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80 Books Every Person Should Read

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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
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Alice Munro: Selected Stories
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
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An Untamed State
An Untamed State
4
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
6
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
Anne Carson
7
Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behavior: Stories
Mary Gaitskill
8
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Carson McCullers
9
Balm (Dolen Perkins-Valdez)
Balm
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
10
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
Dorothy Allison
11
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
12
The Best of Everything
The Best of Everything
13
Birds of America
Birds of America
14
The Boys of My Youth (Jo Ann Beard)
The Boys of My Youth
Jo Ann Beard
15
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
16
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko
17
The Chronology of Water: A Memoir, Lidia Yuknavitch
The Chronology of Water: A Memoir, Lidia Yuknavitch
18
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
Claudia Rankine
19
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
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The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield)
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield
21
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
22
Forgotten Country (Catherine Chung)
Forgotten Country
Catherine Chung
23
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
24
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
Alison Bechdel
25
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
26
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
27
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
Mary McCarthy
28
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
29
Harriet the Spy (Louise Fitzhugh)
Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh
30
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Alice Munro
31
Heartburn, Nora Ephron
Heartburn, Nora Ephron
32
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
33
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
34
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
35
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
Patti Smith
36
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
37
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
38
The Liars' Club: A Memoir
The Liars' Club: A Memoir
39
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
Marguerite Duras
40
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
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