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Leighton's Top 50 Books

A non-exhaustive list of books that have been formative for me. Stephen King is representative of the 26 stephen king novels that have made me into the person I am today
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
1
Daphne Du Maurier
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
2
Ian McEwan
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
3
Kazuo Ishiguro
Daisy Jones & the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones & the Six
4
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
5
N. K. Jemisin
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
6
Susanna Clarke
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
7
Stephen King
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
8
Carmen Maria Machado
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
9
Jon Krakauer
Bunny (Mona Awad)
Bunny
10
Mona Awad
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
11
Betty Smith
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
12
Olga Tokarczuk
She Who Became the Sun (Shelley Parker-Chan)
She Who Became the Sun
13
Shelley Parker-Chan
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
14
Shirley Jackson
The Library at Mount Char (Scott Hawkins)
The Library at Mount Char
15
Scott Hawkins
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
16
Ann Pratchett
How High We Go in the Dark (Sequoia Nagamatsu)
How High We Go in the Dark
17
Sequoia Nagamatsu
Trust (Herman Diaz)
Trust
18
Herman Diaz
Authority (Jeff Vandermeer)
Authority
19
Jeff Vandermeer
Sorrowland (Rivers Solomon)
Sorrowland
20
Rivers Solomon
The Luminous Dead (Caitlin Starling)
The Luminous Dead
21
Caitlin Starling
Wrong Place Wrong Time (Gillian McAllister)
Wrong Place Wrong Time
22
Gillian McAllister
Borne (Jeff Vandermeer)
Borne
23
Jeff Vandermeer
Catherine House (Elisabeth Thomas)
Catherine House
24
Elisabeth Thomas
The Last Wish (Andrzej Sapkoski)
The Last Wish
25
Andrzej Sapkoski
The Searcher (Tana French)
The Searcher
26
Tana French
Vita Nostra (Marina and Sergey Dyachenko)
Vita Nostra
27
Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
Being Mortal (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal
28
Atul Gawande
Remains of the Day (Ishiguro, Kazuo)
Remains of the Day
29
Ishiguro, Kazuo
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
30
Deesha Philyaw
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (Nghi Vo)
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
31
Nghi Vo
Leech (Hiron Ennes)
Leech
32
Hiron Ennes
Monstrilio (Gerardo Sámáno Córdova)
Monstrilio
33
Gerardo Sámáno Córdova
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
34
Kurt Vonnegut
This Thing Between Us (Gus Moreno)
This Thing Between Us
35
Gus Moreno
Elder Race (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Elder Race
36
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Devil House (John Darnielle)
Devil House
37
John Darnielle
Follow Me to Ground (Sue Rainsford)
Follow Me to Ground
38
Sue Rainsford
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
39
Donna Tartt
No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us (Rachel Louise Snyder)
No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
40
Rachel Louise Snyder
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