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Educational Books You Won't Read in School This Year

These are all incredible books that will grow your mind and soul, but won't necessarily be taught to you in school (unless your teachers are really cool/insane).
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American Widow
American Widow
1
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
2
Jeff Vandermeer
THE ART OF BEING NORMAL (LISA WILLIAMSON)
THE ART OF BEING NORMAL
3
LISA WILLIAMSON
Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behavior: Stories
4
Mary Gaitskill
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
5
Roxane Gay
Being Jazz (Jazz Jennings)
Being Jazz
6
Jazz Jennings
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
7
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti
8
Nnedi Okorafor
Birdie (Tracey Lindberg)
Birdie
9
Tracey Lindberg
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
Black Hole
10
Charles Burns
Blankety Blank (D. Harlan Wilson)
Blankety Blank
11
D. Harlan Wilson
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
12
Octavia Butler
Bone (Fae Myenne Ng)
Bone
13
Fae Myenne Ng
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
14
Helen Fielding
Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
Brown Girl in the Ring
15
Nalo Hopkinson
By the Sword
By the Sword
16
C (Tom McCarthy)
C
17
Tom McCarthy
Carry on (Rainbow Rowell)
Carry On
18
Rainbow Rowell
Chronic City
Chronic City
19
Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
Clan of the Cave Bear
20
Jean M. Auel
Claudine at School
Claudine at School
21
Coin Locker Babies
Coin Locker Babies
22
Delta of Venus (Anaïs Nin)
Delta of Venus
23
Anaïs Nin
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
24
Samuel R. Delany
Duplex
Duplex
25
Dust (Yvonne Owuor)
Dust
26
Yvonne Owuor
Earthsea Cycle
Earthsea Cycle
27
Epileptic by David B.
Epileptic by David B.
28
Everfair (Nisi Shawl)
Everfair
29
Nisi Shawl
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
30
Erica Jong
A Feast of Snakes
A Feast of Snakes
31
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
32
Joanna Russ
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
33
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
34
Alison Bechdel
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
35
Katherine Dunn
Get in Trouble (Kelly Link)
Get in Trouble
36
Kelly Link
Ghost World (Daniel Clowes)
Ghost World
37
Daniel Clowes
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
38
James Baldwin
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing (Eimear McBride)
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
39
Eimear McBride
God Help the Child (Toni Morrison)
God Help the Child
40
Toni Morrison
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