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The Book Bucket List of a Twenty-Something

Time and it's rapid persistence have kept me constantly bobbing between clarity and anxiety. In a recent moment of stillness I realized that I have 2,843 days left of being in my twenties; I began to consider, in what ways would I like to have grown by age 30?
Books. This is what immediately came to mind. I want to know my classics, discover the best novels of our decade, and fall in love with new authors. In what other time of our lives will we have so much freedom to indulge in 500-1000 page novels, or actually spend time appreciating those books we "read" in high school? So welcome, welcome to The Floral Book Case, a blog dedicated to drafting "the perfect reading list", with updates on my favorite quotes as well as my thoughts following the completion of each book. Journey with me as I dive into poetry, essays, screenplays, novels, autobiographies, and short stories from authors that range from Charles Dickens to Tina Fey.
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All the Kings Men
All the Kings Men
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An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser
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And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
Ian McEwan
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The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
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The Blue Sweater (Jacqueline Novogratz)
The Blue Sweater
Jacqueline Novogratz
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Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
Tina Fey
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle
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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
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The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
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Fish Change Direction in Cold Weather (Pierre)
Fish Change Direction in Cold Weather
Pierre
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The Geography of Bliss (Eric Weiner)
The Geography of Bliss
Eric Weiner
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The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
Lois Lowry
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The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
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Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
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I Don't Care About Your Band - Julie Klausner
I Don't Care About Your Band - Julie Klausner
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) (Mindy Kaling)
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling
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La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life (Elaine Sciolino)
La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life
Elaine Sciolino
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Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls (David Sedaris)
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris
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Letters to a Young Contrarian
Letters to a Young Contrarian
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
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Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
Sinclair Lewis
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Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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The Most of Nora Ephron (Nora Ephron)
The Most of Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron
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Mystery and Manners (Flannery O'Connor)
Mystery and Manners
Flannery O'Connor
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