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Illuminate the Mind

200 books to illuminate the mind. From fiction to non-fiction, erotica to sci-fi, memoir to experimental.
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
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William Shakespeare
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Brontë
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
4
Jean Rhys
Devils (Dostoevsky)
Devils
5
Dostoevsky
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
6
Frederick Douglass
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
7
Boris Pasternak
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
8
David Foster Wallace
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
9
William Faulkner
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
10
George Eliot
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
11
William Shakespeare
Cry the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry the Beloved Country
12
Alan Paton
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil
13
W. Somerset Maugham
The Unwomanly Face of War (Svetlana Alexievich)
The Unwomanly Face of War
14
Svetlana Alexievich
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (Aldous Huxley)
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
15
Aldous Huxley
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
16
Zadie Smith
The Periodic Table (Primo Levi)
The Periodic Table
17
Primo Levi
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
18
Albert Camus
The Trial and Death of Socrates
The Trial and Death of Socrates
19
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
20
Herman Melville
Germinal (1885)
Germinal
21
1885
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
22
Fyodor Dostoevsky
All for Nothing (Walter Kempowski)
All for Nothing
23
Walter Kempowski
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
24
Shakespeare
Atomised (Michel Houllebecq)
Atomised
25
Michel Houllebecq
Death on Credit (Louis Ferdinand Céline)
Death on Credit
26
Louis Ferdinand Céline
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
27
Patrick Suskind
For Two Thousand Years (Mihail Sebastian)
For Two Thousand Years
28
Mihail Sebastian
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
29
Hunter S. Thompson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
30
Ken Kesey
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
31
J.D. Salinger
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
32
James Joyce
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
33
Jane Austen
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
34
William Shakespeare
Wolf Hall (Mantel, Hilary)
Wolf Hall
35
Mantel, Hilary
The Other Boleyn Girl (Philippa Gregory)
The Other Boleyn Girl
36
Philippa Gregory
Lost in the Funhouse
Lost in the Funhouse
37
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
38
Toni Morrison
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
39
William Faulkner
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
40
Joan Didion
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