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Below are some recommended reads, arranged according to genre.  

Novels (Uncategorized)

Acevedo, Elizabeth. The Poet X - a fierce coming-of-age story set in Harlem, New York.
Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - a classic interstellar adventure that's full of humour.
Coelho, Paul. The Alchemist - a tale of self-discovery that's become a modern classic.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games
Cline, Ernest. Ready Player One 
Desai, Kiran.  Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard 
De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. The Little Prince
Dessen, Sarah. The Truth About Forever
Divakaruni, Chitra. The Mistress of Spices
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment 
Doerr, Anthony. All the Light We Cannot See  
Egan, Jennifer. A Visit From the Goon Squad 
Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury
Foer, Jonathan Safran. Everything is Illuminated 
Fridlund, Emily. History of Wolves
Gaiman, Neil. American Gods 
Gaiman, Neil. The Ocean at the End of the Lane 
Garvin, Jeff. Symptoms of Being Human
Green, Sally. Half Lost
Green, Sally. Half Bad
Green, Sally. Half Wild
Gyasi, Yaa. Homegoing
Haig, Matt. Reasons to Stay Alive
Hamid, Mohsin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Harper, Jordan. She Rides Shotgun
Heller, Joseph. Catch 22 
Homer, The Iliad 
Homer, The Odyssey 
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner
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Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House 
Jackson, Shirley. We Have Always Lived in the Castle 
Jansson, Tove. The True Deceiver
Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis 
Kawakami, Mieko. Ms. Ice Sandwich
Kingsolver, Barbara. The Poisonwood Bible
Ko, Lisa. The Leavers
Lee, Min Jin. Pachinko 
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Martel, Yann. The Life of Pi
McCullers, Carson. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
McEwan, Ian. Atonement 
Morgenstern, Erin. The Night Circus 
Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore
Murakami, Haruki. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 
Nguyen, Viet Thai. The Refugees
O’Farrell, Maggie. The Vanishing Act of Esmee Lennox 
O’Farrell, Maggie. The Hand That First Held Mine
Okparanta, Chinelo. Under the Udala Trees
Orwell, George. Animal Farm
Ng, Celeste. Little Fires Everywhere
Perry, Sarah. The Essex Serpent 
Pinto, Jerry. Em and the Big Hoom
Quick, Matthew. The Reason You’re Alive 
Quick, Matthew. The Silver Linings Playbook 
Rojstaczer, Stuart. The Mathematician’s Shiva
Rooney, Sally. Normal People
Saenz, Benjamin Alire. The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Slimani, Leila. The Perfect Nanny
Steinbeck, John.  The Grapes of Wrath
Stone, Nic. Dear Martin
Tartt, Donna. The Goldfinch
Thomas, Chris D. Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature is Thriving in an Age of Extinction
Tran, Vu. Dragonfish: A Novel 
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse 5
Watson, Renee. Piecing Me Together
Wingate, Lisa. Before We Were Yours
Yapa, Sunil. Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist

International

Adiga, Aravind. The White Tiger -
Chan, Koon Chung. 
The Fat Years  - a speculative novel set in a Chinese, postmodern totalitarian state. 
Chang, Jung. Wild Swans - a story of three generations in Twentieth Century China
​Ferrante, Elena. My Brilliant Friend
Ferrante, Elena. The Story of a New Name
Ferrante, Elena. The Story of the Lost Child
Shin, Kyung-Sook. Please Look After Mom ​

Crime/Thriller

​Burnet, Graeme Macrae. His Bloody Project
Fossum, Karin. 
The Caller 
Hawkins, Paula. The Girl on the Train

Science Fiction/ Dystopian Fiction

Asimov, Isaac. I, Robot
Atwood, Margaret. The Blind Assassin
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale
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Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles 
Capek, Karel. War with the Newts
Card, Orson Scott. Children of the Mind ​
Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game 
Card, Orson Scott. Speaker for the Dead 
Card, Orson Scott. Xenocide 
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World ​​
Orwell, George. 1984
Jemison, N.K. The Fifth Season
Jemison, N.K. The Obelisk Gate
Jemison, N.K. The Stone Sky
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Le Guin, Ursula. The Left Hand of Darkness 
Liu, Cixin. The Three-Body Problem 
Liu, Cixin. The Dark Forest
Liu, Cixin. Death’s End
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Zamyatin. We

Graphic Novels

Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Bui, Thi. The Best We Could Do
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Drnaso, Nick. Sabrina
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LaCour, Nina. We Are Okay 
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Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis
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Spiegelman, Art. Maus I and II 
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Walden, Tillie. Spinning

Short Stories

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. The Thing Around Your Neck 
Gaiman, Neil. Smoke and Mirrors
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Jackson, Shirley.  
The Lottery and Other Stories
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. Collected Stories

Humour

Kay, Adam.  This is going to hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor ​
Sedaris, David. Me Talk Pretty One Day
​Sedaris, David. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Simsion, Graeme. 
The Rosie Project
Simsion, Graeme. The Rosie Effect
Simsion, Graeme. The Rosie Result

Memoirs

Allende, Isabel. My invented country 
Bui, Thi. The Best We Could Do
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Chang, Jung. Wild Swans - a story of three generations in Twentieth Century China
Dugard, Jaycee. 
A Stolen Life; A Memoir ​
​Westover, Tara. Educated: A Memoir

Non-Fiction

Bryson, Bill. A Short History of Nearly Everything
Darbyshire, Will. 
This Modern Love 
Dewaal, Frans. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
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Feynman, Richard. Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
​Foer, Jonathan Safran. Eating Animals 
​Gladwell, Malcolm. David & Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants
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Goodall, Jane.  
In the Shadow of Man 
Goodall, Jane. Reason for Hope
Greenblatt, Stephen. Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air
Marquez, Gabriela Garcia. The story of a Shipwrecked Sailor 
O’Farrell, Maggie. I am, I am, I am
Orwell, George. The Orwell Essays
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Sacks, Oliver. Awakenings
Sacks, Oliver. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Stanley, Thomas.  The Millionaire Next Door
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Thomas, Chris D. Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature is Thriving in an Age of Extinction​
Part, Michael. The Greta Thunberg Story: Being Different is a Superpower
​Watson, James. The Double Helix 
Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff


About Writing

Atwood, Margaret. Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
Bradbury, Ray. 
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
King, Stephen.  
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft ​

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