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Personal Top 50

The following is a list of some of my favorite books. While there's plenty more where that came from, this is what sounded good at the time of conceiving the list. The top 15 especially have been very influential on helping me shape my voice as a writer and how I see the world.
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
1
William Faulkner
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
2
John Steinbeck
Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Fitzgerald, F. Scott)
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
3
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Lost at Sea (Bryan O'Malley)
Lost at Sea
4
Bryan O'Malley
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
5
Stieg Larsson
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
6
Louisa May Alcott
Night - Elie Wiesel
Night - Elie Wiesel
7
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
9
James Joyce
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
10
Leo Tolstoy
Blue Is the Warmest Color (2010) (Jul Maroh)
Blue Is the Warmest Color (2010)
11
Jul Maroh
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
12
E.B. White
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula
13
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
14
Joan Didion
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
15
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
16
Virginia Woolf
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
17
Victor Hugo
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
18
Amy Tan
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
19
Dante Alighieri
Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley
20
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
21
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
22
Patricia Highsmith
Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (Diablo Cody)
Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
23
Diablo Cody
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Dickinson, Emily)
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
24
Dickinson, Emily
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
25
Thomas Pynchon
Alice in Wonderland/Alice in the Looking Glass (1865)
Alice in Wonderland/Alice in the Looking Glass
26
1865
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You (Alice Munro)
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You
27
Alice Munro
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
28
Daphne Du Maurier
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
29
Harper Lee
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (David Foster Wallace)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
30
David Foster Wallace
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
31
Cormac McCarthy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
32
Leo Tolstoy
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
33
Alice Sebold
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives
34
Ira Levin
A Passage to India (E. M. Forster)
A Passage to India
35
E. M. Forster
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
36
V.C. Andrews
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
37
H.G. Wells
You're Embarrassing Yourself: STORIES OF LOVE, LUST, AND MOVIES (Desiree Akhaven)
You're Embarrassing Yourself: STORIES OF LOVE, LUST, AND MOVIES
38
Desiree Akhaven
Collected Stories of William Faulkner (William Faulkner)
Collected Stories of William Faulkner
39
William Faulkner
Loveless (Alice Oseman)
Loveless
40
Alice Oseman
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