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Ridiculously Long Book List

Why is it that most long book lists (or even just most lists) on this site are almost exclusively super obscure works from the 18/19th century? Especially since there are SO MANY great books that don't get any shine? Time to mix it up!
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The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
2
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
3
Lies We Tell Ourselves (Robin Talley)
Lies We Tell Ourselves
Robin Talley
4
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
Annie Proulx
5
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
6
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
7
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
8
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Helen Simonson)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson
9
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
10
Beauty (Robin McKinley)
Beauty
Robin McKinley
11
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
Voltaire
12
And Then There Were None (By Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (By Agatha Christie)
13
The Language of Thorns (Leigh Bardugo)
The Language of Thorns
Leigh Bardugo
14
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
15
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
16
Wires and Nerve (Marissa Meyer)
Wires and Nerve
Marissa Meyer
17
Wires and Nerves Vol. 2: Gone Rogue (Marissa Meyer)
Wires and Nerves Vol. 2: Gone Rogue
Marissa Meyer
18
White Is for Witching (Helen Oyeyemi)
White Is for Witching
Helen Oyeyemi
19
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
20
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
21
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
22
The Half-Made World
The Half-Made World
23
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
24
You Shall Know Our Velocity
You Shall Know Our Velocity
25
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo Anaya
26
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (David Sedaris)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
David Sedaris
27
Modern Romance (Aziz Ansari)
Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari
28
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
29
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom
30
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
Elie Wiesel
31
For Darkness Shows the Stars (Diana Peterfreund)
For Darkness Shows the Stars
Diana Peterfreund
32
Across a Star-Swept Sea (Diana Peterfruend)
Across a Star-Swept Sea
Diana Peterfruend
33
Me Before You (Jojo Moyes)
Me Before You
Jojo Moyes
34
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
35
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
36
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
37
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
38
Unspoken (Sarah Reese Brennan)
Unspoken
Sarah Reese Brennan
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Untold (Sarah Rees Brennan)
Untold
Sarah Rees Brennan
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Unmade (Sarah Rees Brennan)
Unmade
Sarah Rees Brennan
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