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AJL's Top 10 Books Each Year From 2009-2023

Rather than do a list of every book I read in a given year, I thought it might be more helpful if I made a list of my top 10 books from each year I've been keeping track. I apparently skipped a few years for some reason and I also included honorable mentions, so that's why there aren't exactly 150 books for anyone who's wondering.
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Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
1
Richard Adams
Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara)
Poisonwood Bible
2
Kingsolver, Barbara
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
The Penelopiad
3
Margaret Atwood
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
4
Carol Shields
Tyler, Anne: A Patchwork Planet
Tyler, Anne: A Patchwork Planet
5
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
6
Jasper Fforde
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Milagro Beanfield War
7
Briar Rose (Jane Yolen)
Briar Rose
8
Jane Yolen
Reaper Man (Terry Pratchett)
Reaper Man
9
Terry Pratchett
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
10
Maya Angelou
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
11
Rudolfo Anaya
The Spanish Gardener (A J Cronin)
The Spanish Gardener
12
A J Cronin
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
13
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
14
Barbara Kingsolver
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
15
Philip K. Dick
If Morning Ever Comes (Anne Tyler)
If Morning Ever Comes
16
Anne Tyler
The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood)
The Year of the Flood
17
Margaret Atwood
Moral Politics (George Lakoff)
Moral Politics
18
George Lakoff
Digging to America (Anne Tyler)
Digging to America
19
Anne Tyler
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
20
Margaret Atwood
A Burnt-Out Case (Graham Greene)
A Burnt-Out Case
21
Graham Greene
Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett)
Interesting Times
22
Terry Pratchett
Timequake
Timequake
23
Finite and Infinite Games
Finite and Infinite Games
24
The Book of Daniel (E.L. Doctorow)
The Book of Daniel
25
E.L. Doctorow
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
26
Leo Tolstoy
A Ballad for Georg Henig
A Ballad for Georg Henig
27
Flotsam (Erich Maria Remarque)
Flotsam
28
Erich Maria Remarque
The Enormous Room
The Enormous Room
29
Alamut (Vladimir Bartol)
Alamut
30
Vladimir Bartol
Maskerade (Terry Pratchett)
Maskerade
31
Terry Pratchett
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday
32
The Outline of History (H. G. Wells)
The Outline of History
33
H. G. Wells
Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)
Jitterbug Perfume
34
Tom Robbins
Lady Susan (Jane Austen)
Lady Susan
35
Jane Austen
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
36
Honore De Balzac
My Name Is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok)
My Name Is Asher Lev
37
Chaim Potok
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
38
David Mitchell
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
39
J.D. Salinger
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy
40
Samuel Beckett
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