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Anne Patchett's 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years in Parade Magazine

Parade asked award-winning author Ann Patchett, to help us celebrate our 75th anniversary by picking the best 75 books of the past 75 years. Here are her picks—chosen with the help of the staff at her bookstore, Parnassus Books in Nashville. Read more about Patchett's choices at Parade.com/patchett.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
2
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
3
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
4
All the King's Men
All the King's Men
5
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair
6
Foundation
Foundation
7
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
8
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
9
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
10
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
11
The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye
12
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
13
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
14
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
15
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
16
The Once and Future King
The Once and Future King
17
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
18
Night
Night
19
Rabbit Angstrom Series
Rabbit Angstrom Series
20
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
21
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
22
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer
23
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
24
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
25
Silent Spring
Silent Spring
26
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
27
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
28
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
29
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
30
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
31
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
32
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
33
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
34
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
35
Burr
Burr
36
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon
37
Suttree
Suttree
38
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
39
Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
40
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
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