40 Books
(or thereabouts)
40 - A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking (1988)
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39 - The Orphan Master's Son
by Adam Johnson (2012)
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38 - War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy (1869)
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37 - In the Woods
by Tana French (2007)
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36 - The Price of Glory
by Alistair Horne (1962)
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​35 - Sea of Tranquility
by Emily St. John Mandel (2022)​
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34 - Watership Down
by Richard Adams (1972)
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33 - Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
by Hunter S. Thompson (1973)
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32 - The Thirteen Clocks
by James Thurber (1950)
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31 - The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein (1964)
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30 - The Master Butcher's Singing Club
by Louise Erdrich (2003)
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29 - The Stand
by Stephen King (1978)
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28- The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway (1952)
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27 - The Shattered Sea
by Joe Abercrombie (2014 - 2015)
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26 - The Southern Reach
by Jeff VanderMeer (2014)
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25 - Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace (1996)
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24 - A Wrinkle In Time
by Madeleine L'Engle (1963)
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23 - The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht (2010)
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22 - White Teeth
by Zadie Smith (2000)
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21 - Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell (1938)
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20 - From Here to Eternity
by James Jones (1951)
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19 - Lexicon
by Max Barry (2013)
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18 - The Yiddish Policeman's Union
by Michael Chabon (2007)
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17 - Dune
by Frank Herbert (1965)
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16 - The Broken Earth
by N.K. Jemison (2015 - 2017)
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15 - The Mars Trilogy
by Kim Stanley Robinson (1992 - 1996)
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14 - A Song of Fire and Ice
by George R.R. Martin (1996 -)
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13 - Harry Potter
by J.K. Rowling (1997 - 2007)
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12 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain (1884)​
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11 - His Dark Materials
by Philip Pullman (1995 - 2000)
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10 - Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts (2004)
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9 - Geek Love
by Katherine Dunn (1989)
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8 - The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood (2000)
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7 - Consider the Lobster
by David Foster Wallace (2005)
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6 - A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
by David Foster Wallace (1997)
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5 - Millenium (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
by Stieg Larsson (2005 - 2007)
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4 - The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954 - 1955)
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3 - City of Thieves
by David Benioff (2008)
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2 - The Dark Tower
by Stephen King (1982 - 2004)​
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1 - The First Law
by Joe Abercrombie (2006 - 2025)
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