The 10 Great Books of My Life

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What are the greatest books you've ever read? Not good, not favorite...but great. What are the books that are truly masterpieces?

I have read many, many books so far in my short life. Hundreds and hundreds. Of those hundreds--perhaps a thousand?--only a few are worthy in my eyes of the adjective "great," in the true sense of the word.

Many will disagree with my list, and that makes total sense--for, truly, what forms our opinions and reactions to books but our own, personal experiences? Thus far in my life, I have settled on these ten novels--some old, some more contemporary; some more complex than others--as the greatest I have yet read, in no particular order.

 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry*
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

 *I think all the answers to life's questions can be found in The Little Prince.

 And there are so many more books out there which I have yet to experience! I have no doubt that this list will grow and shrink and change as I do, as I grow and read and re-read and experience new facets of life and face new challenges. Literature is a lovely, lovely gift to take along with us on the path of life.

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