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Favourite Books of the High Achievers

These books are a small but select group. They are works that are favourites of at least 2 of the users who consistently achieve high scores on book challenges. Specifically they are derived from the published lists of Billandila, Gwen Orel, Tommood, Im2bz, masked_avenger & James Nelson.
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The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
1
Angie Thomas
The Shipping News (Annie Proux)
The Shipping News
2
Annie Proux
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
3
Christopher Isherwood
The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
The Glass Key
4
Dashiell Hammett
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard)
Get Shorty
5
Elmore Leonard
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Eric Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
6
Eric Ambler
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
7
Flannery O'Connor
Evelina (Frances Burney)
Evelina
8
Frances Burney
The Women of Brewster Place (Gloria Naylor)
The Women of Brewster Place
9
Gloria Naylor
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
10
Graham Greene
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
11
Henry David Thoreau
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Horace McCoy)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
12
Horace McCoy
From Russia, With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia, With Love
13
Ian Fleming
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
14
James Fenimore Cooper
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
15
Jeanette Winterson
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
16
Jim Thompson
The Midwich Cuckoos (John Wyndham)
The Midwich Cuckoos
17
John Wyndham
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
18
Jules Verne
The Woman in the Dunes (Kōbō Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
19
Kōbō Abe
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
20
Kurt Vonnegut
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
21
Margaret Mitchell
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
22
Mario Puzo
Time's Arrow (Martin Amis)
Time's Arrow
23
Martin Amis
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elizabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
24
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
25
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
26
Raymond Chandler
The Long Good-Bye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Good-Bye
27
Raymond Chandler
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
28
Rudolfo Anaya
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
29
Rudyard Kipling
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
30
Thomas Hardy
Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)
Kon-Tiki
31
Thor Heyerdahl
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
32
Tim O'Brien
Shoeless Joe (W.P. Kinsella)
Shoeless Joe
33
W.P. Kinsella
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
34
Wallace Stegner
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
35
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
36
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
37
Willa Cather
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
38
William Faulkner
Ironweed (William Kennedy)
Ironweed
39
William Kennedy
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
40
William Makepeace Thackeray
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