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Books That Had an Impact on Me

A list of 100 books that had some sort of impact on my thinking, world view, or understanding. There are many more, but I figured 100 was a reasonable place to stop.
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James Joyce Ulysses
James Joyce Ulysses
1
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
2
James Joyce
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
3
James Joyce
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
4
Virginia Woolf
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
5
Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
6
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
7
Virginia Woolf
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
9
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
10
Junot Díaz
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
11
John Kennedy Toole
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
12
Complete Works Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
Complete Works Edgar Allen Poe
13
Edgar Allen Poe
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
14
David Foster Wallace
Girl With Curious Hair (David Foster Wallace)
Girl With Curious Hair
15
David Foster Wallace
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
16
Saul Bellow
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
17
Saul Bellow
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift
18
Saul Bellow
Mr. Sammler's Planet
Mr. Sammler's Planet
19
Seize the Day (Saul Bellow)
Seize the Day
20
Saul Bellow
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
21
Cormac McCarthy
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
22
Cormac McCarthy
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
23
Joseph Heller
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
24
Thomas Pynchon
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
25
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
26
George Orwell
Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara)
Poisonwood Bible
27
Kingsolver, Barbara
Collected Poems by Keats
Collected Poems by Keats
28
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
29
Herman Melville
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
30
F. Scott Fitzgerald
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
31
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
32
Gabriel García Márquez
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
33
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
34
William Faulkner
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
35
Flannery O'Connor
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
36
Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
37
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
38
Toni Morrison
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
39
Ralph Ellison
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
40
Leslie Marmon Silko
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