyce
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