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Jun 26, 2018 · I looked at 68 lists made by famous authors, from the classic (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway) to the contemporary (Yaa Gyasi, Mary Gaitskill, Maggie Nelson, George Saunders), and kept track of which books they recommended most often.
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- Michael Ondaatje on The Books He Loves to Reread
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- Marcel Proust
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- Gustave Flaubert
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- Anton Chekhov
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- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1878) Ah, Anna Karenina. Lusty love affair or best romance of all time? Most critics pin it as one of most iconic literary love stories, and for good reason.
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird upends the quiet solitude of a segregated Southern town with a story of innocence and virtue, bigotry and hate, love and forgiveness.
- Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (1974) The imagination and artistry of Shel Silverstein are on full display in this classic collection of short stories and poems.
- Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (1966) Sex and drugs have a common allure, but they also have a common endgame: a downward spiral. In Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann offers in lurid detail the stories of three young women who want nothing more than to reach the pinnacle of life.
You’ll find more than 100 good books to read, organized by category. This is a reading list for people who don’t have time for unimportant books. I only list the best books to read in each category.
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