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Beautifully Written Books to Get Lost In - Page 2

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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Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
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The King Must Die (Mary Renault)
The King Must Die (Mary Renault)
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The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
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The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
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The Last Picture Show (Larry McMurtry)
The Last Picture Show (Larry McMurtry)
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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The Life Before Her Eyes (Laura Kasischke)
The Life Before Her Eyes (Laura Kasischke)
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Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
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The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye
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The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
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Midnight'S Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight'S Children (Salman Rushdie)
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The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
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A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)
A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)
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Moonbath (Yanick Lahens)
Moonbath (Yanick Lahens)
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Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
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The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
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The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
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No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
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Nostromo (Conrad - Penguin Classics))
Nostromo (Conrad - Penguin Classics))
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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Orlando
Orlando
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The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
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The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
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Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
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Raymond Carver: Collected Stories (Raymond Carver)
Raymond Carver: Collected Stories (Raymond Carver)
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The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
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The Scorpio Races (Maggie Stiefvater)
The Scorpio Races (Maggie Stiefvater)
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The Sea, the Sea
The Sea, the Sea
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The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
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Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
74
Seraphina (Rachel Hartman)
Seraphina (Rachel Hartman)
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Shadow and Bone (Leigh Bardugo)
Shadow and Bone (Leigh Bardugo)
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The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
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The Shadow Lines (Amitav Ghosh)
The Shadow Lines (Amitav Ghosh)
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The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing (Mira Jacob)
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing (Mira Jacob)
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Hemingway)
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Somewhere off the Coast of Maine (Hood)
Somewhere off the Coast of Maine (Hood)
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