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Essential Books Read So Far (Personal Opinion)

A randomly-ordered list of all the books I've read so far that I feel have helped build a foundation for future reading.
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Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
1
Irvine Welsh
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
3
William Golding
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
4
Toni Morrison
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
5
Toni Morrison
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
6
Ray Bradbury
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
8
Ernest Hemingway
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
9
Chinua Achebe
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
10
Khalid Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
11
Khaled Hosseini
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
12
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
13
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
14
1595
Tekkonkinkreet (Taiyo Matsumoto)
Tekkonkinkreet
15
Taiyo Matsumoto
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
16
Cormac McCarthy
Delta of Venus (Anaïs Nin)
Delta of Venus
17
Anaïs Nin
Little Birds (Anais Nin)
Little Birds
18
Anais Nin
House of Incest
House of Incest
19
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
20
Patrick Suskind
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
21
Albert Camus
The Kingdom of This World (Alejo Carpentier)
The Kingdom of This World
22
Alejo Carpentier
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
23
Italo Calvino
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
24
Allen Ginsberg
Honeymoon (Patrick Modiano)
Honeymoon
25
Patrick Modiano
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
26
Margaret Atwood
The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood)
The Year of the Flood
27
Margaret Atwood
Maddaddam (Margaret Atwood)
Maddaddam
28
Margaret Atwood
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
29
Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Played With Fire
30
Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
31
Stieg Larsson
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
32
Lois Lowry
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
33
John Wyndham
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
34
Hunter S. Thompson
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
35
David Mitchell
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
36
Joseph Heller
Taipei (Tao Lin)
Taipei
37
Tao Lin
Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change (Tao Lin)
Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change
38
Tao Lin
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel
39
John Gardner
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
40
Banana Yoshimoto
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