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Compilation of Must-Read Books (Take 5)

These are the more radical, more contemporary, and all the much more inclusive. Great titles. All underrated.
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So Many Ways to Sleep Badly (Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore)
So Many Ways to Sleep Badly
1
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
2
Murasaki Shikibu
Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts
3
Han Kang
The Book of Unknown Americans (Delaware) (Cristina Henriquez)
The Book of Unknown Americans (Delaware)
4
Cristina Henriquez
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy
5
Jamaica Kincaid
The Plague of Doves
The Plague of Doves
6
The House That Groaned (Karrie Fransman)
The House That Groaned
7
Karrie Fransman
Selected Stories by Lu Hsün
Selected Stories by Lu Hsün
8
The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (Sam Hamill)
The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets
9
Sam Hamill
Brothers (Ya Hua)
Brothers
10
Ya Hua
Ways of Seeing (John Berger)
Ways of Seeing
11
John Berger
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Under the Net
12
Iris Murdoch
Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth (Bart D. Ehrman)
Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth
13
Bart D. Ehrman
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
14
I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip (John Donovan)
I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip
15
John Donovan
Suicide Notes
Suicide Notes
16
We Are the Ants (Shaun David Hutchinson)
We Are the Ants
17
Shaun David Hutchinson
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (John Green & David Levithan)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
18
John Green & David Levithan
Les Enfants Terribles
Les Enfants Terribles
19
Satyricon
Satyricon
20
Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima)
Confessions of a Mask
21
Yukio Mishima
Are You My Mother? (Alison Bechdel)
Are You My Mother?
22
Alison Bechdel
A Single Man
A Single Man
23
The Immoralist (Andre Gide)
The Immoralist
24
Andre Gide
Call Me by Your Name - André Aciman
Call Me by Your Name - André Aciman
25
Sodom and Gomorrah (Marcel Proust)
Sodom and Gomorrah
26
Marcel Proust
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life (Hervé Guibert)
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life
27
Hervé Guibert
Teleny (Oscar Wilde)
Teleny
28
Oscar Wilde
Forbidden Colours (Yukio Mishima)
Forbidden Colours
29
Yukio Mishima
Crush (Richard Siken)
Crush
30
Richard Siken
Sarah Schulman the Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagi
Sarah Schulman the Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagi
31
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal (Jeanette Winterson)
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal
32
Jeanette Winterson
The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes
33
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
34
James Baldwin
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls (David Sedaris)
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
35
David Sedaris
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
36
Matthew Lewis
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
37
W. Somerset Maugham
One in Every Crowd (Ivan E Coyote)
One in Every Crowd
38
Ivan E Coyote
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
39
Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents
40
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