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The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books (Part 3)

This is the 3rd part of a challenge derived from the book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books" edited by J. Peder Zane. Authors such as Norman Mailer, Annie Proulx, Stephen King, Jonathan Franzen, Margaret Drabble, Michael Chabon and Peter Carey name the ten books that have meant the most to them.
The favourite 10 books of 125 writers were tallied (544 individual books were mentioned). This list shows lowest-ranked books in descending rank. Note that if the books had the same ranking, they were arranged in alphabetical order. All but 7 of these books were chosen by only one writer, so there are quite a few interesting works to explore.
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Gorilla, My Love (Toni Cade Bambara)
Gorilla, My Love
1
Toni Cade Bambara
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
2
John Barth
A Legacy (Sybille Bedford)
A Legacy
3
Sybille Bedford
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
4
Anthony Burgess
Mildred Pierce (James M. Cain)
Mildred Pierce
5
James M. Cain
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
6
James M. Cain
War With the Newts (Karel Čapek)
War With the Newts
7
Karel Čapek
Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward)
Blithe Spirit
8
Noel Coward
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
9
Don Delillo
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
10
Joan Didion
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
11
Alexandre Dumas
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
12
Marguerite Duras
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
13
Red Shift (Alan Garner)
Red Shift
14
Alan Garner
Death of the Fox (George Garrett)
Death of the Fox
15
George Garrett
The Succession (George Garrett)
The Succession
16
George Garrett
Entered From the Sun (George Garrett)
Entered From the Sun
17
George Garrett
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
18
Alasdair Gray
Nothing; Doting; Blindness (Henry Green)
Nothing; Doting; Blindness
19
Henry Green
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
20
Franz Kafka
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
21
Thomas Harris
The Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne
22
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
23
Ernest Hemingway
The Europeans (Henry James)
The Europeans
24
Henry James
Pearl (Tabitha King)
Pearl
25
Tabitha King
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
26
Arthur Koestler
Hombre
Hombre
27
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
28
Alessandro Manzoni
The Chateau (William Maxwell)
The Chateau
29
William Maxwell
A Severed Head (Iris Murdoch)
A Severed Head
30
Iris Murdoch
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
31
John O'Hara
Butterfield 8 by John O'Hara
Butterfield 8 by John O'Hara
32
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
33
Sylvia Plath
Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery & Imagination
34
Edgar Allan Poe
La Flor De Lis (Elena Poniatowska)
La Flor De Lis
35
Elena Poniatowska
His Dark Materials Series (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Series
36
Phillip Pullman
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
37
Mary Shelley
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
38
Leslie Marmon Silko
On the Eve (Ivan Turgenev)
On the Eve
39
Ivan Turgenev
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
40
Evelyn Waugh
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