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Top 10 by Genre (Plus Stephen King's & John Irving's Favourites)

Do you like the same books as writers? The favourite 10 books of 125 writers were tallied (544 individual books were mentioned).
This challenge lists the overall 10 favourite books of ALL the writers (in descending rank) by genre. This is followed by the individual Top 10 favourites of Stephen King and John Irving. See the list structure below.
01-10: Comic Works
11-20: Fantasy & Science Fiction
21-30: Mysteries & Thrillers
31-40: Stephen King's Top 10
41-50: John Irving's Top 10
This list is derived from the book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick their Favorite Books" edited by J. Peder Zane.
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1
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
2
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
3
Joseph Andrews (Henry Fielding)
Joseph Andrews (Henry Fielding)
4
Norwood (Charles Portis)
Norwood (Charles Portis)
5
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
6
A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
7
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
8
The Ponder Heart (Eudora Welty)
The Ponder Heart (Eudora Welty)
9
Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward)
Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward)
10
Right Ho, Jeeves
Right Ho, Jeeves
11
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
12
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand (Stephen King)
13
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
14
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
15
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
16
Fiskadoro (Denis Johnson)
Fiskadoro (Denis Johnson)
17
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
18
War With the Newts (Karel Čapek)
War With the Newts (Karel Čapek)
19
His Dark Materials Series
His Dark Materials Series
20
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
21
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
22
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
23
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
24
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
25
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
26
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
27
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
28
Mildred Pierce (James M. Cain)
Mildred Pierce (James M. Cain)
29
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
30
Everybody Pays (Andrew Vachss)
Everybody Pays (Andrew Vachss)
31
The Golden Argosy (Van H. Cartmell, Charles Grayson Eds)
The Golden Argosy (Van H. Cartmell, Charles Grayson Eds)
32
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
33
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
34
McTeague (Frank Norris)
McTeague (Frank Norris)
35
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
36
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
37
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
38
The Raj Quartet (Paul Scott)
The Raj Quartet (Paul Scott)
39
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August (William Faulkner)
40
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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