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Good Reading Guide Books on a Theme: Adolescence to Autobiographies - Page 2

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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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Powder (Kevin Sampson)
Powder
41
Kevin Sampson
Requiem for a Dream (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Requiem for a Dream
42
Hubert Selby Jr.
Cain's Book (Alexander Trocchi)
Cain's Book
43
Alexander Trocchi
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
44
Irvine Welsh
Cassandra, Princess of Troy (Hilary Bailey)
Cassandra, Princess of Troy
45
Hilary Bailey
The Double Tongue (William Golding)
The Double Tongue
46
William Golding
Olympiad (Tom Holt)
Olympiad
47
Tom Holt
The Corn King and the Spring Queen (Naomi Mitchison)
The Corn King and the Spring Queen
48
Naomi Mitchison
Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire
49
The King Must Die (Mary Renault)
The King Must Die
50
Mary Renault
Creation (Gore Vidal)
Creation
51
Gore Vidal
The Iron Hand of Mars (Lindsey Davis)
The Iron Hand of Mars
52
Lindsey Davis
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
53
Robert Graves
Tiberius (Allan Massie)
Tiberius
54
Allan Massie
Roman Blood (Steven Saylor)
Roman Blood
55
Steven Saylor
The Ides of March (Thornton Wilder)
The Ides of March
56
Thornton Wilder
Ovid (David Wishart)
Ovid
57
David Wishart
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
58
Marguerite Yourcenar
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
59
Richard Adams
The Cold Moons (Aeron Clement)
The Cold Moons
60
Aeron Clement
Red Dog (Louis De Bernieres)
Red Dog
61
Louis De Bernieres
The Snow Goose (Paul Gallico)
The Snow Goose
62
Paul Gallico
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
63
Kenneth Grahame
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
64
Ernest Hemingway
Duncton Wood
Duncton Wood
65
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
66
Jack London
Tarka the Otter (Henry Williamson)
Tarka the Otter
67
Henry Williamson
Death of a Ghost (Margery Allingham)
Death of a Ghost
68
Margery Allingham
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth
69
Girl With a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
Girl With a Pearl Earring
70
Tracy Chevalier
Headlong (Michael Frayn)
Headlong
71
Michael Frayn
Sheer Blue Bliss (Lesley Glaister)
Sheer Blue Bliss
72
Lesley Glaister
The Folding Star (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Folding Star
73
Alan Hollinghurst
Tarr (Wyndham Lewis)
Tarr
74
Wyndham Lewis
The Artist's Widow (Shena MacKay)
The Artist's Widow
75
Shena MacKay
The Moon and Sixpence (W.Somerset Maugham)
The Moon and Sixpence
76
W.Somerset Maugham
The Flanders Panel (Arturo Perez-Reverte)
The Flanders Panel
77
Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
78
Irving Stone
Eucalyptus (Murray Bail)
Eucalyptus
79
Murray Bail
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
80
Peter Carey
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