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Em's Top 20 Favorite Books of All Time

Subject to revision. 1 per author rule. Honorable Mentions: Rilke's Book for the Hours of Prayer; Ishiguro's The Unconsoled; Jemisin's The Fifth Season; Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books and Jaclyn Moriarty's epistolary YA.
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
1
Mary Shelley
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
2
J.D. Salinger
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours (Helen Oyeyemi)
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
3
Helen Oyeyemi
Here at Last Is Love: Selected Poems (Dunstan Thompson)
Here at Last Is Love: Selected Poems
4
Dunstan Thompson
Monstress (Tenorio)
Monstress
5
Tenorio
The Killing Moon
The Killing Moon
6
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
7
Denis Johnson
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
8
William Shakespeare
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
9
Gillian Flynn
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
10
Donna Tartt
The Core of the Sun (Johanna Sinisalo)
The Core of the Sun
11
Johanna Sinisalo
Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas (Dylan Thomas)
Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas
12
Dylan Thomas
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
13
Kazuo Ishiguro
Love and Hydrogen: New and Selected Stories (Jim Shepard)
Love and Hydrogen: New and Selected Stories
14
Jim Shepard
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems (Danez Smith)
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems
15
Danez Smith
Howl (1955) - Allen Ginsberg
Howl (1955) - Allen Ginsberg
16
The Crown Ain't Worth Much (Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib)
The Crown Ain't Worth Much
17
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
The Caves of Steel (Isaac Asimov)
The Caves of Steel
18
Isaac Asimov
Who Fears Death (Nnedi Okorafor)
Who Fears Death
19
Nnedi Okorafor
Big Sur (Kerouac)
Big Sur
20
Kerouac
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