my top 30 books

Since I recently turned 30, I wanted to make a list of my top 30 recommended books. This was so hard because I don't like picking favorites. Typically the category is too broad, like what is your favorite food? Do you mean a food I think I could eat forever and not get tired of it? My favorite indulgence? Favorite isn't a category on its own, however, throughout the 30 years I have been on this earth... well, i guess for the 26 years I have been reading.

Anyway, here's a list of books I think you should read in no particular order:

1. the handmaid's tale by margaret atwood

2. breakfast of champions by kurt vonnegut

3. slaughter-house five by kurt vonnegut

4. mistborn by brandon sanderson

5. because of winn dixie by kate dicamillo

6. the bell jar by sylvia plath

7. the princess bride by william goldman

8. the secret garden by frances hodgson burnett

9. the poppy war by r.f. kuang

10. bunny by mona awad

11. howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones

12. the book thief by markus zusak

13. maybe you should talk to someone by lori gottlieb

14. 1984 by george orwell

15. it's kind of a funny story by ned vizzini

16. the merchant of death by d.j. machale

17. fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury

18. the lies of locke lamora by scott lynch

19. the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by douglas adams

20. why we broke up by daniel handler

21. the song of achilles by madeline miller

22. the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid

23. eleanor oliphant is completely fine by gail honeymoon

24. the martian by andy weir

25. to kill a mockingbird by harper lee

26. love, kurt: the vonnegut love letters by kurt vonnegut

27. little fires everywhere by celeste ng

28. picture of dorian grey by oscar wilde

29. atlas of the heart by brene brown

30. freedom for the thought that we hate: a biography of the first amendment by anthony lewis