Gift Guide: 25 Brilliant Books
Curling up with ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,'' ''Bridget Jones's Diary,'' or ''Watchmen'' is our idea of a happy holiday. Make spirits bright for ravenous readers on your list with the 25 books EW named as the best since 1983
1
The Joy Luck Club
2
Lonesome Dove
3
The Ghost Road
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4
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
5
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
6
Bridget Jones's Diary
7
On Beauty | With this magnificent novel about a well-educated mixed-race family in Boston, Smith successfully fulfilled her idol E.M. Forster's exhortation: Only connect.
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Rabbit at Rest | BOOK YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO READ Rabbit at Rest by John Updike
9
Love in the Time of Cholera
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10
The Handmaid's Tale
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11
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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12
Black Water
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13
Watchmen
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14
Blindness
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15
Into Thin Air
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16
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
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17
Cold Mountain
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18
Selected Stories
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19
Maus
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20
Mystic River
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21
American Pastoral
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22
The Liars' Club
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23
Beloved
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24
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | The fourth Potter novel was the darkest yet, forcing poor Harry to contend with Death Eaters run amok and the loss of a major character.
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25
The Road
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