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Novelists Pick Books to Inspire, Uplift, and Offer Escape

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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
1
Alice Munro
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
2
Marcus Aurelius
The Women in Black (Madeleine St. John)
The Women in Black
3
Madeleine St. John
House of X (Jonathan Hickman)
House of X
4
Jonathan Hickman
Survivor (Chuck Palahniuk)
Survivor
5
Chuck Palahniuk
The Fortnight in September (R. C. Sherriff)
The Fortnight in September
6
R. C. Sherriff
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen (Sylvie Simmons)
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
7
Sylvie Simmons
Meg and Mog Books (Helen Nicoll)
Meg and Mog Books
8
Helen Nicoll
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
9
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
At Freddie's (Penelope Fitzgerald)
At Freddie's
10
Penelope Fitzgerald
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
11
Alice Walker
Philip Larkin: Collected Poems
Philip Larkin: Collected Poems
12
Eagle of the Ninth (Rosemary Stewart)
Eagle of the Ninth
13
Rosemary Stewart
That Glimpse of Truth: The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written (David Miller (Editor))
That Glimpse of Truth: The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written
14
David Miller (Editor)
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory
15
Joseph Conrad
The Unspeakable Confessions of Salvador Dali (As Told to Andre Parinaud)
The Unspeakable Confessions of Salvador Dali
16
As Told to Andre Parinaud
McIlvanney on Football (Hugh McIlvanney)
McIlvanney on Football
17
Hugh McIlvanney
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
18
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
19
Italo Calvino
Hindoo Holiday (J.R. Ackerley)
Hindoo Holiday
20
J.R. Ackerley
Our Spoons Come From Woolworths (Barbara Comyns)
Our Spoons Come From Woolworths
21
Barbara Comyns
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
22
Arthur Conan Doyle
Things That Are (Amy Leach)
Things That Are
23
Amy Leach
From the Land of Shadows (Clive James)
From the Land of Shadows
24
Clive James
The Giant's House (Elizabeth McCracken)
The Giant's House
25
Elizabeth McCracken
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