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Five Star Books Read in 2018-2023

These are the books I loved most over the past five years. They are the books that linger in my heart and mind, and made me feel the most intensely. Reading them felt like waking up from a long slumber - snapping me to attention, making me question myself and think about the world differently.
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Spring Snow (Yukio Mishima)
Spring Snow
1
Yukio Mishima
Stoner (Williams)
Stoner
2
Williams
The Trouble With Happiness (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Trouble With Happiness
3
Tove Ditlevsen
The Postcard (Anne Berest)
The Postcard
4
Anne Berest
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
5
Kurt Vonnegut
The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door
6
Magda Szabó
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
7
George Eliot
How We Live Is How We Die (Pema Chodron)
How We Live Is How We Die
8
Pema Chodron
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
9
Muriel Spark
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
10
George Eliot
A Thousand Mornings (Mary Oliver)
A Thousand Mornings
11
Mary Oliver
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English (Noor Naga)
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
12
Noor Naga
Vivian (Christina Hesselholdt)
Vivian
13
Christina Hesselholdt
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
14
Donna Tartt
Glory (Noviolet Bulawayo)
Glory
15
Noviolet Bulawayo
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
16
Patrick Radden Keefe
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us (Rachel Aviv)
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
17
Rachel Aviv
Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
Fall on Your Knees
18
Ann-Marie MacDonald
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
19
Elena Ferrante
Devotions (Mary Oliver)
Devotions
20
Mary Oliver
Fresh Water for Flowers (Valérie Perrin)
Fresh Water for Flowers
21
Valérie Perrin
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
22
Richard Powers
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
23
Virginia Woolf
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years
24
Annie Ernaux
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
25
Elena Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Elena Ferrante)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
26
Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of a New Name
27
Elena Ferrante
Young Mungo (Douglas Stuart)
Young Mungo
28
Douglas Stuart
Manikanetish (Naomi Fontaine)
Manikanetish
29
Naomi Fontaine
Grieving Is Loving (Joanne Cacciatore)
Grieving Is Loving
30
Joanne Cacciatore
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
31
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
32
J.K. Rowling
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
33
Toni Morrison
Recitatif (Toni Morrison)
Recitatif
34
Toni Morrison
The Promise (Damon Galgut)
The Promise
35
Damon Galgut
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
36
Olga Tokarczuk
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
37
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Walking: One Step at a Time (Erling Kagge)
Walking: One Step at a Time
38
Erling Kagge
The Cheffe (Marie Ndiaye)
The Cheffe
39
Marie Ndiaye
Eve Out of Her Ruins (Ananda Devi)
Eve Out of Her Ruins
40
Ananda Devi
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