Must Read list for writers

1. 1. The Plague by Albert Camus Drag me to re-order

2. 2. Camus: The Stranger (A Student Guide: Landmarks of World Literature) by Patrick McCarthy Drag me to re-order

3. 3. King Rat by James Clavell Drag me to re-order

4. 4. The Alexandria Quartet Boxed Set by Lawrence Durrell Drag me to re-order

5. 5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Drag me to re-order

6. 6. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Drag me to re-order

7. 7. Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler Drag me to re-order

8. 8. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Drag me to re-order

9. 9. The Cruel Sea (Classics of War) by Nicholas Monsarrat Drag me to re-order

10. 10. ? The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Conner Drag me to re-order

11. 11. 1984 by George Orwell Drag me to re-order

12. 12. Animal Farm by George Orwell Drag me to re-order

13. 13. ? John Steinbeck's Masterpiece: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Drag me to re-order

14. 14. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Drag me to re-order

15. 15. All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren Drag me to re-order

16. 16. Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Drag me to re-order

17. 17. The Heart Is an Instrument: Portraits in Journalism by Madeleine Blais Drag me to re-order

18. 18. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Drag me to re-order

19. 19. Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Nina Coltart Drag me to re-order

20. 20. At the Heart of It: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives by Walt Harrington Drag me to re-order

21. 21. Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway Drag me to re-order

22. 22. Hiroshima by John Hersey Drag me to re-order

23. 23. ? The Last Cowboy by Jane Kramer Drag me to re-order

24. 24. The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History by Norman Mailer Drag me to re-order

25. 25. ? Disturber of the Peace: The Life of H.L. Mencken (Commonwealth Classics in Biography) by William Raymond Manchester Drag me to re-order

26. 26. The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972 by William Manchester Drag me to re-order

27. 27. Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II by James Tobin Drag me to re-order

28. 28. Brave Men by Ernie Pyle Drag me to re-order

29. 29. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer Drag me to re-order

30. 30. Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon Drag me to re-order

31. 31. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Cliff Stoll Drag me to re-order

32. 32. Life on the Mississippi (Signet Classics) by Mark Twain Drag me to re-order

33. 33. The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe Drag me to re-order

34. 34. Growing Up (Signet) by Russell Baker Drag me to re-order

35. 35. The Good Times by Russell Baker Drag me to re-order

36. 36. The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat by Edna Buchanan Drag me to re-order

37. 37. The Boys on the Bus by Timothy Crouse Drag me to re-order

38. 38. The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World by Gay Talese Drag me to re-order

39. 39. A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures by Ben Bradlee Drag me to re-order

40. 40. The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Drag me to re-order

41. 41. News of a Kidnapping (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Gabriel García Márquez Drag me to re-order