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Shay's Top 50

My fifty favorites all-time and up to date. Many of them are lesser known and a couple of them I had to add myself. I urge you to try them all.
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
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13 Rue Therese (Elena Mauli Shapiro)
13 Rue Therese (Elena Mauli Shapiro)
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The Apple Tree (John Galsworthy)
The Apple Tree (John Galsworthy)
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Autobiography of a Face
Autobiography of a Face
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Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
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Dog Boy (Eva Hornung)
Dog Boy (Eva Hornung)
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The Duel (Anton Chekhov)
The Duel (Anton Chekhov)
10
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
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The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
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First Love
First Love
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Gasoline (Gregory Corso)
Gasoline (Gregory Corso)
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Ghost Eaters (Clay McLeod Chapman)
Ghost Eaters (Clay McLeod Chapman)
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
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Help a Bear Is Eating Me (Mykle Hansen)
Help a Bear Is Eating Me (Mykle Hansen)
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live (Grover Lewis)
I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live (Grover Lewis)
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Inspector Pancakes Helps the President of France (Solve the White Orchid Murders) (Karla Pacheco)
Inspector Pancakes Helps the President of France (Solve the White Orchid Murders) (Karla Pacheco)
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Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun
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Keeping You a Secret
Keeping You a Secret
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Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
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The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott
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Light, Coming Back (Ann Wadsworth)
Light, Coming Back (Ann Wadsworth)
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Losing Julia (Jonathan Hull)
Losing Julia (Jonathan Hull)
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The Love Letter (Cathleen Schine)
The Love Letter (Cathleen Schine)
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Madeleine's Ghost (Robert Girardi)
Madeleine's Ghost (Robert Girardi)
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The Magic Christian (Terry Southern)
The Magic Christian (Terry Southern)
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Mavis (Brenda K. Marshall)
Mavis (Brenda K. Marshall)
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Middlesex
Middlesex
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The Myth of You and Me (Leah Stewart)
The Myth of You and Me (Leah Stewart)
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
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Olivia (Dorothy Strachey)
Olivia (Dorothy Strachey)
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Ordinary People
Ordinary People
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Pages for You (Sylvia Brownrigg)
Pages for You (Sylvia Brownrigg)
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The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
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The Runaway Bunny (Margaret Wise Brown)
The Runaway Bunny (Margaret Wise Brown)
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The Sea Beast Takes a Lover (Michael Andreassen)
The Sea Beast Takes a Lover (Michael Andreassen)
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