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Best Books From 60 Years of Reading - Page 2

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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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
41
Ride With Me Mariah Montana (Ivan Doig)
Ride With Me Mariah Montana
42
Ivan Doig
Borstal Boy
Borstal Boy
43
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
44
Walt Whitman
Angels and Insects (A. S. Byatt)
Angels and Insects
45
A. S. Byatt
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
46
Mikhail Bulgakov
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
47
John Dos Passos
Red Sky at Morning (New Mexico)
Red Sky at Morning (New Mexico)
48
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
49
Willa Cather
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
50
William Faulkner
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
51
Flannery O'Connor
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
52
Flannery O'Connor
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
53
J.R.R. Tolkien
Bryson, Bill: A Walk in the Woods
Bryson, Bill: A Walk in the Woods
54
The Songlines
The Songlines
55
Erewhon (Samuel Butler)
Erewhon
56
Samuel Butler
News From Nowhere
News From Nowhere
57
Looking Backward
Looking Backward
58
Growing Up Absurd (Paul Goodman)
Growing Up Absurd
59
Paul Goodman
Summerhill (A.S. Neill)
Summerhill
60
A.S. Neill
The Strawberry Statement (James Simon Kunen)
The Strawberry Statement
61
James Simon Kunen
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
62
Tim O'Brien
Dispatches
Dispatches
63
A BRIGHT SHINING LIE by Neil Sheehan
A BRIGHT SHINING LIE by Neil Sheehan
64
Fire in the Lake Book (Frances Fitzgerald)
Fire in the Lake Book
65
Frances Fitzgerald
Berlin Noir
Berlin Noir
66
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
67
Christopher Isherwood
The Woman in the Dunes - Kono Abe
The Woman in the Dunes - Kono Abe
68
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
69
Samuel R. Delany
Sherlock Holmes Series (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes Series
70
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Under Milkwood (Dylan Thomas)
Under Milkwood
71
Dylan Thomas
The Palm Wine Drinkard
The Palm Wine Drinkard
72
Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut)
Player Piano
73
Kurt Vonnegut
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (Louise Erdrich)
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
74
Louise Erdrich
Fools Crow (James Welch)
Fools Crow
75
James Welch
Flashman
Flashman
76
The Green Ripper (John D. MacDonald)
The Green Ripper
77
John D. MacDonald
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
78
Neil Gaiman
American Gods
American Gods
79
All About Dinosaurs (Roy Chapman Andrews)
All About Dinosaurs
80
Roy Chapman Andrews
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