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Give It Up for the Much-Maligned White Male Author

Tired of all those lists that exclude white male authors? Then this list is for you. Majority fiction but with a (red) meaty helping of nonfiction, these are my favorite books written by those paragons of virtue, white males.
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Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
1
Thomas Wolfe
The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
The Wapshot Chronicle
2
John Cheever
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
3
William Styron
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
4
John Steinbeck
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
5
Charles Dickens
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
6
Milan Kundera
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
7
John Kennedy Toole
A Passage to India (E. M. Forster)
A Passage to India
8
E. M. Forster
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
9
E.M. Forster
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
10
E.M. Forster
Travels With My Aunt (Graham Greene)
Travels With My Aunt
11
Graham Greene
I Claudius (Graves)
I Claudius
12
Graves
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
13
Sinclair Lewis
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
14
Sinclair Lewis
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin)
Rosemary's Baby
15
Ira Levin
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives
16
Ira Levin
House of Sand and Fog (Andre Dubus III)
House of Sand and Fog
17
Andre Dubus III
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
18
A. A. Milne
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
19
George Orwell
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
20
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
21
C.S. Lewis
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
22
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
23
Michael Cunningham
Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars
24
David Guterson
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
25
Douglas Adams
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
26
Orson Scott Card
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
27
Oscar Wilde
Walking Across Egypt (Clyde Edgerton)
Walking Across Egypt
28
Clyde Edgerton
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Project
29
Graeme Simsion
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
30
Arthur Golden
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
31
Dan Brown
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
32
Tom Wolfe
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
33
Alexander McCall Smith
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (Alexander McCall Smith)
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
34
Alexander McCall Smith
The World Is My Home (James A. Michener)
The World Is My Home
35
James A. Michener
The Sex Lives of Cannibals (Marten J. Troost)
The Sex Lives of Cannibals
36
Marten J. Troost
Born to Run (Christopher Mcdougall)
Born to Run
37
Christopher Mcdougall
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
38
John Berendt
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
39
Jon Krakauer
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
40
Frank McCourt
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