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The Roaming Reader's World Cup of Books 2021

During November 2021 the award winning bookstagrammer, The Roaming Reader (instagram.com/TheRoamingReader) hosted the fifth world cup of books on her account. The books listed below were entered by her followers into the competition. They are the books they'd recommend above all others, that they think the whole world should read, that changes their lives, that offered inspiration and comfort and education.
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
1
Anthony Doerr
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
2
Louisa May Alcott
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
3
Charles Dickens
A Long Petal of the Sea (Isabel Allende)
A Long Petal of the Sea
4
Isabel Allende
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
5
Richard Adams
Matthew Shardlake Series (C.J. Sansom)
Matthew Shardlake Series
6
C.J. Sansom
The First Circle (Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
7
Solzhenitsyn
The Shuddering (Ania Ahlborn)
The Shuddering
8
Ania Ahlborn
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
9
Hanya Yanagihara
Frenchman's Creek (Daphne Du Maurier)
Frenchman's Creek
10
Daphne Du Maurier
Tuesdays With Morrie
Tuesdays With Morrie
11
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
12
Kristin Hannah
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Gods of Jade and Shadow
13
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
14
Jane Austen
Everything I Know About Love (Dolly Alderton)
Everything I Know About Love
15
Dolly Alderton
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
16
John Boyne
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Elif Shafak)
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
17
Elif Shafak
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Grady Hendrix)
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
18
Grady Hendrix
Oblomov
Oblomov
19
The House on the Cerulean Sea (T. J. Klune)
The House on the Cerulean Sea
20
T. J. Klune
Brother (Ania Ahlborn)
Brother
21
Ania Ahlborn
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
22
J.R.R. Tolkien
Sunset (Jessie Cave)
Sunset
23
Jessie Cave
Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Wives and Daughters
24
Elizabeth Gaskell
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (Richard Yates)
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
25
Richard Yates
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
26
Celeste Ng
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon
27
James Hilton
Upstream (Mary Oliver)
Upstream
28
Mary Oliver
Humankind: A Hopeful History (Rutger Bregman)
Humankind: A Hopeful History
29
Rutger Bregman
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
30
Mary Shelley
Heartstopper (Alice Oseman)
Heartstopper
31
Alice Oseman
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
32
Shirley Jackson
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
33
Daniel Keyes
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
34
Khaled Hosseini
Jog On: How Running Saved My Life (Bella MacKie)
Jog On: How Running Saved My Life
35
Bella MacKie
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
36
Becky Chambers
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
37
Alice Walker
The Shadow Lines
The Shadow Lines
38
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
39
Michelle Obama
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
40
Jean Rhys
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