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Beautifully Written Books to Get Lost In

Sometimes we forget how important good writing can be to the art of story telling. Here are 100 modern , post-modern, and contemporary works which contain beautiful prose styles that inform, enhance, and elevate the reading experience. I have limited the list to works written in English; translation can only approximate the prose styles of writers in other languages. Much as I love "The Name of the Rose", for example, I do not read Italian, so I don't know how much of what I read is actually Umberto Eco and how much is the translator William Weaver.
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
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The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
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The Bostonians (Henry James)
The Bostonians (Henry James)
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Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
Call Me by Your Name (André Aciman)
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
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A Certain Slant of Light (Laura Whitcombe)
A Certain Slant of Light (Laura Whitcombe)
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Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
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Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
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The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians (Greene)
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Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Lani Taylor)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Lani Taylor)
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Deathless (Catherynne M. Valente)
Deathless (Catherynne M. Valente)
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The Devourers (Indra Das)
The Devourers (Indra Das)
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
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Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book (Willis)
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Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners (Joyce)
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Everything Everything (Nicola Yoon)
Everything Everything (Nicola Yoon)
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Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
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Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely (Chandler)
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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars (Kai Cheng Thom)
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars (Kai Cheng Thom)
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The Garden Party (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party (Katherine Mansfield)
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Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
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The Gods of Tango (Carolina De Robertis)
The Gods of Tango (Carolina De Robertis)
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The Green Man (Kingsley Amis)
The Green Man (Kingsley Amis)
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The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
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Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
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The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
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The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
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The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
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Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice (Anna Kavan)
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In Sunlight and in Shadow (Mark Helprin)
In Sunlight and in Shadow (Mark Helprin)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Jellicoe Road (Melina Marchetta)
Jellicoe Road (Melina Marchetta)
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