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Nym's Top 50 Books

Highly subjective list of books that I like and find influential. Criteria is that I have to have read the whole book front to back (so many poets don't make the cut, even if I've probably read a books worth of them). Not entirely sure if Ficciones is the book of short stories by Borges I read.
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
1
Jane Austen
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
2
Vladimir Nabokov
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
3
Mary Shelley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
4
Bram Stoker
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
5
John Steinbeck
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
6
Jane Austen
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
7
Ralph Ellison
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
8
William Shakespeare
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
9
Susanna Clarke
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
10
Elena Ferrante
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
11
William Shakespeare
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
12
Sophocles
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
13
Joan Didion
All Systems Red (Martha Wells)
All Systems Red
14
Martha Wells
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
15
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
16
Oscar Wilde
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
17
George Saunders
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
18
Alice Walker
Mort (Terry Pratchett)
Mort
19
Terry Pratchett
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
20
T.H. White
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
21
Barbara Kingsolver
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
22
Simon Armitage (Translator)
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
23
Paul Kalanithi
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
24
Virgil
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Arundhati Roy)
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
25
Arundhati Roy
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
26
Laurence Sterne
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
27
Toni Morrison
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
28
Marjane Satrapi
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
29
Virgil
Catch 22 (Τζόζεφ Χέλερ)
Catch 22
30
Τζόζεφ Χέλερ
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
31
Edward W. Said
Epic of Gilgamesh
Epic of Gilgamesh
32
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance (Rashid Khalidi)
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance
33
Rashid Khalidi
Death With Interruptions
Death With Interruptions
34
The River Between
The River Between
35
Cockroaches (Scholastique Mukasonga)
Cockroaches
36
Scholastique Mukasonga
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
37
Italo Calvino
The Magic Barrel (Bernard Malamud)
The Magic Barrel
38
Bernard Malamud
Voices From Chernobyl (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl
39
Svetlana Alexievich
Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Fictions
40
Jorge Luis Borges
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