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Desiree's Essential Reading

Just a few of my "can't imagine never reading" titles. These are books that changed me and stayed with me long after I'd finished.
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Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere
1
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
2
Toni Morrison
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
3
Janet Fitch
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
4
Ayn Rand
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
5
Kazuo Ishiguro
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
6
Emily Bronte
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology
7
Edith Hamilton
Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles
Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles
8
The Elementals (Michael Mcdowell)
The Elementals
9
Michael Mcdowell
Cold Moon Over Babylon (Michael Mcdowell)
Cold Moon Over Babylon
10
Michael Mcdowell
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Jeff Lindsay)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
11
Jeff Lindsay
The Codex Alera Series
The Codex Alera Series
12
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
13
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
14
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
15
William Shakespeare
Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite
Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite
16
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
17
Joe Hill
Horns (Joe Hill)
Horns
18
Joe Hill
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
19
Stephen King
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
20
Stephen King
The Art of Asking (Amanda Palmer)
The Art of Asking
21
Amanda Palmer
Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
Prozac Nation
22
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
23
Elizabeth Wurtzel
With a Tangled Skein
With a Tangled Skein
24
Tamsin (Peter S. Beagle)
Tamsin
25
Peter S. Beagle
The Scorpio Races (Maggie Stiefvater)
The Scorpio Races
26
Maggie Stiefvater
When Rabbit Howls
When Rabbit Howls
27
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Hannah Green)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
28
Hannah Green
The Acid House
The Acid House
29
The Strain (Guillermo Del Toro / Chuck Hogan)
The Strain
30
Guillermo Del Toro / Chuck Hogan
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
31
Neil Gaiman
A Clockwork Orange .. 1962 (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange .. 1962
32
Anthony Burgess
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
33
Elizabeth Kostova
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
34
Helen Oyeyemi
Lamb (Christopher Moore)
Lamb
35
Christopher Moore
Fool
Fool
36
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
37
Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
38
Madeline Miller
The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker)
The Silence of the Girls
39
Pat Barker
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
40
Thomas Harris
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