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