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Fifty Excellent Books

These are the fifty most recent books I've rated 5 stars aka think (or thought at the time) are excellent. They're listed in chronological order, starting with the most recent one; Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi.
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required scores: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 
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Brightly Shining (Ingvild Rishoi)
Brightly Shining
1
Ingvild Rishoi
Small Rain (Garth Greenwell)
Small Rain
2
Garth Greenwell
The Birds (Tarjei Vessaas)
The Birds
3
Tarjei Vessaas
Cavedweller (Dorothy Allison)
Cavedweller
4
Dorothy Allison
Comet in Moominland (Tove Jansson)
Comet in Moominland
5
Tove Jansson
Super-Frog Saves Tokyo (Haruki Murakami)
Super-Frog Saves Tokyo
6
Haruki Murakami
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
7
Bram Stoker
The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance
8
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Crush (Richard Siken)
Crush
9
Richard Siken
Consider the Rooster (Oliver Baez Bendorf)
Consider the Rooster
10
Oliver Baez Bendorf
Martyr! (Kaveh Akbar)
Martyr!
11
Kaveh Akbar
Gathering Moss (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Gathering Moss
12
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Shark Heart (Emily Habeck)
Shark Heart
13
Emily Habeck
On Connection (Kae Tempest)
On Connection
14
Kae Tempest
The Wall (Marlen Haushofer)
The Wall
15
Marlen Haushofer
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These
16
Claire Keegan
Intermezzo (Sally Rooney)
Intermezzo
17
Sally Rooney
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
18
L.M. Montgomery
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
Pew (Catherine Lacey)
Pew
20
Catherine Lacey
Knot Body (Eli)
Knot Body
21
Eli
Dog Songs (Mary Oliver)
Dog Songs
22
Mary Oliver
Please Read This Leaflet Carefully (Karen Havelin)
Please Read This Leaflet Carefully
23
Karen Havelin
Lote (Shola Von Reinhold)
Lote
24
Shola Von Reinhold
Devotions (Mary Oliver)
Devotions
25
Mary Oliver
Chouette (Claire Oshetsky)
Chouette
26
Claire Oshetsky
We Both Laughed in Pleasure (Lou Sullivan)
We Both Laughed in Pleasure
27
Lou Sullivan
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Becky Chambers)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
28
Becky Chambers
The Ice Palace (Tarjei Vesaas)
The Ice Palace
29
Tarjei Vesaas
The Transgender Issue (Shon Faye)
The Transgender Issue
30
Shon Faye
Ponyboy (Eliot Duncan)
Ponyboy
31
Eliot Duncan
Nevada (Imogen Binnie)
Nevada
32
Imogen Binnie
A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar (Harry Nicholas)
A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar
33
Harry Nicholas
Feed Them Silence (Lee Mandelo)
Feed Them Silence
34
Lee Mandelo
The Membranes (Ta-Wei Chi)
The Membranes
35
Ta-Wei Chi
Ness (Robert McFarlane & Stanley Donwood)
Ness
36
Robert McFarlane & Stanley Donwood
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
37
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Peaces (Helen Oyeyemi)
Peaces
38
Helen Oyeyemi
The Starless Sea (Erin Morgenstern)
The Starless Sea
39
Erin Morgenstern
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Becky Chambers)
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
40
Becky Chambers
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