The Best Writing Ive Read

Discover 'The Best Writing Ive Read'—a curated list of must-read books with exceptional prose. Explore top literary picks for inspiring and masterful writing.

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Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust

by Nathanael West

Two classic short stories, one about a male reporter who writes an advice column, and the other, about people who have migrated to California in …
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Rabbit, Run

by John Updike

“A lacerating story of loss and of seeking, written in prose that is charged with emotion but is always held under impeccable control.”—Kansas City Star …
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Nine Stories

by J.D. Salinger

The "original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful" short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after …
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Cathedral

by Raymond Carver

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • Twelve short stories that mark a turning point in the work of “one of the true American masters" (The New York …
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Pigeon Feathers, and Other Stories

by John Updike

When this classic collection of stories first appeared--in 1962, on the author's thirtieth birthday--Arthur Mizener wrote in The New York Times Book Review: "Updike is …
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The Plague

by Albert Camus

“Its relevance lashes you across the face.” —Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times • “A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even …