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National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books

Are your tastes in books similar to acclaimed writers? To quote thegreatestbooks.org: "National Book Award-winning authors got together to select what was, in their opinions, 100 life-changing books".
BTW, the books are not ranked, but are in alphabetical order. Also the list at thegreatestbooks.org is missing 3 of the works.
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
3
Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
4
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
5
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
6
The Artist's Way (Julia Cameron)
The Artist's Way (Julia Cameron)
7
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
8
ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL by E. M. Forster
ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL by E. M. Forster
9
Audubon: A Vision (Robert Penn Warren)
Audubon: A Vision (Robert Penn Warren)
10
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
11
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
12
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha (Various)
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha (Various)
13
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
14
Body Rags (Galway Kinnell)
Body Rags (Galway Kinnell)
15
The Bone Is Pointed (Arthur W. Upfield)
The Bone Is Pointed (Arthur W. Upfield)
16
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
17
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
18
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
19
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
20
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
21
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
22
The Confessions of St Augustine
The Confessions of St Augustine
23
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
24
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
25
Dark Symphony: Negro Literature in America (James A. Emanuel)
Dark Symphony: Negro Literature in America (James A. Emanuel)
26
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
27
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
28
Death of a Lake (Arthur William Upfield)
Death of a Lake (Arthur William Upfield)
29
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
30
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
31
Eight Men (Richard Wright)
Eight Men (Richard Wright)
32
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
33
The Essential Akutagawa (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
The Essential Akutagawa (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
34
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
35
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
36
Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce)
37
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
38
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
39
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
40
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
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