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A Writer's 100 Favorite Books of a Lifetime - Page 2

I've been reading since i was a small child, and these 100 books are the best and most memorable I've ever read. Some are famous classics, some are remaindered finds, and others fall somewhere in between. See how many you've read, and find some you might like to read going forward!
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Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
41
Thomas Hardy
Keeping You Secret (Julie Anne Peters)
Keeping You Secret
42
Julie Anne Peters
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
43
D. H. Lawrence
The Last to Go (Rand Richards Cooper)
The Last to Go
44
Rand Richards Cooper
The Legacy of Ladysmith (John Kenny Crane)
The Legacy of Ladysmith
45
John Kenny Crane
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
46
Kate Atkinson
The Light Between Oceans (M. L. Stedman)
The Light Between Oceans
47
M. L. Stedman
Light, Coming Back (Ann Wadsworth)
Light, Coming Back
48
Ann Wadsworth
The Lindbergh Case (Jim Fisher)
The Lindbergh Case
49
Jim Fisher
Little Lost Angel (Michael Quinlan)
Little Lost Angel
50
Michael Quinlan
Losing Julia (Jonathan Hull)
Losing Julia
51
Jonathan Hull
Lost and Found (Carolyn Parkhurst)
Lost and Found
52
Carolyn Parkhurst
The Love Letter (Cathleen Schine)
The Love Letter
53
Cathleen Schine
Luna (Julie Anne Peters)
Luna
54
Julie Anne Peters
Madeleine's Ghost (Robert Girardi)
Madeleine's Ghost
55
Robert Girardi
The Magic Christian
The Magic Christian
56
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
57
Booth Tarkington
Mark 947 (Calpernia Sarah Adams)
Mark 947
58
Calpernia Sarah Adams
Mavis (Brenda K. Marshall)
Mavis
59
Brenda K. Marshall
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
60
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
61
Agatha Christie
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
62
Willa Cather
The Myth of You and Me (Leah Stewart)
The Myth of You and Me
63
Leah Stewart
Night Road (Kristin Hannah)
Night Road
64
Kristin Hannah
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
65
Jean-Paul Sartre
Olivia (Dorothy Strachey)
Olivia
66
Dorothy Strachey
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
67
Jack Kerouac
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
68
Judith Guest
Our Man in Havana (Graham Greene)
Our Man in Havana
69
Graham Greene
Pages for You
Pages for You
70
A Patchwork Planet (Anne Tyler)
A Patchwork Planet
71
Anne Tyler
Phantoms in the Brain
Phantoms in the Brain
72
Poems of Federico García Lorca by Federico García Lorca (Federico García Lorca)
Poems of Federico García Lorca by Federico García Lorca
73
Federico García Lorca
The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
The Price of Salt
74
Patricia Highsmith
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
75
E.L. Doctorow
Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt (Richard Brautigan)
Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt
76
Richard Brautigan
The Runaway Bunny (Margaret Wise Brown)
The Runaway Bunny
77
Margaret Wise Brown
The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight (Gina Oschner)
The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight
78
Gina Oschner
The Sea Beast Takes a Lover (Michael Andreassen)
The Sea Beast Takes a Lover
79
Michael Andreassen
Second Heaven (Judith Guest)
Second Heaven
80
Judith Guest
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