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It Was the Best of Books, It Was the Worst of Books

A list of my favourite books by each of 100 authors, and also my least favourites by the same authors (odds are favourites, evens least).
But just because a book is my least enjoyed by a certain author, doesn't mean it was neccesarily bad. In fact, the overwhelming majority of the 'least' books, were ones I did also enjoy.
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Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
1
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
2
Jane Austen
4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster)
4 3 2 1
3
Paul Auster
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
4
Paul Auster
The Winter King (Bernard Cornwell)
The Winter King
5
Bernard Cornwell
1356 (Bernard Cornwell)
1356
6
Bernard Cornwell
Ubik (Philip K. Dick)
Ubik
7
Philip K. Dick
The Father-Thing (Philip K Dick)
The Father-Thing
8
Philip K Dick
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
9
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
10
Charles Dickens
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
11
George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
12
George Eliot
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
13
James Joyce
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
14
James Joyce
Duma Key (Stephen King)
Duma Key
15
Stephen King
Billy Summers (Stephen King)
Billy Summers
16
Stephen King
Swan Song (Robert McCammon)
Swan Song
17
Robert McCammon
Baal (Robert R. McCammon)
Baal
18
Robert R. McCammon
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
19
Herman Melville
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd
20
Herman Melville
Going Postal (Terry Pratchett)
Going Postal
21
Terry Pratchett
Strata (Terry Pratchett)
Strata
22
Terry Pratchett
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
23
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
24
John Steinbeck
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
25
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
26
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Broken God (David Zindell)
The Broken God
27
David Zindell
The Idiot Gods (David Zindell)
The Idiot Gods
28
David Zindell
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
29
Neal Stephenson
The Confusion (Neal Stephenson)
The Confusion
30
Neal Stephenson
Plan for the Worst (Jodi Taylor)
Plan for the Worst
31
Jodi Taylor
A Bachelor Establishment (Jodi Taylor)
A Bachelor Establishment
32
Jodi Taylor
Perdido Street Station (China Mieville)
Perdido Street Station
33
China Mieville
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
34
China Miéville
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
35
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
36
Robert Louis Stevenson
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
37
George Orwell
Coming Up for Air (George Orwell)
Coming Up for Air
38
George Orwell
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
39
Bill Bryson
Shakespeare (Bill Bryson)
Shakespeare
40
Bill Bryson
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