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Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books by Harvard Book Store - Page 2

In early 2010 Harvard Book Store employees worked together to come up with a list of our favorite books. Each staff member submitted a list of their favorite books of all time, in (rough) order of preference. Their selections were then weighted according to the order and the results were tabulated. It was by no means a perfect system, but it was the best way we could think of to quantify opinions that are in no way quantifiable. Now, we read a lot, so it was hard to narrow it down. What we came up with are the books that moved us, that changed the way we think about the world, and that we will happily read over and over again. We hope you enjoy them too.
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The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories (Herodotus)
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
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A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
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The Phantom Tollbooth (Norman Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norman Juster)
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Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
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Dealing With Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede)
Dealing With Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
51
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
52
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
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Shadow & Claw (Gene Wolfe)
Shadow & Claw (Gene Wolfe)
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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
55
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
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The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
57
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
58
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
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High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
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Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
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Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
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The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
69
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (Grace Paley)
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (Grace Paley)
70
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie)
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie)
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You Shall Know Our Velocity! (Dave Eggers)
You Shall Know Our Velocity! (Dave Eggers)
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Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
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Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me (Richard Fariña)
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Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
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I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
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In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
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Little, Big (John Crowley)
Little, Big (John Crowley)
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Jayber Crow (Wendell Berry)
Jayber Crow (Wendell Berry)
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Popol Vuh (Dennis Tedlock)
Popol Vuh (Dennis Tedlock)
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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