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Best Books From 60 Years of Reading

A partial list of books that I have loved in my first 60 years of constant reading. I'm sure I've forgotten some and will be kicking myself later. I have not listed books that have been important to me professionaly--that would be another list.
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The Last of the Just (Andre Schwarz-Bart)
The Last of the Just
1
Andre Schwarz-Bart
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
2
Chinua Achebe
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth
3
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
4
Kingsley Amis
Bless Me Ultima
Bless Me Ultima
5
Possession (Byatt)
Possession
6
Byatt
Flatland (Edwin Abbott Abbott)
Flatland
7
Edwin Abbott Abbott
Giles Goat-Boy
Giles Goat-Boy
8
The End of the Road
The End of the Road
9
Nausea (John-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
10
John-Paul Sartre
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
11
Albert Camus
The Man Who Walked Through Time (Colin Fletcher)
The Man Who Walked Through Time
12
Colin Fletcher
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man
13
Thomas Berger
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
14
Larry McMurtry
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose
15
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
The Devil's Dictionary
16
Ambrose Bierce
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
17
The Essex Serpent (Sarah Perry)
The Essex Serpent
18
Sarah Perry
The Dry (Jane Harper)
The Dry
19
Jane Harper
Juliet in August (Dianne Warren)
Juliet in August
20
Dianne Warren
The Book of Ebenezer (Gerald Basil Edwards)
The Book of Ebenezer
21
Gerald Basil Edwards
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
22
Richard Flanagan
Cities in Flight (James Blish)
Cities in Flight
23
James Blish
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
24
Ursula K. Le Guin
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
25
Leo Tolstoy
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
26
Herman Melville
Three Day Road
Three Day Road
27
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
28
Ken Kesey
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
29
Ken Kesey
Glass Bead Game
Glass Bead Game
30
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
31
Ray Bradbury
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
32
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
33
Iaac Asimov
Woman on the Edge of Time (Marge Piercy)
Woman on the Edge of Time
34
Marge Piercy
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle
35
Rita Mae Brown
Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling)
Just So Stories
36
Rudyard Kipling
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (Rudyard Kipling)
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
37
Rudyard Kipling
The Tomten
The Tomten
38
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
39
Margery Williams
Cross Creek (Marjorie Kinnon Rawlings)
Cross Creek
40
Marjorie Kinnon Rawlings
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