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Markd9528's Favourites Reads of the Past 10 Years - Page 2

As a result of illness-related early retirement from academic life, I have had enough idle time to read/reread around 800 books (and create a fair number of list challenges). As at May 2019, these are my favourite 20% of the 800, although admittedly some are of mainly sentimental value. The lesser-known works are well worth seeking out.
(I mention my former academic career merely to explain away my long-winded list descriptions.)
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The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
41
Anne Frank
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
42
Anne Tyler
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
43
Jean-Dominique Bauby
The Double Helix (James Watson)
The Double Helix
44
James Watson
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
45
James Joyce
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
46
Lynne Truss
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
47
Jane Austen
Every Day Is for the Thief (Teju Cole)
Every Day Is for the Thief
48
Teju Cole
Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)
Evil Under the Sun
49
Agatha Christie
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
50
Ray Bradbury
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
51
Fear and Trembling (Amelie Nothomb)
Fear and Trembling
52
Amelie Nothomb
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
53
Jorge Luis Borges
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
54
Rohinton Mistry
Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
Flaubert's Parrot
55
Julian Barnes
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
56
Mary Shelley
Gilgamesh (Tr. Stephen Mitchell)
Gilgamesh
57
Tr. Stephen Mitchell
The Good Soldier Švejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Švejk
58
Jaroslav Hašek
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
59
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
60
Charles Dickens
The Harp in the South (Ruth Park)
The Harp in the South
61
Ruth Park
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
62
Carson McCullers
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
63
Joseph Conrad
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
64
Dave Eggers
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
65
Richard Hughes
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
66
Douglas Adams
The House of God
The House of God
67
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift
68
Saul Bellow
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
69
Homer
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
70
Ray Bradbury
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
71
Truman Capote
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
72
Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
73
H.G. Wells
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
74
Denis Johnson
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
75
Jules Verne
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
76
William Shakespeare
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
77
Banana Yoshimoto
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
78
Andrew Sean Greer
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
79
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
80
Vladimir Nabokov
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