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Greatest Books to Read Before You Die

An aspirational list over some of the"greatest" books to read. Poetry not included, that will be its own list.
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The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
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The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
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The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
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The Wretched of the Earth (Frantz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth (Frantz Fanon)
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The World of Yesterday (Stefan Zweig)
The World of Yesterday (Stefan Zweig)
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A Woman's Story (Annie Ernaux)
A Woman's Story (Annie Ernaux)
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The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
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A Woman in Berlin (Anonymous)
A Woman in Berlin (Anonymous)
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The Woman Destroyed (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Woman Destroyed (Simone De Beauvoir)
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Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
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A Wizard of Earthsea
A Wizard of Earthsea
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The Wild Duck (Henrik Ibsen)
The Wild Duck (Henrik Ibsen)
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White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
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White Nights (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
White Nights (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang (Jack London)
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
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The Wedding (Stanisław Wyspiański)
The Wedding (Stanisław Wyspiański)
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
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We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
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The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
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Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
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Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
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War With the Newts (Karel Capek)
War With the Newts (Karel Capek)
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The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
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The War (Marguerite Duras)
The War (Marguerite Duras)
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Waiting for God (Simone Weil)
Waiting for God (Simone Weil)
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Waiting for the Fear (Oğuz Atay)
Waiting for the Fear (Oğuz Atay)
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The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
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Victoria (Knut Hamsun)
Victoria (Knut Hamsun)
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The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
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Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
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V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
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The Twenty Days of Turin (Giorgio De Maria)
The Twenty Days of Turin (Giorgio De Maria)
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The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
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The Trouble With Being Born (E.M. Cioran)
The Trouble With Being Born (E.M. Cioran)
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