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Recommendations: Some for Me and Some for You

I am adding my version of the one loved/one recommended list to the mix because, first of all, these lists are terribly fun to make. More importantly, when I read a stand-out, unforgettable book, I am bursting to share my love for it with other readers. The odd-numbered items are books I read/reread and loved and rated five stars over the past two years. Even-numbered items are books I found most appealing among the "Readers Also Enjoyed" suggestions on Goodreads.
While many of my favourites are equally beloved among the majority of readers (at least those on Goodreads), I know there are almost as many that are divisive or controversial choices. I don't recommend these books with the hope or expectation that you will also love them or become as wrapped up in the writing as I was. I do hope that they make you feel something strongly, and perhaps cause you to think about new ideas and perspectives.
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch
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Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
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Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
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The Door (Magda Szabó)
The Door (Magda Szabó)
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Journey by Moonlight (Antal Szerb)
Journey by Moonlight (Antal Szerb)
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Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
9
The Postcard (Anne Berest)
The Postcard (Anne Berest)
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Tom Lake (Ann Patchett)
Tom Lake (Ann Patchett)
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The Trouble With Happiness (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Trouble With Happiness (Tove Ditlevsen)
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August Blue (Deborah Levy)
August Blue (Deborah Levy)
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Stoner (Williams)
Stoner (Williams)
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
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Spring Snow (Yukio Mishima)
Spring Snow (Yukio Mishima)
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Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
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Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
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Burger's Daughter (Nadine Gordimer)
Burger's Daughter (Nadine Gordimer)
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The Good Doctor (Damon Galgut)
The Good Doctor (Damon Galgut)
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Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
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Hang the Moon (Jeanette Walls)
Hang the Moon (Jeanette Walls)
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The Lover (Rebecca Sacks)
The Lover (Rebecca Sacks)
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Berlin (Bea Setton)
Berlin (Bea Setton)
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A Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)
A Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)
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Solid Objects (Virginia Woolf)
Solid Objects (Virginia Woolf)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
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The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
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Weetzie Bat
Weetzie Bat
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Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
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The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
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Young Mungo (Douglas Stuart)
Young Mungo (Douglas Stuart)
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Trespasses (Louise Kennedy)
Trespasses (Louise Kennedy)
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The Secret History
The Secret History
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
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The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
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