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Best Books Ive Read in the Past 50 Something Years - Page 2

I've read many very good books over the years, but these are the best. They're the ones I think stand out as special, unforgettable - they have that undefinable "something" that just clicks with something inside me.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
41
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
42
Mark Twain
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
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Truman Capote
Danse Macabre (Stephen King)
Danse Macabre
45
Stephen King
Salem's Lot (Stephen King)
Salem's Lot
46
Stephen King
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
47
Ruth Ozeki
Flight Behavior (Barbara Kingsolver)
Flight Behavior
48
Barbara Kingsolver
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
49
Margaret Atwood
Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars
50
David Guterson
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
51
Art Spiegelman
The Family Fang (Kevin Wilson)
The Family Fang
52
Kevin Wilson
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E Butler)
Parable of the Sower
53
Octavia E Butler
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
54
Cormac McCarthy
Bellman & Black (Diane Setterfield)
Bellman & Black
55
Diane Setterfield
Postcards (Annie Proulx)
Postcards
56
Annie Proulx
Sh*T My Dad Says (Justin Halpern)
Sh*T My Dad Says
57
Justin Halpern
This Stubborn Soil (William A. Owens, John Graves (Introduction))
This Stubborn Soil
58
William A. Owens, John Graves (Introduction)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
59
Anthony Doerr
Dietland (Sarai Walker)
Dietland
60
Sarai Walker
14 (Peter Clines)
14
61
Peter Clines
The Maze Runner (James Dashner)
The Maze Runner
62
James Dashner
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
63
Bryan Stevenson
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
64
Matthew Desmond
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
65
Elizabeth Strout
Olive, Again (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive, Again
66
Elizabeth Strout
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
67
Betty Smith
How to Build a Girl (Caitlin Moran)
How to Build a Girl
68
Caitlin Moran
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
69
Tim O'Brien
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
70
P.L. Travers
Beezus and Ramona (Beverly Cleary)
Beezus and Ramona
71
Beverly Cleary
Sandman Series (Neil Gaiman)
Sandman Series
72
Neil Gaiman
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
73
Trevor Noah
The Tortilla Curtain (T.C. Boyle)
The Tortilla Curtain
74
T.C. Boyle
Barbarian Days (William Finnegan)
Barbarian Days
75
William Finnegan
A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It
76
Norman MacLean
Heartburn (Nora Ephron)
Heartburn
77
Nora Ephron
Misquoting Jesus (Bart D. Ehrman)
Misquoting Jesus
78
Bart D. Ehrman
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
79
Cormac McCarthy
Friday Night Lights (H. G. Bissinger)
Friday Night Lights
80
H. G. Bissinger
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