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Martin's 100 Favourite Books

Mostly novels, with some short story collections and a couple of books of poetry. I included a few non-fiction books, but only where their literary value was higher than their informative value. The list is roughly in order, with with poetry and some 'children's' books pushed to the end. However, I kept all books with a shared author together.
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The Unconsoled
The Unconsoled
1
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
2
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
3
Kazuo Ishiguro
Something Happened
Something Happened
4
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
5
Joseph Heller
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
6
James Joyce
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
7
John Updike
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
8
John Updike
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
9
J.K. Rowling
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
10
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
11
Vladimir Nabokov
The Crossing (Cormac McCarthy)
The Crossing
12
Cormac McCarthy
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
13
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
14
Ken Kesey
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
15
George Eliot
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
16
George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
17
George Eliot
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
18
A Gate at the Stairs
A Gate at the Stairs
19
Collected Stories (Lorrie Moore)
Collected Stories
20
Lorrie Moore
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
21
David Foster Wallace
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
22
J.D. Salinger
For Esme - With Love and Squalor
For Esme - With Love and Squalor
23
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
24
Harper Lee
Morvern Callar
Morvern Callar
25
Stoner (Williams)
Stoner
26
Williams
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
27
Jeffrey Eugenides
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
28
Larry McMurtry
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
29
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
30
George Orwell
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
31
Ian McEwan
Solar
Solar
32
The Innocent (Ian McEwan)
The Innocent
33
Ian McEwan
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
34
Michael Chabon
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
35
Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son (Charles Dickens)
Dombey and Son
36
Charles Dickens
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
37
Stephen King
It (Stephen King)
It
38
Stephen King
World's End
World's End
39
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
40
Philip Pullman
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