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43 Life-Changing Books You Need to Read

Life-changing books you have to read in your life. Made from a BuzzFeed article, "43 Books That Actually Changed People's Lives" - this list isn't based on my personal choices.
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All the Bright Places (Jennifer Niven)
All the Bright Places
1
Jennifer Niven
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
2
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
3
Stephen Chbosky
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
4
Dave Eggers
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
5
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
6
Khaled Hosseini
Love Letters to the Dead (Ava Dellaira)
Love Letters to the Dead
7
Ava Dellaira
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
8
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
9
Margaret Atwood
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
10
Truman Capote
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Book of Unknown Americans
11
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves
12
David Benioff
House Rules (Jodi Picoult)
House Rules
13
Jodi Picoult
Bird of Paradise : How I Became Latina (Raquel Cepeda)
Bird of Paradise : How I Became Latina
14
Raquel Cepeda
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
15
Charlotte Bronte
Just Above My Head
Just Above My Head
16
Dear Sugar (Cheryl Strayed)
Dear Sugar
17
Cheryl Strayed
Dry Augusten Burroughs
Dry Augusten Burroughs
18
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
19
William Shakespeare
Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli)
Stargirl
20
Jerry Spinelli
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
21
Janet Fitch
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
22
John Steinbeck
Caucasia (Danzy Senna)
Caucasia
23
Danzy Senna
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
24
Aldous Huxley
Jubilee
Jubilee
25
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
26
Gregory Maguire
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
27
Sylvia Plath
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
28
Azar Nafisi
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
29
Charles Dickens
The Painter of Signs
The Painter of Signs
30
Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk)
Invisible Monsters
31
Chuck Palahniuk
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Winifred Watson)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
32
Winifred Watson
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
33
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
34
Mikhail Bulgakov
Roots Alex Haley
Roots Alex Haley
35
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
36
Philip Pullman
When Women Were Birds (Terry Tempest Williams)
When Women Were Birds
37
Terry Tempest Williams
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
38
Ralph Ellison
Sister of My Heart
Sister of My Heart
39
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
40
Daphne Du Maurier
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