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Top Reads for Twenty-Somethings

This is an eclectic array of novels I've read, loved and recommend to twenty-somethings. There are some familiar choices as well as classics, modern bestsellers and overlooked novels you may have never heard of.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1
Milan Kundera
Windup Bird Chronicle
Windup Bird Chronicle
2
The Gargoyle
The Gargoyle
3
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
4
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay
5
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
6
Thomas Pynchon
Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
7
Françoise Sagan
Nothing Serious by Justine Levy
Nothing Serious by Justine Levy
8
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
9
Alice Sebold
Immortality
Immortality
10
Paula Spencer
Paula Spencer
11
History of Beauty
History of Beauty
12
Divided Kingdom
Divided Kingdom
13
London Bridge
London Bridge
14
Inside Daisy Clover
Inside Daisy Clover
15
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
16
Dante Alighieri
A Year in Provence (Peter Mayle)
A Year in Provence
17
Peter Mayle
Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut)
Player Piano
18
Kurt Vonnegut
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus
19
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
20
Elie Wiesel
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
21
Anton Chekhov
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters
22
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
23
Jack Kerouac
The Story of an Hour (Kate Chopin)
The Story of an Hour
24
Kate Chopin
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase
25
Haruki Murakami
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
26
Orson Scott Card
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
27
Jonathan Swift
The Zoo Story by Edward Albee
The Zoo Story by Edward Albee
28
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
29
Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
30
Jane Austen
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
31
Robert Louis Stevenson
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
32
William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
33
William Shakespeare
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
34
Ernest Hemingway
Adam & Eve
Adam & Eve
35
Real Food
Real Food
36
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