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101 Books That Have Touched, Shocked or Changed Me

This is a list of books that I've read that had an impact on my life in some way. These books made me laugh or cry, they've shocked me, or impressed me with the story they told, and all of them have somehow stayed with me. Many of them are classics that you've probably already read, but some are not as widely known. I've also listed children's books that I've reread as an adult. Some of them I've read only once, some I've read over and over again.
I can honestly recommend all of them.
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The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
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Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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Annihilation
Annihilation
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Any Known Blood (Lawrence Hill)
Any Known Blood
Lawrence Hill
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
Ian McEwan
9
The Bees
The Bees
10
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
12
The BFG
The BFG
13
Blasted (Sarah Kane)
Blasted
Sarah Kane
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The Blindfold (Siri Hustvedt)
The Blindfold
Siri Hustvedt
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Blindness
Blindness
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Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse
17
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name)
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name)
18
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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The Brothers Lionheart
The Brothers Lionheart
20
The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic
21
Butcher's Crossing (John Williams)
Butcher's Crossing
John Williams
22
California (Edan Lepucki)
California
Edan Lepucki
23
The Cement Garden
The Cement Garden
24
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules
25
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
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Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain
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Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
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The Diviners
The Diviners
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Effi Briest (Theodor Fontane)
Effi Briest
Theodor Fontane
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The English Patient
The English Patient
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The Englishman's Boy
The Englishman's Boy
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Equus
Equus
33
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng
34
Everything Is Illuminated
Everything Is Illuminated
35
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
36
Faust
Faust
37
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
38
Good Morning, Midnight
Good Morning, Midnight
39
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
40
Hamlet
Hamlet
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