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40 Faves at 40

I'm 40, so I've picked my 40 favourite books. It was extremely difficult to reduce the list of books I love to merely 40. I have tried to arrange them from most favourite on, but I could re-jig these a thousand times.
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Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
1
Henry Fielding
The Rambler (Samuel Johnson)
The Rambler
2
Samuel Johnson
Jubilate Agno
Jubilate Agno
3
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
4
Laurence Sterne
The Beggar's Opera (John Gay)
The Beggar's Opera
5
John Gay
The Complete Works of Montaigne (Montaigne)
The Complete Works of Montaigne
6
Montaigne
The Flight of Dragons (Peter Dickinson)
The Flight of Dragons
7
Peter Dickinson
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear (Edward Lear)
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
8
Edward Lear
The Once and Future King (T. H. White)
The Once and Future King
9
T. H. White
Rasselas
Rasselas
10
The Slaves of Solitude (Patrick Hamilton)
The Slaves of Solitude
11
Patrick Hamilton
Love in Excess (Eliza Haywood)
Love in Excess
12
Eliza Haywood
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
13
William Goldman
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
14
Matthew Lewis
The Faber Book of Nonsense (Geoffrey Grigson)
The Faber Book of Nonsense
15
Geoffrey Grigson
Elizabeth and Her German Garden (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
16
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Codex Seraphinianus
Codex Seraphinianus
17
The Book of Beasts (TH White)
The Book of Beasts
18
TH White
Black Jack (Leon Garfield)
Black Jack
19
Leon Garfield
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield
20
Oliver Goldsmith
Rookwood (William Harrison Ainsworth)
Rookwood
21
William Harrison Ainsworth
Timequake (Kurt Vonnegut)
Timequake
22
Kurt Vonnegut
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
23
Miguel De Cervantes
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
24
Passionate Intelligence (Ariel Sachs)
Passionate Intelligence
25
Ariel Sachs
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut Jr)
The Sirens of Titan
26
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Gormenghast
27
Mervyn Peake
Candy Is Dandy (Ogden Nash)
Candy Is Dandy
28
Ogden Nash
Molesworth (Geoffrey Willans & Ronald Searle)
Molesworth
29
Geoffrey Willans & Ronald Searle
Gilgamesh Retold (Jenny Lewis)
Gilgamesh Retold
30
Jenny Lewis
Orlando Furioso (Ludovico Ariosto)
Orlando Furioso
31
Ludovico Ariosto
Mistress Masham's Repose (T.H. White)
Mistress Masham's Repose
32
T.H. White
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
33
Robert Burton
Samuel Johnson (Walter Jackson Bate)
Samuel Johnson
34
Walter Jackson Bate
Incidences (Daniil Kharms)
Incidences
35
Daniil Kharms
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
36
Edmond Rostand
The Virtue of This Jest (James S Montgomery)
The Virtue of This Jest
37
James S Montgomery
The Citizen of the World (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Citizen of the World
38
Oliver Goldsmith
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Horace McCoy)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
39
Horace McCoy
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (Patrick Hamilton)
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
40
Patrick Hamilton
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