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Read Some Books! It'll Be Worth Your While!

A list of 50 books that I would recommend to get people to start reading. It can be hard to begin but these books are rewarding, with rich narratives, brilliant characters, and good life lessons!
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Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
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Earthsea Series
Earthsea Series
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Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
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The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
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On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
Zadie Smith
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Atomised (Michel Houellebecq)
Atomised
Michel Houellebecq
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Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
Robert Graves
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Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
Pat Barker
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
12
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
John Wyndham
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The Outsiders (S E Hinton)
The Outsiders
S E Hinton
14
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
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Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
Ian McEwan
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
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Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen
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MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
William Shakespeare
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Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
William Shakespeare
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Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
James Joyce
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Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
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Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
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A Passage to India (E. M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E. M. Forster
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
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Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
Angela Carter
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tennesee Williams
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
On Chesil Beach
Ian McEwan
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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
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Umibe No Kafuka / Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Umibe No Kafuka / Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
37
Northern Lights (Philip Pullman)
Northern Lights
Philip Pullman
38
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil
W. Somerset Maugham
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
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Against Nature
Against Nature
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