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Below are lists of random things I have engaged with (for fun) that have challenged and influenced my worldview and thinking in one way or another throughout my life. 


This is less meant to be "Becky's Recommendation Lists", and more to showcase wonderful things out there that keep me (and maybe, you too) (un)happy. 

books...

ADULT FICTION & PLAYS

  • Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. "Americanah"
  • Ashton, Hugh. "Secrets from the deed box of John H. Watson MD"
  • Ashton, Hugh. "The death of Cardinal Tosca"
  • Austen, Jane. "Pride and prejudice"
  • Ayatsuji, Yukito. "The decagon house murders"
  • Bachman, Richard. "The long walk"
  • Bachman, Richard. "The running man"
  • Brontë, Charlotte. "Jane Eyre"
  • Camus, Albert. "The stranger"
  • Chevalier, Tracy. "Girl with a pearl earring"
  • Chbosky, Stephen. "The perks of being a wallflower"
  • Chiung Yao. "Romance in the rain" 
  • Christie, Agatha. "And then there were none"
  • Christie, Agatha. "Cats among the pigeons"
  • Cornwell, Patricia. "Postmortem"
  • Cronin, A. J. "Vigil in the night"
  • Dazai, Osamu. "No longer human"
  • de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine. "The Little Prince"
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A study in scarlet"
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
  • Dương, Thuỵ. "Bồ câu chung mái vòm"
  • Edson, Margaret. "Wit"
  • Gerritsen, Tess. "Die again"
  • Green, John. "Looking for Alaska"
  • Green, John. "The fault in our stars"
  • Fielding, Helen. "Bridget Jones's diary"
  • Flynn, Gillian. "Gone girl"
  • Franzen, Jonathan. "Freedom"
  • French, Tana. "In the woods"
  • Hardy, Thomas. "Far from the madding crowd"
  • Higashino, Keigo. "A midsummer's equation"
  • Higashino, Keigo. "Journey under the midnight sun"
  • Higashino, Keigo. "Malice"
  • Higashino, Keigo. "Naoko"
  • Higashino, Keigo. "The devotion of suspect X"
  • Homes, A. M. "May we be forgiven"
  • Horowitz, Anthony. "The house of silk"
  • Hosseini, Khaled. "The kite runner"
  • Isherwood, Christopher. "A single man"
  • Ishiguro, Kazuo. "A pale view of hills"
  • Ishiguro, Kazuo. "Never let me go"
  • Ishiguro, Kazuo. "The remains of the day"
  • James, P. D. "The mistletoe murder and other stories"
  • Jin, Ha. "A good fall: Stories"
  • King, Stephen. "The mist"
  • Kirino, Natsuo. "Grotesque"
  • Kishi, Yukuke. "The crimson labyrinth"
  • Lacey, Catherine. "Nobody is ever missing"
  • Lahiri, Jhumpa. "Interpreter of maladies" 
  • Lahiri, Jhumpa. "Unaccustomed earth"
  • Malot, Hector. "En familia"
  • Martínez, Guillermo. "The Oxford murders"
  • McEwan, Ian. "Enduring love" 
  • McEwan, Ian. "On Chesil beach"
  • McEwan, Ian. "Sweet tooth"
  • Munro, Alice. "Dear life"
  • Munro, Alice. "Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage: Stories"
  • Murakami, Haruki. "Norwegian wood"
  • Murakami, Haruki. "South of the border, West of the sun"
  • Nguyễn, Ngọc Thuần. "Vừa nhắm mắt vừa mở cửa sổ"
  • Nguyễn, Nhật Ánh. "Cô gái đến từ hôm qua"
  • Nguyễn, Nhật Ánh. "Buổi chiều Windows"
  • Nguyễn, Nhật Ánh. "Nữ sinh"
  • Nguyễn, Nhật Ánh. "Tôi là Bêtô"
  • Nguyễn, Ngọc Tư. "Cánh đồng bất tận"
  • Nguyễn, Quang Sáng. "Chiếc lược ngà"
  • Nguyen, Viet Thanh. "The sympathizer"
  • Nicholls, David. "One day"
  • Norbu, Jamyang. "The mandala of Sherlock Holmes: The adventures of the great detective in India and Tibet"
  • Ozeki, Ruth. "A tale for the time being"
  • Phan, Việt. "Nước Mỹ, nước Mỹ"
  • Phan, Việt. "Phù phiếm truyện"
  • Robinson, Marilynne. "Housekeeping"
  • Sheldon, Sidney. "If tomorrow comes"
  • Sheldon, Sidney. "Nothing lasts forever"
  • Shimada, Soji. "Murder in the crooked house"
  • Shimada, Soji. "The Tokyo Zodiac murders"
  • Sparks, Nicholas. "A walk to remember"
  • Sparks, Nicholas. "Message in a bottle"
  • Thạch Lam. "Gió đầu mùa"
  • Thu Trân. "Ông thầy cũ kỹ"
  • VanderMeer, Jeff. "Acceptance"
  • VanderMeer, Jeff. "Annihilation" 
  • Waters, Sarah. "Fingersmith"
  • Williams, John Edward. "Stoner"
  • Yanagihara, Hanya. "The people in the trees"

CHILDREN'S FICTION

  • Dahl, Roald. "Matilda"
  • Daly, Cathleen. "Emily's blue period"
  • Gilbert Jr., Frank B. "Cheaper by the dozen"
  • Kinney, Jeff. "Diary of a wimpy kid" series
  • Nguyễn, Nhật Ánh. "Kính vạn hoa" series
  • René, Goscinny & Sempé, Jean-Jacques. -- all the works about Petit Nicolas -- 
  • Rowling, J. K. "Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone"
  • Palacio, R. J. "Wonder"
  • Spyri, Johanna. "Heidi"

MANGA & GRAPHIC NOVELS

  • Aoyama, Gosho. "Detective Conan / Case Closed" series
  • Fujio, Fujiko F. "Doraemon" series
  • Fujio, Fujiko F. "Little ghost Q-Taro" series
  • Fujio, Fujiko F. "Paman" series
  • Hokazono, Masaya. "Emerging"
  • Ito, Junji. "Hellstar Remina"
  • Ito, Junji. "Uzumaki"
  • Ito, Junji. "New voices in the dark"
  • Ito, Junji. "The Junji Ito horror comic collection" #11, #12, #13, #14, #15
  • Miuchi, Suzue. "Glass mask" series
  • Moore, Alan & Gibbons, Dave. "Watchmen" series
  • Morris. "Lucky Luke" series
  • Murakami, Takashi. "Stargazing dog"
  • Tetsuya, Chiba. "Teppei" series
  • Tezuka, Osamu. "Black Jack" series
  • Urasawa, Naoki. "Monster" series

NON-FICTION

  • Chang, Leslie T. "Factory girls" 
  • Chast, Roz. "Can't we talk about something more pleasant?"
  • Doyle, Glennon. "Untamed"
  • Fadiman, Annie (Ed.). "The best American essays 2003"
  • Ferrante, Elena. "Incidental inventions"
  • Franzen, Jonathan. "The end of the end of the Earth: Essays"
  • Hornby, Nick. "The polysyllabic spree"
  • King, Stephen. "On writing: A memoir of the craft"
  • Ma, Yan. "The diary of Ma Yan: The struggles and hopes of a Chinese school girl"
  • Mankell, Henning. "Quicksand"
  • Murakami, Haruki. "What I talk about when I talk about running"
  • Nguyễn, Thị Châu Giang. "Bay qua thời gian"
  • Nguyễn, Văn Thạc. "Mãi mãi tuổi hai mươi"
  • Phan, Triều Hải. "Đi học"
  • Phan, Việt. "Về nhà"
  • Phan, Việt. "Xuyên Mỹ"
  • Prüfer, Benjamin. "Same same but different"
  • Queenan, Joe. "One for the books" 
  • Shields, David. "Other people: Takes & mistakes"
  • Schwalbe, Will. "The end of your life book club"
  • Strayed, Cheryl. "Wild: From lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail"
  • Tony Buổi Sáng. "Cà phê cùng Tony" 

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