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Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread - Page 2

A thought-provoking challenge which contains important non-fiction examining race issues, democracy, terrorism and the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Muhammad Ali etc. This is alongside fiction favourites such as the Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and works by Dr. Seuss.
These are books discussed in the 2020 publication "Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread", by Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani. She writes "about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today." (Goodreads)
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Farewell Address (George Washington)
Farewell Address
41
George Washington
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
42
Ralph Ellison
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
43
William Faulkner
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
44
Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of a New Name
45
Elena Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Elena Ferrante)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
46
Elena Ferrante
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
47
Elena Ferrante
The Good Soldiers (David Finkel)
The Good Soldiers
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David Finkel
Thank You for Your Service (David Finkel)
Thank You for Your Service
49
David Finkel
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
50
The Forever War (Dexter Filkins)
The Forever War
51
Dexter Filkins
Anatomy of Terror (Ali H. Soufan)
Anatomy of Terror
52
Ali H. Soufan
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
53
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gould's Book of Fish (Richard Flanagan)
Gould's Book of Fish
54
Richard Flanagan
The Letters of Gustave Flaubert 1830-1857 (Gustave Flaubert)
The Letters of Gustave Flaubert 1830-1857
55
Gustave Flaubert
Sinatra! the Song Is You: A Singer's Art (Will Friedwald)
Sinatra! the Song Is You: A Singer's Art
56
Will Friedwald
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
57
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Idea Factory (Jon Gertner)
The Idea Factory
58
Jon Gertner
The Peripheral (William Gibson)
The Peripheral
59
William Gibson
The Examined Life (Stephen Grosz)
The Examined Life
60
Stephen Grosz
Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand)
Seabiscuit
61
Laura Hillenbrand
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays (Richard Hofstadter)
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
62
Richard Hofstadter
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
63
Homer
Lab Girl (Hope Jahren)
Lab Girl
64
Hope Jahren
The Liars' Club (Mary Karr)
The Liars' Club
65
Mary Karr
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Lut
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Lut
66
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
67
Stephen King
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
68
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Language of the Third Reich (Victor Klemperer)
The Language of the Third Reich
69
Victor Klemperer
On Tyranny (Timothy Snyder)
On Tyranny
70
Timothy Snyder
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future (Steven Levitsky)
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
71
Steven Levitsky
The Road to Unfreedom (Timothy Snyder)
The Road to Unfreedom
72
Timothy Snyder
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
73
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
74
Jhumpa Lahiri
You Are Not a Gadget (Jaron Lanier)
You Are Not a Gadget
75
Jaron Lanier
Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters With Reality and Virtual Reality (Jaron Lanier)
Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters With Reality and Virtual Reality
76
Jaron Lanier
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
77
Madeleine L'engle
The Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln (Ed. Don E. Fehrenbacher)
The Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln
78
Ed. Don E. Fehrenbacher
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America by Garry Wills
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America by Garry Wills
79
Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer (Fred Kaplan)
Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer
80
Fred Kaplan
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