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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 (Walter Moers)
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
1
Walter Moers
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
2
Anthony Doerr
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
3
Erich Maria Remarque
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
4
Bret Easton Ellis
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
5
Anne Frank
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
6
Jeff Vandermeer
Any Known Blood (Lawrence Hill)
Any Known Blood
7
Lawrence Hill
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
8
Ian McEwan
The Bees (Laline Paull)
The Bees
9
Laline Paull
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
10
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
11
Toni Morrison
The BFG (Roald Dahl)
The BFG
12
Roald Dahl
Blasted (Sarah Kane)
Blasted
13
Sarah Kane
The Blindfold (Siri Hustvedt)
The Blindfold
14
Siri Hustvedt
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
15
José Saramago
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
16
Françoise Sagan
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name) (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name)
17
Lawrence Hill
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
18
Aldous Huxley
The Brothers Lionheart (Astrid Lindgren)
The Brothers Lionheart
19
Astrid Lindgren
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
20
Julie Otsuka
Butcher's Crossing (John Williams)
Butcher's Crossing
21
John Williams
California (Edan Lepucki)
California
22
Edan Lepucki
The Cement Garden
The Cement Garden
23
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
24
John Irving
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
25
Anthony Burgess
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
26
Charles Frazier
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
27
Arthur Miller
The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
The Diviners
28
Margaret Laurence
Effi Briest (Theodor Fontane)
Effi Briest
29
Theodor Fontane
The English Patient
The English Patient
30
The Englishman's Boy
The Englishman's Boy
31
Equus (Peter Shaffer)
Equus
32
Peter Shaffer
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
33
Celeste Ng
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
34
Jonathan Safran Foer
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
35
Jonathan Safran Foer
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
36
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
37
Ernest Hemingway
Good Morning, Midnight (Jean Rhys)
Good Morning, Midnight
38
Jean Rhys
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
39
John Steinbeck
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
40
William Shakespeare
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