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Bookseller Bill's Essential Books Part 2

Even more books that were formative for me, even somei have just read! These all come recommended from me...a stalwart bookseller.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
1
Khaled Hosseini
Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
Shantaram
2
Gregory David Roberts
Under the Tuscan Sun (Frances Mayes)
Under the Tuscan Sun
3
Frances Mayes
Across the Nightingale Floor (Lian Hearn)
Across the Nightingale Floor
4
Lian Hearn
Speaks the Nightbird (Robert McCammon)
Speaks the Nightbird
5
Robert McCammon
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
6
Evelyn Waugh
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
7
Anita Loos
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
8
Kurt Vonnegut
Fluke (James Herbert)
Fluke
9
James Herbert
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
10
Stephen King
The Golem and the Jinni (Helene Wecker)
The Golem and the Jinni
11
Helene Wecker
Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse (Georges Simenon)
Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse
12
Georges Simenon
Mapp and Lucia
Mapp and Lucia
13
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
14
Wally Lamb
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
15
James Baldwin
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Gormenghast
16
Mervyn Peake
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
17
Angela Carter
Carter Beats the Devil (Glen David Gold)
Carter Beats the Devil
18
Glen David Gold
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
19
Umberto Eco
The Black Tulip (Alexandre Dumas, Pere)
The Black Tulip
20
Alexandre Dumas, Pere
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
21
Elizabeth Gaskell
Mambo in Chinatown (Jean Kwok)
Mambo in Chinatown
22
Jean Kwok
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
23
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Joan Aiken)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
24
Joan Aiken
The Eagle of the Ninth
The Eagle of the Ninth
25
The Ninth Configuration (William Peter Blatty)
The Ninth Configuration
26
William Peter Blatty
Blacktop Wasteland (S.A. Cosby)
Blacktop Wasteland
27
S.A. Cosby
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Kitchen God's Wife (Amy Tan)
The Kitchen God's Wife
29
Amy Tan
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
30
Carl Sagan
The Butchers' Blessing (Ruth Gilligan)
The Butchers' Blessing
31
Ruth Gilligan
The Pines (Robert Dunbar)
The Pines
32
Robert Dunbar
St. Germain Chronicles - Hotel Transylvania
St. Germain Chronicles - Hotel Transylvania
33
Ghosts (Paul Aster)
Ghosts
34
Paul Aster
The Broken Earth (N.K. Jemisin)
The Broken Earth
35
N.K. Jemisin
Turning Angel (Greg Iles)
Turning Angel
36
Greg Iles
The Bastard (John Jakes)
The Bastard
37
John Jakes
Exodus (Leon Uris)
Exodus
38
Leon Uris
The D.A. Calls It Murder (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The D.A. Calls It Murder
39
Erle Stanley Gardner
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
40
Ann Radcliffe
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