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Markd9528's Favourites Reads of the Past 10 Years - Page 3

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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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Dava Sobel)
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
81
Dava Sobel
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
82
William Golding
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
83
Heinrich Böll
Lost in the Cosmos Walker Percy
Lost in the Cosmos Walker Percy
84
The Loved One (Evelyn Waugh)
The Loved One
85
Evelyn Waugh
Loving
Loving
86
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
87
Kinglsey Amis
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
88
Aristophanes
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
89
William Shakespeare
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
90
Gustave Flaubert
Man's Fate by Andre Malraux
Man's Fate by Andre Malraux
91
Measuring the World
Measuring the World
92
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
93
Ovid
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
94
Franz Kafka
The Meursault Investigation (Kamel Daoud)
The Meursault Investigation
95
Kamel Daoud
Mischief (Chris Wilson)
Mischief
96
Chris Wilson
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
97
Herman Melville
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
98
Martin Amis
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
99
Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
100
Agatha Christie
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
101
Willa Cather
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
102
Elena Ferrante
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
103
Umberto Eco
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
104
Alexander McCall Smith
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
105
Willa Cather
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
106
Sophocles
Of Men and Mice - John Steinbeck (1937)
Of Men and Mice - John Steinbeck (1937)
107
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
108
Ernest Hemingway
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
109
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Our Souls at Night (Kent Haruf)
Our Souls at Night
110
Kent Haruf
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
111
Albert Camus
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
112
Min Jin Lee
Pastoralia (George Saunders)
Pastoralia
113
George Saunders
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
114
Norton Juster
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
115
Oscar Wilde
Pincher Martin (William Golding)
Pincher Martin
116
William Golding
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
117
Albert Camus
Pollyanna (Eleanor H Porter)
Pollyanna
118
Eleanor H Porter
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
119
Jane Austen
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
120
George Bernard Shaw
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