Add to this page those "can't miss" titles that you have enjoyed over time:

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Brinkley Manor by P.G. Wodehouse

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins

The Book of Embraces/ El libro de los abrazos by Eduardo Galeano

The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte por Horacio Quiroga

Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card

Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho OR El Alquimista (It is beautiful in spanish)

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Some of Ms. Jansen's favorite recently read books (links are to reviews on Amazon):

The Book of Other People by Zadie Smith

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waoby Junot Diaz

Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat

Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Allison Bechdel

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Special Topics in Calamity Physicsby Marisha Pessl

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

What Is the What by Dave Eggers

The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman

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