Or, some books I think everyone should read, in no particular order. Inspired by Flavorwire’s list of 30 books to read before you turn 30 (of which I have read five, though I’ve seven years to read the rest).
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Young Hearts Crying - Richard Yates
All Quiet on the Orient Express - Magnus Mills
Bridget Jones’ Diary - Helen Fielding
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld
Matilda - Roald Dahl
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby
The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit - Sloan Wilson
Travels With My Aunt - Graham Greene
Play It As It Lays - Joan Didion
Forever - Judy Blume
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
Carrie - Stephen King
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach
Uncle - J.P. Martin
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
