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The Ideal Library - Page 3

100 prominent cultural figures, mostly writers, were polled for their choice of an "ideal library". The following list is a tally of the books that were chosen the most often.
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Hollywood Babylon
Hollywood Babylon
82
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
John Updike
83
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates
84
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
85
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
86
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
87
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
88
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
89
Mr Bridge (Evan S Connell)
Mr Bridge
Evan S Connell
90
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
John Updike
91
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut
92
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
William Goldman
93
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allen Poe
94
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
Maxine Hong Kingston
95
The Emperor
The Emperor
96
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
John Updike
97
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
98
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
99
Philip Larkin: Collected Poems
Philip Larkin: Collected Poems
100
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
101
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
John Updike
102
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
103
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
104
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
105
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
Stephen King
106
The Smartest Kid on Earth (Jimmy Corrigan)
The Smartest Kid on Earth
Jimmy Corrigan
107
A Day at El Bulli
A Day at El Bulli
108
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
109
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
110
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
Roberto Bolaño
111
Larousse Gastronomique
Larousse Gastronomique
112
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
Jonathan Franzen
113
Derek Walcott Collected Poems
Derek Walcott Collected Poems
114
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
115
Essential Cuisine (Michael Bras)
Essential Cuisine
Michael Bras
116
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
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