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Taf's 50 Essential Novels

These are the books I've read over and over again. Some I haven't revisited since childhood or high school, but they were formative then.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1
Lewis Carroll
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
2
Michael Chabon
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
3
Agatha Christie
The Boy Detective Fails (Joe Meno)
The Boy Detective Fails
4
Joe Meno
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
5
Evelyn Waugh
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
6
Katherine Paterson
Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Brothers Karamazov
7
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
8
Kurt Vonnegut
Ella Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)
Ella Enchanted
9
Gail Carson Levine
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
10
Orson Scott Card
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
11
Sarah Waters
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
12
Fannie Flagg
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E. L. Koningsburg)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
13
E. L. Koningsburg
Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night
14
Dorothy L. Sayers
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
15
Lois Lowry
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
16
Arundhati Roy
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
17
Terry Pratchett
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
18
John Steinbeck
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
19
Margaret Atwood
The Hands of the Emperor (Victoria Goddard)
The Hands of the Emperor
20
Victoria Goddard
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
21
Philip Pullman
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts (Douglas Adams)
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts
22
Douglas Adams
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
23
Louis Sachar
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
24
Julia Alvarez
It (Stephen King)
It
25
Stephen King
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
26
Haruki Murakami
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
27
Ursula K. Le Guin
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
28
Victor Hugo
The Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Little Princess
29
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
30
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Man in the Ceiling (Jules Feiffer)
The Man in the Ceiling
31
Jules Feiffer
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
32
Mikhail Bulgakov
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
33
Roald Dahl
Memory (Lois McMaster Bujold)
Memory
34
Lois McMaster Bujold
My Side of the Mountain (Jean Craighead George)
My Side of the Mountain
35
Jean Craighead George
Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
Nicholas Nickleby
36
Charles Dickens
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
37
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
38
T.H. White
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
39
E.M. Forster
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
40
Stephen Chbosky
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