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Olivia's 50 All-Time Favorite Books, Etc.

(Of what I'd read prior to March 2019.) In alphabetical order by title. This list includes fiction and nonfiction of various genres, short stories, plays, and graphic novels, as well as a fair number of YA/children's novels. It includes no more than one book per author.
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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
1
John Kennedy Toole
Anne Frank and Me (Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld)
Anne Frank and Me
2
Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
Beauty Is a Wound
3
Eka Kurniawan
Betrayal (Harold Pinter)
Betrayal
4
Harold Pinter
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
5
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
Black Hole
6
Charles Burns
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
7
Toni Morrison
But Enough About Me (Jancee Dunn)
But Enough About Me
8
Jancee Dunn
Carsick (John Waters)
Carsick
9
John Waters
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
10
Dave Cullen
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
11
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
12
Celeste Ng
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
13
Matthew Desmond
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
14
Jonathan Safran Foer
Family Life (Akhil Sharma)
Family Life
15
Akhil Sharma
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
16
Mary Shelley
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E. L. Koningsburg)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
17
E. L. Koningsburg
Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
18
Susanna Kaysen
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian
19
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
20
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
21
Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
22
J.K. Rowling
Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway)
Hills Like White Elephants
23
Ernest Hemingway
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
24
Louis Sachar
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
25
Maya Angelou
Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk)
Invisible Monsters
26
Chuck Palahniuk
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorised Autobiography (Lemony Snicket)
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorised Autobiography
27
Lemony Snicket
L'etranger (Albert Camus)
L'etranger
28
Albert Camus
Love That Dog (Sharon Creech)
Love That Dog
29
Sharon Creech
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
30
Roald Dahl
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
31
David Sedaris
Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
32
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
33
Franz Kafka
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
34
Jeffrey Eugenides
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
35
J.D. Salinger
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Stephen King)
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
36
Stephen King
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
37
Stephen Chbosky
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
38
Marjane Satrapi
The Realm of Possibility (David Levithan)
The Realm of Possibility
39
David Levithan
The School Story (Andrew Clements)
The School Story
40
Andrew Clements
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