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30 Must-Read Books

Real Simple website asked 31 noted authors what they would put on a list of books you absolutely have to read.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
V.S. Naipaul
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A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
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Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
E. B. White
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The Wisdom of No Escape (Pema Chodron)
The Wisdom of No Escape
Pema Chodron
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain
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True Grit
True Grit
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The Light Between Oceans (M.L. Stedman)
The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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The Information (James Gleich)
The Information
James Gleich
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St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (Karen Russell)
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Karen Russell
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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Kindly Bent to Ease Us (Longchenpa)
Kindly Bent to Ease Us
Longchenpa
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The Eight
The Eight
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Wave
Wave
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Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence (Richard W. Wrangham, Dale Peterson)
Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence
Richard W. Wrangham, Dale Peterson
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Middlesteins
Middlesteins
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Flow (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)
Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
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Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
E.M. Forster
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (Anthony Marra)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra
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My Stroke of Insight
My Stroke of Insight
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Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph Avenue
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In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
Ernest Hemingway
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Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
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Girls Like Us
Girls Like Us
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Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
Alexander Dumas
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The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
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