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For the Simple Love of Reading - Page 2

An eclectic list from the catawampus bookshelves of a fifty-something reader (and former English major)
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The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
The Sparrow
41
Mary Doria Russell
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
42
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth
43
The Arrival (Shaun Tan)
The Arrival
44
Shaun Tan
Five Children and It (E. Nesbit)
Five Children and It
45
E. Nesbit
Second Variety (Philip K Dick)
Second Variety
46
Philip K Dick
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
47
Kazuo Ishiguro
Last and First Men (Olaf Stapledon)
Last and First Men
48
Olaf Stapledon
The Purple Cloud (M. P. Shiel)
The Purple Cloud
49
M. P. Shiel
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
50
Anthony Bourdain
Sarum (Edward Rutherford)
Sarum
51
Edward Rutherford
Phantastes, by George MacDonald
Phantastes, by George MacDonald
52
Remnant Population (Elizabeth Moon)
Remnant Population
53
Elizabeth Moon
Dear Theo (Irving Stone)
Dear Theo
54
Irving Stone
Testimony of Two Men (Taylor Caldwell)
Testimony of Two Men
55
Taylor Caldwell
True Grit
True Grit
56
I Know This Much Is True, by Wally Lamb
I Know This Much Is True, by Wally Lamb
57
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
58
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Still Life With Woodpecker (Tom Robbins)
Still Life With Woodpecker
59
Tom Robbins
The Mars Trilogy (Kim Stanley Robinson)
The Mars Trilogy
60
Kim Stanley Robinson
Pretty Little Killers (Daleen Berry)
Pretty Little Killers
61
Daleen Berry
Feeling Good (David Burns)
Feeling Good
62
David Burns
A Natural History of the Senses (Diane Ackerman)
A Natural History of the Senses
63
Diane Ackerman
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
64
Peter Straub
The Pigman (Paul Zindel)
The Pigman
65
Paul Zindel
Halfway Human (Carolyn Ives Gilman)
Halfway Human
66
Carolyn Ives Gilman
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
67
Abraham Verghese
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
68
Care of the Soul
Care of the Soul
69
An American Childhood (Annie Dillard)
An American Childhood
70
Annie Dillard
The Disappearing Spoon (Sam Kean)
The Disappearing Spoon
71
Sam Kean
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
72
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Bruno Bettelheim)
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
73
Bruno Bettelheim
Cleopatra (Stacy Schiff)
Cleopatra
74
Stacy Schiff
Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories (Shirley Jackson)
Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories
75
Shirley Jackson
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
76
Theodore Dreiser
El Aleph, by Jorge Luis Borges
El Aleph, by Jorge Luis Borges
77
Trout Fishing in America
Trout Fishing in America
78
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales (Angela Carter)
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales
79
Angela Carter
Dominic
Dominic
80
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