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A Writer's 100 Favorite Books of a Lifetime

I've been reading since i was a small child, and these 100 books are the best and most memorable I've ever read. Some are famous classics, some are remaindered finds, and others fall somewhere in between. See how many you've read, and find some you might like to read going forward!
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
1
Stephen King
13 Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
13 Reasons Why
2
Jay Asher
13 Rue Therese (Elena Mauli Shapiro)
13 Rue Therese
3
Elena Mauli Shapiro
About Love and Other Stories (Anton Chekhov)
About Love and Other Stories
4
Anton Chekhov
American Eve (Paula Uruburu)
American Eve
5
Paula Uruburu
The Apple Tree (John Galsworthy)
The Apple Tree
6
John Galsworthy
Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy)
Autobiography of a Face
7
Lucy Grealy
Beartown (Fredrik Backman)
Beartown
8
Fredrik Backman
Bittersweet
Bittersweet
9
Bully
Bully
10
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
11
J.D. Salinger
The Circus in Winter
The Circus in Winter
12
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
13
The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
14
Edgar Allan Poe
Coney Island of the Mind (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
Coney Island of the Mind
15
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
16
John Kennedy Toole
The Day of the Locust & Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust & Miss Lonelyhearts
17
Nathanael West
Dog Boy (Eva Hornung)
Dog Boy
18
Eva Hornung
Dolores Claiborne (Stephen King)
Dolores Claiborne
19
Stephen King
The Duel (Anton Chekhov, Trans. Pevear & Volokhonsky)
The Duel
20
Anton Chekhov, Trans. Pevear & Volokhonsky
The Easter Parade (Richard Yates)
The Easter Parade
21
Richard Yates
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
22
Sinclair Lewis
Enemy Women (Paulette Jiles)
Enemy Women
23
Paulette Jiles
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
24
Thomas Hardy
First Love (Ivan Turgenev)
First Love
25
Ivan Turgenev
The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls
26
Emma Cline
Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde (Jeff Guinn)
Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde
27
Jeff Guinn
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Kurt Vonnegut)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
28
Kurt Vonnegut
Gypsy Ballads (Federico García Lorca)
Gypsy Ballads
29
Federico García Lorca
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
30
Joseph Conrad
Help a Bear Is Eating Me (Mykle Hansen)
Help a Bear Is Eating Me
31
Mykle Hansen
Holocaust! (Paul Benzaquin)
Holocaust!
32
Paul Benzaquin
Hope: A Tragedy (Shalom Auslander)
Hope: A Tragedy
33
Shalom Auslander
How to Become a Writer (Lorrie Moore)
How to Become a Writer
34
Lorrie Moore
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
35
Allen Ginsberg
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
36
Victor Hugo
I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live (Grover Lewis)
I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live
37
Grover Lewis
In Broad Daylight (Harry N. MacLean)
In Broad Daylight
38
Harry N. MacLean
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
39
Sinclair Lewis
Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky
40
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