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Good Reading Guide Books on a Theme: Adolescence to Autobiographies

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Sourced from "Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide" (Nick Rennison, 8th edn, 2009). There is a slight overlap between the categories.
01-10: Adolescence
11-23: Africa
24-33: All the World's a Stage (books about theatre)
34-44: Altered States (Chemical Fiction)
45-58: Ancient Greece and Rome
59-67: The Animal Kingdom
68-78: Art For Art's Sake (Books about art, artists and the art world)
79-91: Australia
92-101: Author, Author! (Novels featuring famous writers)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, William Blake, Catullus, Ambrose Bierce, William Wordsworth, O. Henry, Katherine Mansfield & Henry James in that order
102-109: Autobiographies & Memoirs (Ghosted!)
King David of Israel (104), Duke of Monmouth (107), Sir Walter Raleigh (108), Francia, dictator of Paraguay (109)
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Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
Le Grand Meaulnes
1
Alain-Fournier
A Quiet Life (Beryl Bainbridge)
A Quiet Life
2
Beryl Bainbridge
The Ripening Seed (Colette)
The Ripening Seed
3
Colette
My Brilliant Career (Miles Franklin)
My Brilliant Career
4
Miles Franklin
Bilgewater (Jane Gardam)
Bilgewater
5
Jane Gardam
Digging to Australia (Lesley Glaister)
Digging to Australia
6
Lesley Glaister
That Was Then, This Is Now (S.E. Hinton)
That Was Then, This Is Now
7
S.E. Hinton
The Way I Found Her (Rose Tremain)
The Way I Found Her
8
Rose Tremain
Frost in May (Antonia White)
Frost in May
9
Antonia White
A Boy's Own Story (Edmund White)
A Boy's Own Story
10
Edmund White
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
11
Chinua Achebe
The Catastrophist (Ronan Bennett)
The Catastrophist
12
Ronan Bennett
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
13
Paul Bowles
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
14
Masai Dreaming (Justin Cartwright)
Masai Dreaming
15
Justin Cartwright
The Last King of Scotland (Giles Foden)
The Last King of Scotland
16
Giles Foden
None to Accompany Me (Nadine Gordimer)
None to Accompany Me
17
Nadine Gordimer
Paradise (Abdulrazak Gurnah)
Paradise
18
Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
19
Barbara Kingsolver
In a Free State (V. S. Naipaul)
In a Free State
20
V. S. Naipaul
The Famished Road (Ben Okri)
The Famished Road
21
Ben Okri
The Season of Anomie (Wole Soyinka)
The Season of Anomie
22
Wole Soyinka
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
23
Evelyn Waugh
An Awfully Big Adventure (Beryl Bainbridge)
An Awfully Big Adventure
24
Beryl Bainbridge
A Bullet in the Ballet (Caryl Brahms)
A Bullet in the Ballet
25
Caryl Brahms
Wise Children (Angela Carter)
Wise Children
26
Angela Carter
Tempest-Tost (Robertson Davies)
Tempest-Tost
27
Robertson Davies
Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
Nicholas Nickleby
28
Charles Dickens
The Playmaker
The Playmaker
29
Opening Night
Opening Night
30
The Good Companions (J. B. Priestley)
The Good Companions
31
J. B. Priestley
The Mask of Apollo (Mary Renault)
The Mask of Apollo
32
Mary Renault
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
Morality Play
33
Barry Unsworth
Novel With Cocaine (M. Ageyev)
Novel With Cocaine
34
M. Ageyev
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
35
Nelson Algren
Cocaine Nights
Cocaine Nights
36
Junky (William S. Burroughs)
Junky
37
William S. Burroughs
Glamorama (Bret Easton Ellis)
Glamorama
38
Bret Easton Ellis
Dopefiend (Donald Goines)
Dopefiend
39
Donald Goines
The Story of My Life by Jay McInerney
The Story of My Life by Jay McInerney
40
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