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All my favorite books, broken down by genre
Sections
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Fiction

 
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A novel about letters, told in letters
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
 
The Idiot: A Novel
 
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One of my all-time faves
A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel
 
The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
 
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [75th Anniversary Ed]
 
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
 
Idaho: A Novel
 
Notes on an Execution: A Novel
 
Once There Were Wolves: A Novel
 
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This one has such an unexpected twist
The Collector

Weird

 
Lives of the Monster Dogs: A Novel
 
The Island of Last Things: A Novel
 
Julius Julius: A Novel
 
Temporary
 
Edith Holler: A Novel
 
Automatic Noodle
 
Chouette: A Novel
 
Big Swiss: A Novel
 
Geek Love: A Novel

Nonfiction

 
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
 
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
 
Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir
 
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
 
The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards
 
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
 
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
 
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Read this in one sitting.
When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Horror

 
A Fig for All the Devils
 
The Glutton: A Novel
 
Mary: An Awakening of Terror
 
Grey Dog
 
Monstrilio: A Novel

Mystery

 
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I loved the thrilling mystery that read like literary fiction. Totally immersive.
The God of the Woods: A Novel by Liz Moore, Hardcover
 
The Appeal: A Novel
 
Penance: A Novel
 
The Secret History
 
The Killer Question: A Novel