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Todd's Absolute Favorite Books

Some of these I like because their language is beautiful. Some I like because they fundamentally changed my understanding of something. Some I like because they're funny as heck (think: Spam-ku). As always, happy reading.
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
1
Joseph Heller
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
2
Ian McEwan
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
3
Herman Melville
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
4
Andy Weir
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
5
Leo Tolstoy
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
6
John Kennedy Toole
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
7
Sherwood Anderson
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
8
Erich Maria Remarque
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
9
Kate Chopin
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
10
Virginia Woolf
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
11
Frank Herbert
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
12
William Faulkner
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
13
Walt Whitman
The Book of Tea (Kakuzo Okakura)
The Book of Tea
14
Kakuzo Okakura
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
15
Thomas Hardy
Feed (M.T. Anderson)
Feed
16
M.T. Anderson
Eichmann in Jerusalem (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem
17
Hannah Arendt
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
18
Edith Wharton
Farewell to Manzanar (Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston)
Farewell to Manzanar
19
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
The Checklist Manifesto (Atul Gawande)
The Checklist Manifesto
20
Atul Gawande
Team of Rivals (Doris Goodwin)
Team of Rivals
21
Doris Goodwin
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Stephen Greenblatt)
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
22
Stephen Greenblatt
Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Sonnets
23
William Shakespeare
Hitler's Pope (Cornwall)
Hitler's Pope
24
Cornwall
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Stephen Kinzer)
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
25
Stephen Kinzer
Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World (Rob Sheffield)
Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
26
Rob Sheffield
In the Land of Invented Languages (Arika Okrent)
In the Land of Invented Languages
27
Arika Okrent
Oranges (John McPhee)
Oranges
28
John McPhee
The Complete Poems of Hart Crane (Hart Crane)
The Complete Poems of Hart Crane
29
Hart Crane
The Brothers (Stephen Kinzer)
The Brothers
30
Stephen Kinzer
The Great Hunger (Woodham-Smith)
The Great Hunger
31
Woodham-Smith
The Universal Baseball Assn, Inc (Robert Coover)
The Universal Baseball Assn, Inc
32
Robert Coover
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins (Ian Tattersall)
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins
33
Ian Tattersall
Goodbye, Things (Fumio Sasaki)
Goodbye, Things
34
Fumio Sasaki
Martin Kollar: Nothing Special (Martin Kollar)
Martin Kollar: Nothing Special
35
Martin Kollar
Veinte Poemas De Amor Y Una Canción Desesperada (Pablo Neruda)
Veinte Poemas De Amor Y Una Canción Desesperada
36
Pablo Neruda
Case Closed (Gerald Posner)
Case Closed
37
Gerald Posner
Cien Sonetos De Amor (Pablo Neruda)
Cien Sonetos De Amor
38
Pablo Neruda
Ever Since Darwin (Stephen Jay Gould)
Ever Since Darwin
39
Stephen Jay Gould
Spam-Ku (John Nagamichi Cho)
Spam-Ku
40
John Nagamichi Cho
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