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Leah's Most Essential Books

Not best, not favorite but most formative books, the ones that most effectively tell you what is wrong with me.
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Remains of the Day (Ishiguro, Kazuo)
Remains of the Day (Ishiguro, Kazuo)
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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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The Trees (Percival Everett)
The Trees (Percival Everett)
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Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
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The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining (Stephen King)
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
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The Only Good Indians (Stephen Graham Jones)
The Only Good Indians (Stephen Graham Jones)
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The Unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
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Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
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The Good House (Tananarive Due)
The Good House (Tananarive Due)
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
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Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
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A Dark and Hungry God Arises (Donaldson)
A Dark and Hungry God Arises (Donaldson)
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Enders Game (Orson Scott Card)
Enders Game (Orson Scott Card)
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The City and the City
The City and the City
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Bunnicula (James Howe)
Bunnicula (James Howe)
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH(Rats of NIMH #1) (O'Brien, Robert C.)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH(Rats of NIMH #1) (O'Brien, Robert C.)
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Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
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Ghost Wall (Sarah Moss)
Ghost Wall (Sarah Moss)
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The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger
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Lent (Jo Walton)
Lent (Jo Walton)
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Lost Souls
Lost Souls
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Fledgeling (Octavia E. Butler)
Fledgeling (Octavia E. Butler)
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The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
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The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
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Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
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Carrie
Carrie
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The Vaster Wilds (Lauren Groff)
The Vaster Wilds (Lauren Groff)
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Ammonite (Nicola Griffith)
Ammonite (Nicola Griffith)
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The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (Vladimir Voinovich)
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (Vladimir Voinovich)
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Aurora (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Aurora (Kim Stanley Robinson)
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The Broken Earth (N.K. Jemisin)
The Broken Earth (N.K. Jemisin)
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American Ghosts and Old World Wonders (Angela Carter)
American Ghosts and Old World Wonders (Angela Carter)
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
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Carrion Comfort
Carrion Comfort
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Lost in the Funhouse (John Barth)
Lost in the Funhouse (John Barth)
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Generation X (Douglas Coupland)
Generation X (Douglas Coupland)
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