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Favorite Books (Two Decades of Reading & Choosing)

Here are my favorite books. I call them "favorite" because these stories and theories made me wonder, check, look, search, doubt. Or explained the world in a way textbooks and socioeconomic theories never could.
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The Good Women of China by Xinran
The Good Women of China by Xinran
1
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
2
Aldous Huxley
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
3
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
4
Amor Towles
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Amos Oz)
A Tale of Love and Darkness
5
Amos Oz
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
6
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
7
Arthur Koestler
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
8
Cormac McCarthy
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
9
Dave Cullen
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
10
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
11
George Orwell
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
12
Günter Grass
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
13
Harper Lee
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
14
Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
15
Hermann Hesse
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
16
Hunter S. Thompson
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina
17
Ivo Andrić
Empire of the Sun (J. G. Ballard)
Empire of the Sun
18
J. G. Ballard
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
19
J.G. Ballard
LA Confidential (James Ellroy)
LA Confidential
20
James Ellroy
Augustus (John Williams)
Augustus
21
John Williams
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
22
Joseph Conrad
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
23
Joseph Heller
Radetsky March (Joseph Roth)
Radetsky March
24
Joseph Roth
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
25
Marjane Satrapi
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
26
Mark Z. Danielewski
Death and the Dervish (Meša Selimović)
Death and the Dervish
27
Meša Selimović
Silences (Tišine) (Meša Selimović)
Silences (Tišine)
28
Meša Selimović
The Fortress (Meša Selimović)
The Fortress
29
Meša Selimović
The Joke (Milan Kundera)
The Joke
30
Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
31
Milan Kundera
The Butcher Boy (Patrick McCabe)
The Butcher Boy
32
Patrick McCabe
A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick)
A Scanner Darkly
33
Philip K. Dick
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil (Philip Zimbardo)
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
34
Philip Zimbardo
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
35
Primo Levi
The Drowned and the Saved (Primo Levi)
The Drowned and the Saved
36
Primo Levi
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
37
Richard Bach
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
38
Richard Dawkins
Rashomon and Other Stories (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon and Other Stories
39
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
40
Salman Rushdie
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