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50 Great Books Not on All the Other Lists

We've all done the same lists over and over clicking the same books we all have read. Here is a list of great books not always included on the GREAT lists.
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A Supposedly Fun Thing (Wallace)
A Supposedly Fun Thing
1
Wallace
The Cave (Jose Saramago)
The Cave
2
Jose Saramago
View With a Grain of Sand (Wisława Szymborska)
View With a Grain of Sand
3
Wisława Szymborska
Here Is New York (E. B. White)
Here Is New York
4
E. B. White
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy
5
Samuel Beckett
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening (Stephen Batchelor)
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
6
Stephen Batchelor
Sister Outsider
Sister Outsider
7
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
8
Margaret Atwood
Lost Painting (Jonathan Harr)
Lost Painting
9
Jonathan Harr
Fragments of a Journal (Eugene Ionesco)
Fragments of a Journal
10
Eugene Ionesco
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
11
Italo Calvino
The Best of Roald Dahl (Roald Dahl)
The Best of Roald Dahl
12
Roald Dahl
The Stories of Breece D'j Pancake (Breece D'j Pancake)
The Stories of Breece D'j Pancake
13
Breece D'j Pancake
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
14
W.G. Sebald
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
15
Nelson Mandela
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
16
Raymond Carver
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
17
Richard Wright
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
18
Elizabeth Kolbert
In Montmartre (Sue Roe)
In Montmartre
19
Sue Roe
A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin)
A Manual for Cleaning Women
20
Lucia Berlin
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
21
Paul Kalanithi
The Invention of Nature (Andrea Wulf)
The Invention of Nature
22
Andrea Wulf
Notorious RBG (Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik)
Notorious RBG
23
Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
24
Amor Towles
The Hidden Life of Trees (Peter Wohlleben)
The Hidden Life of Trees
25
Peter Wohlleben
Spring (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
Spring
26
Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Heart's Invisible Furies (John Boyne)
The Heart's Invisible Furies
27
John Boyne
The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
The Color of Law
28
Richard Rothstein
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
29
Tara Westover
What Happened (Hillary Clinton)
What Happened
30
Hillary Clinton
Fascism: A Warning (Madeleine Albright)
Fascism: A Warning
31
Madeleine Albright
White Fragility (Robin Diangelo)
White Fragility
32
Robin Diangelo
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger (Rebecca Traister)
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
33
Rebecca Traister
Dreyer's English (Benjamin Dreyer)
Dreyer's English
34
Benjamin Dreyer
All Boys Aren't Blue (George M. Johnson)
All Boys Aren't Blue
35
George M. Johnson
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
36
Sarah Waters
Invisible Women (Caroline Criado-Pérez)
Invisible Women
37
Caroline Criado-Pérez
Exhalation (Ted Chiang)
Exhalation
38
Ted Chiang
The Education of an Idealist (Samantha Power)
The Education of an Idealist
39
Samantha Power
How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality (Adam Rutherford)
How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality
40
Adam Rutherford
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