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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
1
Jean Echenoz
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
5
Lewis Carroll
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
6
Philip Roth
Amerika (Franz Kafka)
Amerika
7
Franz Kafka
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
8
Tayari Jones
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
9
Agatha Christie
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
10
Leo Tolstoy
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
11
Jules Verne
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
12
Sinclair Lewis
The Assignment (Friedrich Durrenmatt)
The Assignment
13
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
14
Ian McEwan
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
15
Herman Melville
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
16
Sylvia Plath
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
17
V.S. Naipaul
The Blind Watchmaker
The Blind Watchmaker
18
A Boy Ten Feet Tall (W.H. Canaway)
A Boy Ten Feet Tall
19
W.H. Canaway
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
20
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
21
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
22
Thornton Wilder
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
23
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
24
Jack London
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
25
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
26
Voltaire
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
27
J.D. Salinger
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
28
Kurt Vonnegut
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
29
E. B. White
Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
Chess Story
30
Stefan Zweig
The Circus of Dr. Lao
The Circus of Dr. Lao
31
Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet
32
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
33
Alice Walker
The Complete Winnie the Pooh (A. A. Milne)
The Complete Winnie the Pooh
34
A. A. Milne
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
35
John Kennedy Toole
A Cool Million
A Cool Million
36
Crome Yellow (Aldous Huxley)
Crome Yellow
37
Aldous Huxley
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
38
Arthur Miller
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
39
Henry James
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
40
John Wyndham
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