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The Best Books to Read Right Now

This is a list published by Gentleman's Quarterly suggesting the books that you should read right now to fit in with any crowd.
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2
Dee Brown
La Garçonne (Victor Marguerrite)
La Garçonne
3
Victor Marguerrite
Bluets (Maggie Nelson)
Bluets
4
Maggie Nelson
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
5
Patrick Suskind
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
6
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
A Single Man
A Single Man
7
Girl in a Band (Kim Gordon)
Girl in a Band
8
Kim Gordon
The Bass Saxophone (Josef Škvorecký)
The Bass Saxophone
9
Josef Škvorecký
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
10
Gustave Flaubert
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
11
Raymond Carver
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
12
Albert Camus
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank (Thad Carhart)
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
13
Thad Carhart
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
14
Marcel Proust
Idaho (Emily Ruskovich)
Idaho
15
Emily Ruskovich
Another Country
Another Country
16
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
17
Hunter S. Thompson
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
18
Sylvia Plath
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
19
Leo Tolstoy
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
20
Voltaire
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
21
Irvine Welsh
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
22
Hubert Selby Jr.
The Society of the Crossed Keys (Stefan Zweig)
The Society of the Crossed Keys
23
Stefan Zweig
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
24
Christopher Isherwood
In Watermelon Sugar (Richard Brautigan)
In Watermelon Sugar
25
Richard Brautigan
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
26
Tom Wolfe
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (Charles Baudelaire)
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
27
Charles Baudelaire
The Lost Estate (Henri Alain-Fournier)
The Lost Estate
28
Henri Alain-Fournier
The Favourite Game (Leonard Cohen)
The Favourite Game
29
Leonard Cohen
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
30
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Corto Maltese-La Ballade De La Mer Salée (Hugo Pratt)
Corto Maltese-La Ballade De La Mer Salée
31
Hugo Pratt
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
32
Patti Smith
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
33
Sally Rooney
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
34
Richard Bach
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
35
Joan Didion
The Cost of Living (Deborah Levy)
The Cost of Living
36
Deborah Levy
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
37
Robert M Pirsig
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
38
Paulo Coelho
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
39
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
40
Yukio Mishima
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