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Best in Book. Part 1

An eclectic list of books everyone should read, part one. Classics, fiction, science fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
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Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
Terry Pratchett
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Hogfather
Hogfather
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Small Gods (Terry Pratchett)
Small Gods
Terry Pratchett
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Thud! (Terry Pratchett)
Thud!
Terry Pratchett
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Wyrd Sisters (Terry Pratchett)
Wyrd Sisters
Terry Pratchett
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Witches Abroad
Witches Abroad
10
Iron Druid Chronicles
Iron Druid Chronicles
11
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
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The Wee Free Men (Terry Pratchett)
The Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett
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A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
E.M. Forster
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If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries Then Why Am I in the Pits
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries Then Why Am I in the Pits
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The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
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Tamburlaine
Tamburlaine
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Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
Dorothy Allison
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The White Album
The White Album
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Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
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Naked
Naked
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Selected Poems of William Butler Yeats
Selected Poems of William Butler Yeats
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
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Equal Rites
Equal Rites
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Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman
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Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors
Augusten Burroughs
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo
28
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman
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Going Postal (Terry Pratchett)
Going Postal
Terry Pratchett
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Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett
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The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
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Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
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The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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War (Sebastian Junger)
War
Sebastian Junger
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
37
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
38
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
40
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
Night Watch
Terry Pratchett
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