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Markd9528's Literary Gems Hiding in Plain Sight

It's an obvious statement but you don't know how much a book moves you or makes you laugh or disturbs you until you actually read it. These are all relatively well known books that were 'undiscovered' gems for me personally, whose greatness was gradually revealed to me as I turned the pages.
These are a small subset of the books I have read or reread in the past 5 years, almost all of the forty having been read during the COVID saga.
Update: I created this challenge particularly with 'The Pilgrim Hawk' in mind and it's the only book on the list that no one else has read!
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Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
2
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
3
The Mezzanine (Nicholson Baker)
The Mezzanine (Nicholson Baker)
4
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
5
The Pilgrim Hawk (Glenway Wescott)
The Pilgrim Hawk (Glenway Wescott)
6
The Alienist (Machado De Assis)
The Alienist (Machado De Assis)
7
Purgatory (Dante Alighieri)
Purgatory (Dante Alighieri)
8
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
9
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
10
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
11
Symposium (Plato)
Symposium (Plato)
12
Parnassus on Wheels (Christopher Morley)
Parnassus on Wheels (Christopher Morley)
13
The Mysterious Stranger (Mark Twain)
The Mysterious Stranger (Mark Twain)
14
The Shawl (Cynthia Ozick)
The Shawl (Cynthia Ozick)
15
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula (Toni Morrison)
16
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
17
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
18
The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
19
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
20
The Fifth Child (Doris Lessing)
The Fifth Child (Doris Lessing)
21
The Women of Trachis (Sophocles)
The Women of Trachis (Sophocles)
22
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
23
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
24
Père Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Père Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
25
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
26
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
27
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
28
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
29
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
30
Cloudstreet (Tim Winton)
Cloudstreet (Tim Winton)
31
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
32
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (Lorrie Moore)
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (Lorrie Moore)
33
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
34
The World I Live in & Optimism (Helen Keller)
The World I Live in & Optimism (Helen Keller)
35
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
36
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner (John Williams)
37
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
38
The Spire (William Golding)
The Spire (William Golding)
39
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide (Voltaire)
40
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
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