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GW's List of 5 Star Reads

I've read 1,000 books to date and listed them on Goodreads. Here are my only 5 star rated books. I love my Library and many of the books on the list have come from there. I started reading the Classics in high school, but really picked up the pace out of college. I'm a tough rater. The book has to be worthy and something I like to get top billing.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1
Betty Smith
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
2
John Steinbeck
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
3
Thomas Hardy
A Christmas Memory (Truman Capote)
A Christmas Memory
4
Truman Capote
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
5
Gaston Leroux
In the Heat of the Night (John Ball)
In the Heat of the Night
6
John Ball
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
7
James Joyce
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
8
Charles Dickens
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
9
Victor Hugo
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
10
Miguel De Cervantes
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
11
William Faulkner
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
12
Maya Angelou
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle, Arthur Conan)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
13
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
14
Sherwood Anderson
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
15
Agatha Christie
The House of Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of Seven Gables
16
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hiroshima, John Hersey
Hiroshima, John Hersey
17
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
18
Erich Maria Remarque
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
19
J.R.R. Tolkien
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
20
Zora Neale Hurston
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
21
Pearl S. Buck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
22
Ernest Hemingway
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
23
Robert A. Heinlein
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
24
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
25
Honoré De Balzac
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
27
Émile Zola
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
28
Thomas Hardy
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy/Andrew Bromfield)
War and Peace
29
Leo Tolstoy/Andrew Bromfield
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
30
Leo Tolstoy
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
31
Alexandre Dumas
Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements
32
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
33
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Robert Sapolsky)
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
34
Robert Sapolsky
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, (Education Frontier)
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, (Education Frontier)
35
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees
36
Blaise Pascal
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Dale Carnegie)
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
37
Dale Carnegie
Discourse on Method (René Descartes)
Discourse on Method
38
René Descartes
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
39
Colson Whitehead
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K.Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
40
J.K.Rowling
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