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H's 50 Most Formative Books

These are the books that have influenced my taste as a reader and writer from childhood to the present.
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Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
2
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
3
Burnt Shadows (Kamila Shamsie)
Burnt Shadows (Kamila Shamsie)
4
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
5
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
6
Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
7
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
8
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
9
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
10
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
11
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
12
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
13
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
14
A Visit From the Goon Squad
A Visit From the Goon Squad
15
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
16
"Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
"Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
17
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
18
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma (Jane Austen)
19
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
20
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
21
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian (Andy Weir)
22
The Revenant (Michael Punke)
The Revenant (Michael Punke)
23
Mother Daughter Widow Wife (Robin Wasserman)
Mother Daughter Widow Wife (Robin Wasserman)
24
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
25
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey (Homer)
26
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
27
Fireborne (Rosaria Munda)
Fireborne (Rosaria Munda)
28
The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May (Mark Z. Danielewski)
The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May (Mark Z. Danielewski)
29
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
30
Gathering Moss (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Gathering Moss (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
31
Ghosts in the Schoolyard (Eve L. Ewing)
Ghosts in the Schoolyard (Eve L. Ewing)
32
Savage Inequalities
Savage Inequalities
33
A Theology of Liberation (Gustavo Gutiérrez)
A Theology of Liberation (Gustavo Gutiérrez)
34
Right-Wing Women (Andrea Dworkin)
Right-Wing Women (Andrea Dworkin)
35
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
36
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (Kate Manne)
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (Kate Manne)
37
Deaf Republic: Poems (Ilya Kaminsky)
Deaf Republic: Poems (Ilya Kaminsky)
38
T.S. Eliot the Waste Land
T.S. Eliot the Waste Land
39
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Poems and Prose (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Poems and Prose (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
40
Wild Iris (Louise Gluck)
Wild Iris (Louise Gluck)
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