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The Bibliophile's 600 Novels Read by 300 Female & 300 Male Authors

Although I've largely just combined my two previous lists of 300 authors for each gender, I have changed books for many authors whom I've read many books of (unless they're extremely popular) so that there's variety for viewers, and I've corrected a couple of errors with books. Also, just a reminder that a couple of the books could be seen as autobiographical, but they're somewhat fictionalised so I've included them. Enjoy...
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Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
1
Daniel Keyes
The Unfolding (A.M. Homes)
The Unfolding
2
A.M. Homes
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
3
A.S. Byatt
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
4
Abraham Verghese
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
The Covenant of Water
5
Abraham Verghese
They Both Die at the End (Adam Silvera)
They Both Die at the End
6
Adam Silvera
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
7
Agatha Christie
Tender Is the Flesh (Agustina Bazterrica)
Tender Is the Flesh
8
Agustina Bazterrica
The Ensemble (Aja Gabel)
The Ensemble
9
Aja Gabel
An Obedient Father (Akhil Sharma)
An Obedient Father
10
Akhil Sharma
Little Rot (Akwaeke Emezi)
Little Rot
11
Akwaeke Emezi
On Love (Alain De Botton)
On Love
12
Alain De Botton
The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
The Uncommon Reader
13
Alan Bennett
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
14
Alan Hollinghurst
Watchmen (Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons)
Watchmen
15
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
16
Alan Paton
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
17
Albert Camus
Her Lover (Belle Du Seigneur) (Albert Cohen)
Her Lover (Belle Du Seigneur)
18
Albert Cohen
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
19
Aldous Huxley
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
20
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
21
Alex Garland
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
22
Alex Haley
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
23
Alexandre Dumas
Autumn (Ali Smith)
Autumn
24
Ali Smith
The Remainder (Alia Trabucco Zerán)
The Remainder
25
Alia Trabucco Zerán
Rock Paper Scissors (Alice Feeney)
Rock Paper Scissors
26
Alice Feeney
Absolution (Alice Mcdermott)
Absolution
27
Alice Mcdermott
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
28
Alice Munro
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
29
Alice Sebold
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
30
Alice Walker
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
31
Alison Bechdel
Foreign Affairs (Alison Lurie)
Foreign Affairs
32
Alison Lurie
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
33
Amor Towles
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
34
Amy Tan
Delta of Venus (Anaïs Nin)
Delta of Venus
35
Anaïs Nin
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name
36
André Aciman
The Immoralist (André Gide)
The Immoralist
37
André Gide
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
38
Andrea Levy
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
39
Andrew Sean Greer
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
40
Andy Weir
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