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Martin's 100 Favourite Books - Page 2

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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Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
41
Peter Carey
Malloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable: A Trilogy- Samuel Beckett
Malloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable: A Trilogy- Samuel Beckett
42
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
43
John Dos Passos
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
44
Don Delillo
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
45
Georges Perec
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
46
John Steinbeck
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
47
Haruki Murakami
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
48
Iris Murdoch
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
49
Marcel Proust
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
50
Lewis Carroll
Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
51
Alice Munro
What a Carve Up!
What a Carve Up!
52
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Robert Tressell)
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
53
Robert Tressell
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
54
Michael Crichton
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
55
E.M. Forster
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
56
Orson Scott Card
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
57
Leo Tolstoy
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
58
John Irving
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
59
Victor Hugo
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
60
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
61
Anne Frank
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
62
Alasdair Gray
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
63
The Music of Chance
The Music of Chance
64
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
65
Bernhard Schlink
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
66
Milan Kundera
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
67
Douglas Adams
Carver, Raymond: Where I'm Calling From
Carver, Raymond: Where I'm Calling From
68
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
69
Jonathan Franzen
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
70
Fernando Pessoa
What I Loved
What I Loved
71
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Gormenghast
72
Mervyn Peake
The War of the End of the World (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The War of the End of the World
73
Mario Vargas Llosa
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
74
John Wyndham
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
75
Herman Melville
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
76
Agatha Christie
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
77
Laurence Sterne
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
78
Flannery O'Connor
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
79
Sylvia Plath
London Fields (Martin Amis)
London Fields
80
Martin Amis
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