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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
1
Patrick Suskind
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
2
Virginia Woolf
The Mezzanine (Nicholson Baker)
The Mezzanine
3
Nicholson Baker
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
4
Vladimir Nabokov
The Pilgrim Hawk (Glenway Wescott)
The Pilgrim Hawk
5
Glenway Wescott
The Alienist (Machado De Assis)
The Alienist
6
Machado De Assis
Purgatory (Dante Alighieri)
Purgatory
7
Dante Alighieri
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
8
Arthur Koestler
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
9
Nikolai Gogol
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds
10
Aristophanes
Symposium (Plato)
Symposium
11
Plato
Parnassus on Wheels (Christopher Morley)
Parnassus on Wheels
12
Christopher Morley
The Mysterious Stranger (Mark Twain)
The Mysterious Stranger
13
Mark Twain
The Shawl (Cynthia Ozick)
The Shawl
14
Cynthia Ozick
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
15
Toni Morrison
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye
16
Georges Bataille
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley
17
Patricia Highsmith
The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
The Uncommon Reader
18
Alan Bennett
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy
19
Jamaica Kincaid
The Fifth Child (Doris Lessing)
The Fifth Child
20
Doris Lessing
The Women of Trachis (Sophocles)
The Women of Trachis
21
Sophocles
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
22
Bernhard Schlink
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
23
Clarice Lispector
Père Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Père Goriot
24
Honoré De Balzac
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
25
Jonathan Swift
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
The Penelopiad
26
Margaret Atwood
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
27
Stella Gibbons
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
28
Joan Lindsay
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives
29
Ira Levin
Cloudstreet (Tim Winton)
Cloudstreet
30
Tim Winton
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
31
Yukio Mishima
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (Lorrie Moore)
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
32
Lorrie Moore
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
33
Bertolt Brecht
The World I Live in & Optimism (Helen Keller)
The World I Live in & Optimism
34
Helen Keller
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
35
Julie Otsuka
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
36
John Williams
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
37
Vladimir Nabokov
The Spire (William Golding)
The Spire
38
William Golding
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
39
Voltaire
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
40
Rohinton Mistry
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