Here are some absolute masterpieces that have left a lasting impression on me: - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara - Conversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry - Stoner by John Williams - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt - Confessions by Jaume Cabré - A Treatise on Shelling Beans by Wiesław Myśliwski - The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand