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100 Essential New England Books From Boston Globe

From the Boston Globe: We picked the top books about New England or written by local authors.
This list spans kids book to adult fiction and nonfiction.
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
1
Herman Melville
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
2
Louisa May Alcott
Make Way for Ducklings (Robert McCloskey)
Make Way for Ducklings
3
Robert McCloskey
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
4
Sylvia Plath
A Prayer for Owen Meaney
A Prayer for Owen Meaney
5
Mountains Beyond Mountains (Tracey Kidder)
Mountains Beyond Mountains
6
Tracey Kidder
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
7
Marilynne Robinson
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley and Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
8
Alex Haley and Malcolm X
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
9
Richard Russo
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
10
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Famil
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Famil
11
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
12
Henry David Thoreau
All Souls: A Family Story From Southie (Michael Patrick MacDonald)
All Souls: A Family Story From Southie
13
Michael Patrick MacDonald
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
14
Edith Wharton
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
15
E.B. White
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
16
David Foster Wallace
Paul Revere's Ride (David Hackett Fischer)
Paul Revere's Ride
17
David Hackett Fischer
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
18
Zadie Smith
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
19
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
20
Stephen King
John Adams
John Adams
21
Blues (John Hersey)
Blues
22
John Hersey
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
23
Edwidge Danticat
Affliction by Russell Banks
Affliction by Russell Banks
24
The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958) (Jack Beatty)
The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958)
25
Jack Beatty
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
26
Elizabeth Strout
Boston Boy: Growing Up With Jazz and Other Rebellious Passions (Nat Hentoff)
Boston Boy: Growing Up With Jazz and Other Rebellious Passions
27
Nat Hentoff
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
28
Wally Lamb
Cod
Cod
29
The Prince of Providence (Mike Stanton)
The Prince of Providence
30
Mike Stanton
Three Junes
Three Junes
31
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays] (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-Reliance [And Other Essays]
32
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favor (Trevor Corson)
The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favor
33
Trevor Corson
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
34
Junot Diaz
Summer of '49 (David Halberstam)
Summer of '49
35
David Halberstam
Mayflower and the Pilgrims New World
Mayflower and the Pilgrims New World
36
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
The Perfect Storm
37
Sebastian Junger
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
38
Dennis Lehane
Peyton Place (New Hampshire)
Peyton Place (New Hampshire)
39
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
40
Jhumpa Lahiri
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