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Markd9528's Updated 100 Favourite Books

This challenge has been updated with works I have read in the last year or so. Specifically these are 100 books that have left a strong impression on me or that I remember with fondness and/or amusement. That includes books I read in childhood (which could mean more than 50 years ago).
I have restricted myself to two books per author but dropping this restriction wouldn't have made much difference. I feel all these books are worth reading, although dissenting comments on specific books are welcome.
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The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
1
Albert Camus
Eugene Onegin (Alexander Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
2
Alexander Pushkin
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
3
Alice Walker
Loving Sabotage (Amelie Nothomb)
Loving Sabotage
4
Amelie Nothomb
The Shipping News (Annie Proux)
The Shipping News
5
Annie Proux
Clouds (Aristophanes)
Clouds
6
Aristophanes
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
7
Carson McCullers
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
8
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
9
Charles Dickens
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
10
Chinua Achebe
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
11
Cormac McCarthy
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Crockett Johnson)
Harold and the Purple Crayon
12
Crockett Johnson
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
13
Daniel Defoe
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
14
Dante Alighieri
Five Children and It (E Nesbit)
Five Children and It
15
E Nesbit
The Railway Children (E. Nesbit)
The Railway Children
16
E. Nesbit
World's Fair (E.L. Doctorow)
World's Fair
17
E.L. Doctorow
Pollyanna (Eleanor H. Porter)
Pollyanna
18
Eleanor H. Porter
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
19
Emily Brontë
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
20
Evelyn Waugh
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
21
Franz Kafka
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
22
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Chronicle of Death Foretold (Gabriel García Márquez)
Chronicle of Death Foretold
23
Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
24
Gabriel García Márquez
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
25
George Bernard Shaw
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
26
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
27
Graham Greene
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell)
The Tin Drum
28
Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
29
H.G. Wells
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
30
Han Kang
Washington Square (Henry James)
Washington Square
31
Henry James
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
32
Herman Melville
Old Man Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Old Man Goriot
33
Honoré De Balzac
The Double Helix (James Watson)
The Double Helix
34
James Watson
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
35
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
36
Jane Austen
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea
37
Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick
The Swiss Family Robinson (Johann Wyss)
The Swiss Family Robinson
38
Johann Wyss
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
39
John Knowles
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
40
John Steinbeck
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