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Marilyn Monroe: Avid Reader, Writer & Book Collector - Part A

This is the first part of a two-part series on Marilyn Monroe's personal library. It is a much extended version of the challenge published by Jessica._martens in 2015. I have omitted a few magazines and brochures. If I had to create a new icon, I attempted to use a version of the work contemporaneous with M.M.'s adult years.
BTW, see if you can spot Kilroy in one of the icons.
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Let's Make Love (Matthew Andrews)
Let's Make Love
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Matthew Andrews
How to Travel Incognito (Ludwig Bemelmans)
How to Travel Incognito
2
Ludwig Bemelmans
To the One I Love Best (Ludwig Bemelmans)
To the One I Love Best
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Ludwig Bemelmans
Thurber Country (James Thurber)
Thurber Country
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James Thurber
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
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Albert Camus
Marilyn Monroe (George Carpozi Jr.)
Marilyn Monroe
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George Carpozi Jr.
Camille (Alexandre Dumas Fils)
Camille
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Alexandre Dumas Fils
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
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Ralph Ellison
The Boston Cooking School Cook Book (Fannie Merritt Farmer)
The Boston Cooking School Cook Book
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Fannie Merritt Farmer
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love
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Ian Fleming
The Art of Loving (Erich Fromm)
The Art of Loving
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Erich Fromm
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
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Kahlil Gibran
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
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James Joyce
Stoned Like a Statue: A Complete Survey of Drinking Cliches, Primitive, Classical & Modern (Howard Kandel & Don Safran)
Stoned Like a Statue: A Complete Survey of Drinking Cliches, Primitive, Classical & Modern
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Howard Kandel & Don Safran
The Last Temptation of Christ (Nikos Kazantzakis)
The Last Temptation of Christ
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Nikos Kazantzakis
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
17
Jack Kerouac
Selected Poems (D.H. Lawrence)
Selected Poems
18
D.H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
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D. H. Lawrence
The Portable D.H. Lawrence (D.H. Lawrence)
The Portable D.H. Lawrence
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D.H. Lawrence
Etruscan Places (D. H. Lawrence)
Etruscan Places
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D. H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence: A Basic Study of His Ideas (Mary Freeman)
D.H. Lawrence: A Basic Study of His Ideas
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Mary Freeman
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
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Bernard Malamud
The Magic Barrel (Bernard Malamud)
The Magic Barrel
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Bernard Malamud
Death in Venice & Seven Other Stories (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice & Seven Other Stories
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Thomas Mann
Last Essays (Thomas Mann)
Last Essays
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Thomas Mann
The Thomas Mann Reader (Thomas Mann)
The Thomas Mann Reader
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Thomas Mann
Hawaii (James. A. Michener)
Hawaii
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James. A. Michener
Red Roses for Me (Sean O'Casey)
Red Roses for Me
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Sean O'Casey
I Knock at the Door (Sean O'Casey)
I Knock at the Door
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Sean O'Casey
Selected Plays (Sean O'Casey)
Selected Plays
31
Sean O'Casey
The Green Crow (Sean O'Casey)
The Green Crow
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Sean O'Casey
Golden Boy (Clifford Odets)
Golden Boy
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Clifford Odets
Clash by Night (Clifford Odets)
Clash by Night
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Clifford Odets
The Country Girl (Clifford Odets)
The Country Girl
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Clifford Odets
6 Plays of Clifford Odets (Clifford Odets)
6 Plays of Clifford Odets
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Clifford Odets
The Cat With Two Faces (Gordon Young)
The Cat With Two Faces
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Gordon Young
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
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Eugene O'Neill
Part of a Long Story: Eugene O'Neill as a Young Man in Love (Agnes Boulton)
Part of a Long Story: Eugene O'Neill as a Young Man in Love
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Agnes Boulton
The Little Engine That Could (Watty Piper)
The Little Engine That Could
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Watty Piper
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