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80 Books Every Person Should Read

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The Great Gatsby
To Kill A Mockingbird
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The Color Purple
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
1
Edith Wharton
Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
2
Alice Munro
An Untamed State (Roxane Gay)
An Untamed State
3
Roxane Gay
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
4
Leo Tolstoy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
5
William Faulkner
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
6
Anne Carson
Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behavior: Stories
7
Mary Gaitskill
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
8
Carson McCullers
Balm (Dolen Perkins-Valdez)
Balm
9
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
10
Dorothy Allison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
11
The Best of Everything
The Best of Everything
12
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
13
Lorrie Moore
The Boys of My Youth (Jo Ann Beard)
The Boys of My Youth
14
Jo Ann Beard
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
15
Junot Díaz
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
16
Leslie Marmon Silko
The Chronology of Water: A Memoir, Lidia Yuknavitch
The Chronology of Water: A Memoir, Lidia Yuknavitch
17
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
18
Claudia Rankine
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
19
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield)
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
20
Katherine Mansfield
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
21
Emily Dickinson
Forgotten Country (Catherine Chung)
Forgotten Country
22
Catherine Chung
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
23
Mary Shelley
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
24
Alison Bechdel
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
25
James Baldwin
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
26
Arundhati Roy
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
27
Mary McCarthy
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
28
Margaret Atwood
Harriet the Spy (Louise Fitzhugh)
Harriet the Spy
29
Louise Fitzhugh
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
30
Alice Munro
Heartburn, Nora Ephron
Heartburn, Nora Ephron
31
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
32
Marilynne Robinson
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
33
Truman Capote
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
34
Charlotte Bronte
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
35
Patti Smith
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
36
Walt Whitman
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
37
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
The Liars' Club: A Memoir (Mary Karr)
The Liars' Club: A Memoir
38
Mary Karr
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
39
Marguerite Duras
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
40
Gustave Flaubert
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