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GQ's Best 99 Books to Read in 2021 - Page 2

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The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
41
Albert Camus
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank (Thad Carhart)
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
42
Thad Carhart
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
43
Marcel Proust
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
44
Haruki Murakami
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
45
James Baldwin
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
46
Hunter S. Thompson
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
47
Irvine Welsh
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby, Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
48
Hubert Selby, Jr.
The Society of the Crossed Keys (Stefan Zweig)
The Society of the Crossed Keys
49
Stefan Zweig
The Berlin Novels (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Novels
50
Christopher Isherwood
In Watermelon Sugar (Richard Brautigan)
In Watermelon Sugar
51
Richard Brautigan
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
52
Tom Wolfe
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (Charles Baudelaire)
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
53
Charles Baudelaire
The Favourite Game (Leonard Cohen)
The Favourite Game
54
Leonard Cohen
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
55
Sally Rooney
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
56
Richard Bach
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
57
Joan Didion
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
58
Reni Eddo-Lodge
The Cost of Living (Deborah Levy)
The Cost of Living
59
Deborah Levy
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
60
Robert M Pirsig
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
61
Paulo Coelho
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
62
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
63
Yukio Mishima
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
64
Junot Díaz
Incarnations: A History of India in Fifty Lives (Sunil Khilnani)
Incarnations: A History of India in Fifty Lives
65
Sunil Khilnani
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
66
Françoise Sagan
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
67
S.E. Hinton
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
68
Ernest Hemingway
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
69
Virginia Woolf
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
70
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
71
William S. Burroughs
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
72
James Baldwin
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
73
Albert Camus
For Esme With Love and Squalor (J.D. Salinger)
For Esme With Love and Squalor
74
J.D. Salinger
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
75
Han Kang
Two Boys Kissing (David Levithan)
Two Boys Kissing
76
David Levithan
Snap (Belinda Bauer)
Snap
77
Belinda Bauer
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
78
Alan Hollinghurst
New Power (Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms)
New Power
79
Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms
At the Strangers' Gate (Adam Gopnik)
At the Strangers' Gate
80
Adam Gopnik
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