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Top 80: Most Significant Reads

These are the 80 most significant reads of my life. As I progressed, the genres I appreciate have changed.
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Animal (Lisa Taddeo)
Animal
1
Lisa Taddeo
Annie on My Mind (Nancy Garden)
Annie on My Mind
2
Nancy Garden
Autumn (Ali Smith)
Autumn
3
Ali Smith
The Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt
The Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt
4
Beartown (Fredrik Backman)
Beartown
5
Fredrik Backman
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
6
Liane Moriarty
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
7
Trevor Noah
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
8
Junot Diaz
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
9
Jacqueline Woodson
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
10
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Children of Noisy Village
The Children of Noisy Village
11
Daisy Jones and the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones and the Six
12
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Does My Head Look Big in This? (Randa Abdel-Fattah)
Does My Head Look Big in This?
13
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
14
Gail Honeyman
Enigma Variations (Andre Aciman)
Enigma Variations
15
Andre Aciman
Everything I Know About Love (Dolly Alderton)
Everything I Know About Love
16
Dolly Alderton
Exciting Times (Naoise Dolan)
Exciting Times
17
Naoise Dolan
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
18
Ray Bradbury
Find Me (Andre Aciman)
Find Me
19
Andre Aciman
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (Ann Brashares)
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
20
Ann Brashares
Ghosts (Dolly Alderton)
Ghosts
21
Dolly Alderton
Girl Woman Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl Woman Other
22
Bernardine Evaristo
Girls in Pants (Ann Brashares)
Girls in Pants
23
Ann Brashares
Hannah Arendt/Martin Heidegger (Elzbieta Ettinger)
Hannah Arendt/Martin Heidegger
24
Elzbieta Ettinger
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
25
Douglas Adams
Homo Irrealis (Andre Aciman)
Homo Irrealis
26
Andre Aciman
The How & the Why (Cynthia Hand)
The How & the Why
27
Cynthia Hand
Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger
28
Roxane Gay
If You Come Softly (Jacqueline Woodson)
If You Come Softly
29
Jacqueline Woodson
The Illiterate (Agota Kristof)
The Illiterate
30
Agota Kristof
Jellicoe Road (Melina Marchetta)
Jellicoe Road
31
Melina Marchetta
Just Listen (Sarah Dessen)
Just Listen
32
Sarah Dessen
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
33
Andrew Sean Greer
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
34
Celeste Ng
Looking for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta)
Looking for Alibrandi
35
Melina Marchetta
Memorial (Bryan Washington)
Memorial
36
Bryan Washington
Memories of the Future (Siri Hustvedt)
Memories of the Future
37
Siri Hustvedt
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
38
Elena Ferrante
My Name Is Lucy Barton (Elizabeth Strout)
My Name Is Lucy Barton
39
Elizabeth Strout
New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time (Craig Taylor)
New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
40
Craig Taylor
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