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It Was the Best of Books, It Was the Worst of Books - Page 2

A list of my favourite books by each of 100 authors, and also my least favourites by the same authors (odds are favourites, evens least).
But just because a book is my least enjoyed by a certain author, doesn't mean it was neccesarily bad. In fact, the overwhelming majority of the 'least' books, were ones I did also enjoy.
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King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
41
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
42
William Shakespeare
Cage of Souls (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Cage of Souls
43
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Ironclads (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Ironclads
44
Adrian Tchaikovsky
14 (Peter Clines)
14
45
Peter Clines
Dead Men Can't Complain (Peter Clines)
Dead Men Can't Complain
46
Peter Clines
The Fireman (Joe Hill)
The Fireman
47
Joe Hill
Locke & Key (Joe Hill)
Locke & Key
48
Joe Hill
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil
49
W. Somerset Maugham
Far Eastern Tales (W Somerset Maugham)
Far Eastern Tales
50
W Somerset Maugham
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
51
Vladimir Nabokov
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading
52
Vladimir Nabokov
The Kreutzer Sonata (Leo Tolstoy)
The Kreutzer Sonata
53
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
54
Leo Tolstoy
The Gambler (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Gambler
55
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
56
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
57
Octavia Butler
Adulthood Rites (Octavia E. Butler)
Adulthood Rites
58
Octavia E. Butler
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
59
Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
60
Donna Tartt
The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
The Power of One
61
Bryce Courtenay
Tandia (Bryce Courtenay)
Tandia
62
Bryce Courtenay
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
63
Marcel Proust
Sodom and Gomorrah (Marcel Proust)
Sodom and Gomorrah
64
Marcel Proust
The Happy Return (C. S. Forester)
The Happy Return
65
C. S. Forester
Lord Hornblower (C. S. Forester)
Lord Hornblower
66
C. S. Forester
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
67
Jules Verne
From the Earth to the Moon (Jules Verne)
From the Earth to the Moon
68
Jules Verne
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
69
Kurt Vonnegut
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Kurt Vonnegut)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
70
Kurt Vonnegut
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
71
John Wyndham
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
72
John Wyndham
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
73
John Le Carré
Smiley's People (John Le Carré)
Smiley's People
74
John Le Carré
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
75
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
76
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
77
Haruki Murakami
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
78
Haruki Murakami
Amsterdam (Ian McEwan)
Amsterdam
79
Ian McEwan
Black Dogs (Ian McEwan)
Black Dogs
80
Ian McEwan
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