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Good Reading Guide Books on a Theme: Adolescence to Autobiographies

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Sourced from "Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide" (Nick Rennison, 8th edn, 2009). There is a slight overlap between the categories.
01-10: Adolescence
11-23: Africa
24-33: All the World's a Stage (books about theatre)
34-44: Altered States (Chemical Fiction)
45-58: Ancient Greece and Rome
59-67: The Animal Kingdom
68-78: Art For Art's Sake (Books about art, artists and the art world)
79-91: Australia
92-101: Author, Author! (Novels featuring famous writers)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, William Blake, Catullus, Ambrose Bierce, William Wordsworth, O. Henry, Katherine Mansfield & Henry James in that order
102-109: Autobiographies & Memoirs (Ghosted!)
King David of Israel (104), Duke of Monmouth (107), Sir Walter Raleigh (108), Francia, dictator of Paraguay (109)
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Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
Le Grand Meaulnes
Alain-Fournier
2
A Quiet Life (Beryl Bainbridge)
A Quiet Life
Beryl Bainbridge
3
The Ripening Seed (Colette)
The Ripening Seed
Colette
4
My Brilliant Career (Miles Franklin)
My Brilliant Career
Miles Franklin
5
Bilgewater (Jane Gardam)
Bilgewater
Jane Gardam
6
Digging to Australia (Lesley Glaister)
Digging to Australia
Lesley Glaister
7
That Was Then, This Is Now (S.E. Hinton)
That Was Then, This Is Now
S.E. Hinton
8
The Way I Found Her (Rose Tremain)
The Way I Found Her
Rose Tremain
9
Frost in May (Antonia White)
Frost in May
Antonia White
10
A Boy's Own Story (Edmund White)
A Boy's Own Story
Edmund White
11
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
12
The Catastrophist (Ronan Bennett)
The Catastrophist
Ronan Bennett
13
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles
14
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
15
Masai Dreaming (Justin Cartwright)
Masai Dreaming
Justin Cartwright
16
The Last King of Scotland (Giles Foden)
The Last King of Scotland
Giles Foden
17
None to Accompany Me (Nadine Gordimer)
None to Accompany Me
Nadine Gordimer
18
Paradise (Abdulrazak Gurnah)
Paradise
Abdulrazak Gurnah
19
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
20
In a Free State (V. S. Naipaul)
In a Free State
V. S. Naipaul
21
The Famished Road (Ben Okri)
The Famished Road
Ben Okri
22
The Season of Anomie (Wole Soyinka)
The Season of Anomie
Wole Soyinka
23
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
Evelyn Waugh
24
An Awfully Big Adventure (Beryl Bainbridge)
An Awfully Big Adventure
Beryl Bainbridge
25
A Bullet in the Ballet (Caryl Brahms)
A Bullet in the Ballet
Caryl Brahms
26
Wise Children (Angela Carter)
Wise Children
Angela Carter
27
Tempest-Tost (Robertson Davies)
Tempest-Tost
Robertson Davies
28
Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens
29
The Playmaker
The Playmaker
30
Opening Night
Opening Night
31
The Good Companions (J. B. Priestley)
The Good Companions
J. B. Priestley
32
The Mask of Apollo (Mary Renault)
The Mask of Apollo
Mary Renault
33
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
Morality Play
Barry Unsworth
34
Novel With Cocaine (M. Ageyev)
Novel With Cocaine
M. Ageyev
35
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
Nelson Algren
36
Cocaine Nights
Cocaine Nights
37
Junky (William S. Burroughs)
Junky
William S. Burroughs
38
Glamorama (Bret Easton Ellis)
Glamorama
Bret Easton Ellis
39
Dopefiend (Donald Goines)
Dopefiend
Donald Goines
40
The Story of My Life by Jay McInerney
The Story of My Life by Jay McInerney
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