"A Perfect Spy", by Le Carre really woke me up to the novel as a teenager. Odd pick I guess. I've always been, and will always be a sucker for good, intelligent Cold War works.
"Ham on Rye", by Bukowski was a revelation.
In terms of Novellas... The Metamorphosis. Short stories, anything by Tolstoy and Chekov really.
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