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Markd9528's Favourites Reads of the Past 10 Years

As a result of illness-related early retirement from academic life, I have had enough idle time to read/reread around 800 books (and create a fair number of list challenges). As at May 2019, these are my favourite 20% of the 800, although admittedly some are of mainly sentimental value. The lesser-known works are well worth seeking out.
(I mention my former academic career merely to explain away my long-winded list descriptions.)
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1914 (Jean Echenoz)
1914 (Jean Echenoz)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
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Amerika (Franz Kafka)
Amerika (Franz Kafka)
8
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
9
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
10
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
11
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
12
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
13
The Assignment (Friedrich Durrenmatt)
The Assignment (Friedrich Durrenmatt)
14
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
15
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
16
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
17
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
18
The Blind Watchmaker
The Blind Watchmaker
19
A Boy Ten Feet Tall (W.H. Canaway)
A Boy Ten Feet Tall (W.H. Canaway)
20
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
21
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
22
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
23
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
24
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
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Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
26
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide (Voltaire)
27
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
28
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
29
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
30
Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
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The Circus of Dr. Lao
The Circus of Dr. Lao
32
Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet
33
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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The Complete Winnie the Pooh (A. A. Milne)
The Complete Winnie the Pooh (A. A. Milne)
35
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
36
A Cool Million
A Cool Million
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Crome Yellow (Aldous Huxley)
Crome Yellow (Aldous Huxley)
38
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
39
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
40
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
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