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The Essential - To Buy to Read - Commencing 2016

Books that are the high priority on my wish list - the ones you feel you are hosting someone very special when they arrive through the door - as though visited by an icon.
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#GIRLBOSS (Sophia Amoruso)
#GIRLBOSS
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Sophia Amoruso
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
2
Stephen King
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark
3
Haruki Murakami
After You (Jojo Moyles)
After You
4
Jojo Moyles
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
5
Margaret Atwood
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
6
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
7
Anthony Doerr
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
8
Michael Chabon
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
9
Neil Gaiman
Apple Tree Yard
Apple Tree Yard
10
Attachments (Rainbow Rowell)
Attachments
11
Rainbow Rowell
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
12
Roxane Gay
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
13
Sylvia Plath
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
14
James Ellroy
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
15
The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi)
The Buddha of Suburbia
16
Hanif Kureishi
Carry on (Rainbow Rowell)
Carry On
17
Rainbow Rowell
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
18
Kurt Vonnegut
The Comfort of Strangers
The Comfort of Strangers
19
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
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Elizabeth Gaskell
Dance Dance Dance (Haruki Murakami)
Dance Dance Dance
21
Haruki Murakami
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places
22
Gillian Flynn
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
23
Josephine Tey
Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
24
Daphne Du Maurier
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
25
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
The Edible Woman
26
Margaret Atwood
Escape From Cubicle Nation (Pamela Slim)
Escape From Cubicle Nation
27
Pamela Slim
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
28
Erica Jong
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
29
Betty Friedan
Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
Finders Keepers
30
Stephen King
First Frost (Sarah Addison)
First Frost
31
Sarah Addison
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
32
V.C. Andrews
Forever (Judy Blume)
Forever
33
Judy Blume
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
34
J.D. Salinger
From Hell (Alan Moore)
From Hell
35
Alan Moore
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
36
Marilynne Robinson
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
37
Jeannette Walls
The Gum Thief (Douglas Coupland)
The Gum Thief
38
Douglas Coupland
Handling the Undead
Handling the Undead
39
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
40
Douglas Adams
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