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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
41
Junot Díaz
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
42
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
43
Vladimir Nabokov
A Place of Greater Safety (Hilary Mantel)
A Place of Greater Safety
44
Hilary Mantel
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives (Sunil Khilnan)
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
45
Sunil Khilnan
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
46
Françoise Sagan
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
47
S.E. Hinton
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
48
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
49
Henry Miller
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
50
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
51
Ernest Hemingway
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
52
Virginia Woolf
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
53
Oscar Wilde
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
54
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Women (Charles Bukowski)
Women
55
Charles Bukowski
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
56
William S. Burroughs
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
57
James Baldwin
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
58
Albert Camus
For Esme With Love and Squalor (J.D. Salinger)
For Esme With Love and Squalor
59
J.D. Salinger
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
60
Han Kang
Two Boys Kissing (David Levithan)
Two Boys Kissing
61
David Levithan
Snap (Belinda Bauer)
Snap
62
Belinda Bauer
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
63
Alan Hollinghurst
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
64
Reni Eddo-Lodge
New Power (Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms)
New Power
65
Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms
At the Strangers' Gate (Adam Gopnik)
At the Strangers' Gate
66
Adam Gopnik
The Dreams of Bethany Melmont (William Boyd)
The Dreams of Bethany Melmont
67
William Boyd
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
68
George Saunders
Cake and the Rain (Jimmy Webb)
Cake and the Rain
69
Jimmy Webb
The Ocean Fell Into the Drop (Terence Stamp)
The Ocean Fell Into the Drop
70
Terence Stamp
Shark Drunk (Morten Strøksnes)
Shark Drunk
71
Morten Strøksnes
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
72
Mohsin Hamed
Mistakes Were Made (Some in French) (Fiona Lewis)
Mistakes Were Made (Some in French)
73
Fiona Lewis
Nothing but a Circus (Daniel Levin)
Nothing but a Circus
74
Daniel Levin
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
75
Franz Kafka
Malice Afterthought (Francis Iles)
Malice Afterthought
76
Francis Iles
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
77
Amor Towles
The City and the Pillar
The City and the Pillar
78
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
79
Alice Munro
The Given Day
The Given Day
80
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