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Great Books (IMO)

These are books I have read and enjoyed (even on the re-read). I've given them all five-stars on Goodreads!
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps
2
John Buchan
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
3
Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
Anansi Boys
4
Neil Gaiman
The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation (Mark Kurlansky)
The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
5
Mark Kurlansky
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
6
Alex Garland
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
7
Barbara Kingsolver
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
8
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
9
Evelyn Waugh
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
10
Joseph Heller
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
11
Philip K. Dick
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
12
Jonathan Safran Foer
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
13
Jonathan Safran Foer
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
14
Arundhati Roy
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
15
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
16
Banana Yoshimoto
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America (Bill Bryson)
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
17
Bill Bryson
Memories of a Geisha
Memories of a Geisha
18
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
Motherless Brooklyn
19
Jonathan Lethem
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
20
Kazuo Ishiguro
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
21
Bill Bryson
Our Man in Havana (Graham Greene)
Our Man in Havana
22
Graham Greene
The Passion (Jeanette Winterson)
The Passion
23
Jeanette Winterson
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
24
Patrick Suskind
Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara)
Poisonwood Bible
25
Kingsolver, Barbara
The Prime of Miss Jane Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jane Brodie
26
Rant
Rant
27
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
28
Donna Tartt
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
29
Wally Lamb
Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars
30
David Guterson
Sombrero Fallout (Richard Brautigan)
Sombrero Fallout
31
Richard Brautigan
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
32
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
33
Tim O'Brien
Travels With My Aunt (Graham Greene)
Travels With My Aunt
34
Graham Greene
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
35
Milan Kundera
Willard and His Bowling Trophies
Willard and His Bowling Trophies
36
Written on the Body (Jeanette Winterson)
Written on the Body
37
Jeanette Winterson
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