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BuzzFeed's 36 Great Books You Might Not Know About

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Ghost Boys (Jewell Parker Rhodes)
Ghost Boys
1
Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Strange Case of Dr Couney (Dawn Raffel)
The Strange Case of Dr Couney
2
Dawn Raffel
Good Morning, Midnight (Jean Rhys)
Good Morning, Midnight
3
Jean Rhys
The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street
4
Ann Petry
The Stranger Beside Me (Ann Rule)
The Stranger Beside Me
5
Ann Rule
Cymbeline (William Shakespeare)
Cymbeline
6
William Shakespeare
Tentacle (Rita Indiana)
Tentacle
7
Rita Indiana
The Mushroom at the End of the World (Anna Tsing)
The Mushroom at the End of the World
8
Anna Tsing
On a Sunbeam (Tillie Walden)
On a Sunbeam
9
Tillie Walden
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (Talia Hibbert)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
10
Talia Hibbert
You Think That's Bad (Jim Shepard)
You Think That's Bad
11
Jim Shepard
The Grotesque (Patrick McGrath)
The Grotesque
12
Patrick McGrath
The Night Ocean (Paul La Farge)
The Night Ocean
13
Paul La Farge
The Seventh Day (Yu Hua)
The Seventh Day
14
Yu Hua
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
15
China Miéville
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration (David Wojnarowicz)
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
16
David Wojnarowicz
Spain (Caren Beilin)
Spain
17
Caren Beilin
Beverly (Nick Drnaso)
Beverly
18
Nick Drnaso
Allegedly (Tiffany D. Jackson)
Allegedly
19
Tiffany D. Jackson
The Old Man and Me (Elaine Dundy)
The Old Man and Me
20
Elaine Dundy
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again (Rachel Held Evans)
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
21
Rachel Held Evans
A Moon for Moe and Mo (Mehrdokht Amini and Jane Breskin Zalben)
A Moon for Moe and Mo
22
Mehrdokht Amini and Jane Breskin Zalben
Before Night Falls (Reinaldo Arenas)
Before Night Falls
23
Reinaldo Arenas
The End of Days (Jenny Erpenbeck)
The End of Days
24
Jenny Erpenbeck
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Chris Ware)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
25
Chris Ware
Seasonal Associate (Heike Geissler)
Seasonal Associate
26
Heike Geissler
Atlantic Hotel (João Gilberto Noll)
Atlantic Hotel
27
João Gilberto Noll
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
28
John Williams
The Stories of Alice Adams (Alice Adams)
The Stories of Alice Adams
29
Alice Adams
Good Morning Midnight (Lily Brooks-Dalton)
Good Morning Midnight
30
Lily Brooks-Dalton
The Shades (Evgenia Citkowitz)
The Shades
31
Evgenia Citkowitz
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
32
Walker Percy
The Best of Richard Matheson (Matheson)
The Best of Richard Matheson
33
Matheson
Don't Date Rosa Santos (Nina Moreno)
Don't Date Rosa Santos
34
Nina Moreno
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth (Warsan Shire)
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
35
Warsan Shire
Bowls: Vibrant Recipes With Endless Possibilites (America's Test Kitchen)
Bowls: Vibrant Recipes With Endless Possibilites
36
America's Test Kitchen
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