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Dawson's 500 Favorite Novels

This is an attempt to trim the many books I've read from the ones I've actually enjoyed. This is heavy on crime fiction and YA novels as well as my most-loved classics
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avg. score: 77 of 500 (15%)
required scores: 1, 35, 58, 80, 115 
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
52 Pickup (Elmore Leonard)
52 Pickup
2
Elmore Leonard
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
3
Adrenaline (Jeff Abbott)
Adrenaline
4
Jeff Abbott
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
6
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
7
Edith Wharton
Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1) (Christina Henry)
Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)
8
Christina Henry
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
9
Lewis Carroll
All the Bright Places (Jennifer Niven)
All the Bright Places
10
Jennifer Niven
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
11
Robert Penn Warren
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
12
Cormac McCarthy
Along for the Ride (Sarah Dessen)
Along for the Ride
13
Sarah Dessen
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
14
Neil Gaiman
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
15
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
16
Bret Easton Ellis
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
17
Theodore Dreiser
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
18
Leo Tolstoy
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
19
L.M. Montgomery
Annie on My Mind (Nancy Garden)
Annie on My Mind
20
Nancy Garden
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
21
James Baldwin
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
22
John O'Hara
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
23
Judy Blume
The Artificial Silk Girl (Irmgard Keun)
The Artificial Silk Girl
24
Irmgard Keun
The Asphalt Jungle (W.R. Burnett)
The Asphalt Jungle
25
W.R. Burnett
The Assistant
The Assistant
26
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
27
Ian McEwan
Westlake, Donald E.: The Ax
Westlake, Donald E.: The Ax
28
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
29
Sinclair Lewis
The Bad Seed (William March)
The Bad Seed
30
William March
Bank Shot (Donald E. Westlake)
Bank Shot
31
Donald E. Westlake
Beast in View (Margaret Millar)
Beast in View
32
Margaret Millar
The Beautiful and the Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and the Damned
33
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Because of Winn-Dixie (Kate DiCamillo)
Because of Winn-Dixie
34
Kate DiCamillo
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate
35
E.L. Doctorow
The Big Bounce (Elmore Leonard)
The Big Bounce
36
Elmore Leonard
The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
The Big Clock
37
Kenneth Fearing
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
38
Liane Moriarty
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
39
Raymond Chandler
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
40
James Ellroy
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