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25 Famous Authors' Favorite Books

Authors include JK Rowling, Ernest Hemingway, Jane Austen, and 22 others. To see which author chose which books, click the link to the original article.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
2
Philip Roth
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
3
Agatha Christie
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
4
Leo Tolstoy
Arabian Nights (Mary Zimmerman)
Arabian Nights
5
Mary Zimmerman
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
6
Jules Verne
Autobiographies by W. B. Yeats
Autobiographies by W. B. Yeats
7
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
8
Toni Morrison
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
9
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
10
Calumet K (Merwin and Webster)
Calumet K
11
Merwin and Webster
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
12
J.D. Salinger
The Coast of Chicago: Stories
The Coast of Chicago: Stories
13
The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw (George Bernard Shaw)
The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw
14
George Bernard Shaw
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (Anthony Marra)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
15
Anthony Marra
The Corsair (Lord Byron)
The Corsair
16
Lord Byron
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
17
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine
18
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
19
Nikolai Gogol
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
20
Michael Herr
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
21
Henrik Ibsen
The Dream of a Common Language (Adrienne Rich)
The Dream of a Common Language
22
Adrienne Rich
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
23
James Joyce
Effi Briest (Theodor Fontane)
Effi Briest
24
Theodor Fontane
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
25
Jane Austen
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
26
Norman Mailer
Far Away and Long Ago
Far Away and Long Ago
27
The French Revolution (Thomas Carlyle)
The French Revolution
28
Thomas Carlyle
The Good Lieutenant (Whitney Terrell)
The Good Lieutenant
29
Whitney Terrell
Hail and Farewell (George Moore)
Hail and Farewell
30
George Moore
Holy Bible (Anonymous)
Holy Bible
31
Anonymous
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (Tobias Wolff)
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
32
Tobias Wolff
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
33
Marcel Proust
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
34
Ralph Ellison
John Carter of Mars: The First Five Novels (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
John Carter of Mars: The First Five Novels
35
Edgar Rice Burroughs
La Chartreuse De Parme (Stendhal)
La Chartreuse De Parme
36
Stendhal
Le Mort D'Arthur - Thomas Malory
Le Mort D'Arthur - Thomas Malory
37
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
38
Walt Whitman
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
39
Victor Hugo
The Life of Jesus (Ernest Renan)
The Life of Jesus
40
Ernest Renan
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