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Markd9528's Favourites Reads of the Past 10 Years - Page 4

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 Railway Children (E. Nesbit)
The Railway Children
121
E. Nesbit
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
122
Stendhal
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
123
John Steinbeck
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
124
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
125
Cormac McCarthy
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
126
Daniel Defoe
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
127
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Secret River (Kate Grenville)
The Secret River
128
Kate Grenville
Selected Stories (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories
129
Anton Chekhov
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
130
Paul Beatty
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
131
John Knowles
The Shipping News (E.Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
132
E.Annie Proulx
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
133
Bill Bryson
Shyness & Dignity (Dag Solstad)
Shyness & Dignity
134
Dag Solstad
The Sound of Waves (Yukio Mishima)
The Sound of Waves
135
Yukio Mishima
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
136
John Williams
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
137
Vikram Seth
Suspended Sentences (Patrick Modiano)
Suspended Sentences
138
Patrick Modiano
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
139
William Shakespeare
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
140
Thomas Hardy
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
141
Chinua Achebe
The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
142
John Buchan
Thousand Cranes Yasunari Kawabata
Thousand Cranes Yasunari Kawabata
143
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
144
H.G. Wells
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
145
Denis Johnson
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
146
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
147
Milan Kundera
The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
The Uncommon Reader
148
Alan Bennett
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
149
Jennifer Egan
Voss (Patrick White)
Voss
150
Patrick White
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
151
J.M. Coetzee
Wake in Fright (Kenneth Cook)
Wake in Fright
152
Kenneth Cook
Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
Washington Black
153
Esi Edugyan
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
154
Shel Silverstein
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
155
Don Delillo
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
156
Zadie Smith
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
157
Jean Rhys
World's Fair (E.L. Doctorow)
World's Fair
158
E.L. Doctorow
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
159
Emily Bronte
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
160
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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