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100 Books to Read (Monicap Needs to Read These)

This is my take on the definitive "100 books to read" list but like a little bit more interesting than those lists tend to be. I hope to be able to do a take on that list but actually, recommending books I've already read sometime soon. It's just hard to come up with a definitive list like that, especially while I haven't read some of the titles on this list!
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1
Chinua Achebe
Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Kaveh Akbar)
Calling a Wolf a Wolf
2
Kaveh Akbar
Anna Akhmatova (Anna Akhmatova)
Anna Akhmatova
3
Anna Akhmatova
Brother (Ania Ahlborn)
Brother
4
Ania Ahlborn
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
5
Dorothy Allison
Chains (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Chains
6
Laurie Halse Anderson
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
7
James Baldwin
The Waking Land (Callie Bates)
The Waking Land
8
Callie Bates
The Shining Girls (Lauren Beukes)
The Shining Girls
9
Lauren Beukes
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
10
Anne Brontë
Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler)
Parable of the Sower
11
Octavia Butler
Kushiel's Dart (Jacqueline Carey)
Kushiel's Dart
12
Jacqueline Carey
Boy Proof (Cecil Castellucci)
Boy Proof
13
Cecil Castellucci
Finna (Nino Cipri)
Finna
14
Nino Cipri
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture (Emma Dabiri)
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture
15
Emma Dabiri
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
16
Samuel R. Delany
Postcolonial Love Poem (Natalie Diaz)
Postcolonial Love Poem
17
Natalie Diaz
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins (Emma Donoghue)
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
18
Emma Donoghue
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
19
Daphne Du Maurier
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
20
Amal El-Mohtar
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
21
Ralph Ellison
Things We Lost in the Fire (Mariana Enriquez)
Things We Lost in the Fire
22
Mariana Enriquez
The End of Days (Jenny Erpenbeck)
The End of Days
23
Jenny Erpenbeck
Build Yourself a Boat (Camonghne Felix)
Build Yourself a Boat
24
Camonghne Felix
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
25
E.M. Forster
Dona Barbara (Romulo Gallegos)
Dona Barbara
26
Romulo Gallegos
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
27
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Pink Line (Mark Gevisser)
The Pink Line
28
Mark Gevisser
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
29
Allen Ginsberg
Louisa Meets Bear (Lisa Gornick)
Louisa Meets Bear
30
Lisa Gornick
The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
The Anthropocene Reviewed
31
John Green
Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir (Lamya H)
Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir
32
Lamya H
Almost American Girl (Robin Ha)
Almost American Girl
33
Robin Ha
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
34
Mohsin Hamid
Signs Preceding the End of the World (Yura Herrari)
Signs Preceding the End of the World
35
Yura Herrari
Conversion (Katherine Howe)
Conversion
36
Katherine Howe
Wanderlove (Kristen Hubbard)
Wanderlove
37
Kristen Hubbard
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
38
Zora Neale Hurston
How Long Till Black Future Month: Stories (N. K. Jemisin)
How Long Till Black Future Month: Stories
39
N. K. Jemisin
News of the World (Paulette Jiles)
News of the World
40
Paulette Jiles
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