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Markd9528's Updated 100 Favourite Books

This challenge has been updated with works I have read in the last year or so. Specifically these are 100 books that have left a strong impression on me or that I remember with fondness and/or amusement. That includes books I read in childhood (which could mean more than 50 years ago).
I have restricted myself to two books per author but dropping this restriction wouldn't have made much difference. I feel all these books are worth reading, although dissenting comments on specific books are welcome.
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The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
Albert Camus
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Eugene Onegin (Alexander Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
Alexander Pushkin
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
4
Loving Sabotage (Amelie Nothomb)
Loving Sabotage
Amelie Nothomb
5
The Shipping News (Annie Proux)
The Shipping News
Annie Proux
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Clouds (Aristophanes)
Clouds
Aristophanes
7
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
8
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
9
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
10
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
11
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
12
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Crockett Johnson)
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson
13
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
14
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
Dante Alighieri
15
Five Children and It (E Nesbit)
Five Children and It
E Nesbit
16
The Railway Children (E. Nesbit)
The Railway Children
E. Nesbit
17
World's Fair (E.L. Doctorow)
World's Fair
E.L. Doctorow
18
Pollyanna (Eleanor H. Porter)
Pollyanna
Eleanor H. Porter
19
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
20
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
Evelyn Waugh
21
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
22
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
Fyodor Dostoevsky
23
Chronicle of Death Foretold (Gabriel García Márquez)
Chronicle of Death Foretold
Gabriel García Márquez
24
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez
25
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
26
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
27
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
Graham Greene
28
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell)
The Tin Drum
Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell
29
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells
30
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
Han Kang
31
Washington Square (Henry James)
Washington Square
Henry James
32
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
33
Old Man Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Old Man Goriot
Honoré De Balzac
34
The Double Helix (James Watson)
The Double Helix
James Watson
35
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
Jane Austen
36
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
37
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick
38
The Swiss Family Robinson (Johann Wyss)
The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann Wyss
39
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
John Knowles
40
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
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