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This really can't be answered, in my view. Only YOU can determine what sort of novels will be of inspiration or importance to you, and there is no right or wrong.I suggest a much healthier approach is to have a reading life, where you do so much reading that your list of favorites varies from day to day.Context matters, too. I read Cormac McCarthy's The Road to my older son and I was in tears by the end for a variety of reasons, largely having to do with our relationship at the time.With all that said, I'll give a list that reflects my tastes at the moment.Dickens, Bleak House. I could fill the list with Dickens. It's a toss-up between this and A Tale of Two Cities. But the searing examination of the nature of legal proceedings in Chancery puts this at the top.Austen, Pride and Prejudice. I alternate between this and Sense and Sensibility. At the moment, I particularly appreciate Austen's understanding of how people form misunderstandings and how difficult they can be to correct.Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Wonderful humor, plus the answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe, and everything.Gilbert, The Signature of All Things. The character of Alma Whittaker and her scientific and personal explorations fascinated me.Pears, An Instance of the Fingerpost. Meticulous research into 17th century science and religion plus a narrative structure featuring very different narrators and conflicting points of view.Carr, The Three Coffins. This is a bit of a lie. I love just about all of John Dickson Carr's mysteries and it's almost impossible to pick a favorite.Asimov, The Caves of Steel/The Naked Sun. More frequently I'd say the Foundation trilogy. At this moment I'm more taken by the stories of Elijah Baley and Daneel Olivaw, in this seamless mixture of science fiction and mystery.Stephenson, Cryptonomicon. Again, historical research, alternating points of view, a complex weave of a plot. And very thought provoking.Tolstoy, War and Peace. A challenging read but one of the most sweeping stories ever told.Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles. I can't leave Sherlock Holmes off the list.There's ten off the top. But I could easily populate several other top ten lists, depending on day or mood.

Well done! You’re planning this well. 12 months is plenty of time.First, follow the 6-month plan I highlighted in my answer: 6-month Preparation PlanHere’s a summary:(Month #1) Master important data structuresLearn at least the following for each data structure:Implementation, Insertion, Deletion, Lookup.(Month #1) Master a few classic algorithms: You should know how to implement them in < 10 minutes if you practice them a few times.(Month #1) Prepare for Recursion and Backtracking: Used very often. Do the following problems to get a good base:Recursive Practice Problems with Solutions - GeeksforGeeks(Month #2 & #3) Get Cracking the Coding Interview(CTCI). It gives you a good baseline. Most questions are on the easier side (for Google and Facebook). But it’s good to know them before proceeding to harder questions.(Month #4 and #5) Get Elements of Programming Interviews. This is the best collection of realistic problems for Google/Facebook interviews.(Month #6) In the remaining time, look at questions on Leetcode.The more questions you practice, the better you get at new questions.If you want a structured course, try the coding interview bootcamp.You now have 6 months left. Master interviews in this time.Do mock interviews.Network with Companies - with employees and recruiters.Do many Leetcode problems.Study System Design - read papers of well-known systems like MapReduce.All the best with your interviews!

You can follow the 6-month plan I highlighted in my answer: 6-month Preparation PlanHere’s a summary:(Month #1) Master important data structuresLearn at least the following for each data structure:Implementation, Insertion, Deletion, Lookup.(Month #1) Master a few classic algorithms: You should know how to implement them in < 10 minutes if you practice them a few times.(Month #1) Prepare for Recursion and Backtracking: Used very often. Do the following problems to get a good base:Recursive Practice Problems with Solutions - GeeksforGeeks(Month #2 & #3) Get Cracking the Coding Interview(CTCI). It gives you a good baseline. Most questions are on the easier side (for Google and Facebook). But it’s good to know them before proceeding to harder questions.(Month #4 and #5) Get Elements of Programming Interviews. This is the best collection of realistic problems for Google/Facebook interviews.(Month #6) In the remaining time, look at questions on Leetcode.The more questions you practice, the better you get at new questions.If you want a structured coding course, go to Interview Camp.During/after this, you can do the following to become an expert:Do mock interviews.Network with Companies - with employees and recruiters.Do many Leetcode problems.Study System Design - read papers of well-known systems like MapReduce.All the best with your interviews!