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The Best Books to Read Right Now

This is a list published by Gentleman's Quarterly suggesting the books that you should read right now to fit in with any crowd.
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Dee Brown
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La Garçonne (Victor Marguerrite)
La Garçonne
Victor Marguerrite
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Bluets (Maggie Nelson)
Bluets
Maggie Nelson
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Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
Patrick Suskind
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The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
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A Single Man
A Single Man
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Girl in a Band (Kim Gordon)
Girl in a Band
Kim Gordon
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The Bass Saxophone (Josef Škvorecký)
The Bass Saxophone
Josef Škvorecký
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Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
Gustave Flaubert
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Raymond Carver
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The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
Albert Camus
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank (Thad Carhart)
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
Thad Carhart
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In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
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Idaho (Emily Ruskovich)
Idaho
Emily Ruskovich
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Another Country
Another Country
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
Voltaire
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Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh
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Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Hubert Selby Jr.
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The Society of the Crossed Keys (Stefan Zweig)
The Society of the Crossed Keys
Stefan Zweig
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The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
Christopher Isherwood
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In Watermelon Sugar (Richard Brautigan)
In Watermelon Sugar
Richard Brautigan
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
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The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (Charles Baudelaire)
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
Charles Baudelaire
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The Lost Estate (Henri Alain-Fournier)
The Lost Estate
Henri Alain-Fournier
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The Favourite Game (Leonard Cohen)
The Favourite Game
Leonard Cohen
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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Corto Maltese-La Ballade De La Mer Salée (Hugo Pratt)
Corto Maltese-La Ballade De La Mer Salée
Hugo Pratt
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Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
Patti Smith
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Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
Sally Rooney
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
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Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
Joan Didion
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The Cost of Living (Deborah Levy)
The Cost of Living
Deborah Levy
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M Pirsig
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The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
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Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre
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The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
Yukio Mishima
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