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National Book Foundation: 100 Life-Changing Books - Page 2

Are your tastes in books similar to acclaimed writers? To quote thegreatestbooks.org: "National Book Award-winning authors got together to select what was, in their opinions, 100 life-changing books".
BTW, the books are not ranked, but are in alphabetical order. Also the list at thegreatestbooks.org is missing 3 of the works.
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Great Dialogues of Plato (Plato)
Great Dialogues of Plato
41
Plato
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
42
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
43
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
44
Carson McCullers
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
45
Saul Bellow
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
46
George Orwell
Horseman, Pass by (Larry McMurtry)
Horseman, Pass By
47
Larry McMurtry
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
48
Fyodor Dostoevsky
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
49
Marcel Proust
Kafka's Other Trial (Elias Canetti)
Kafka's Other Trial
50
Elias Canetti
The Left-Handed Woman (Peter Handke)
The Left-Handed Woman
51
Peter Handke
Legends of the Fall (Jim Harrison)
Legends of the Fall
52
Jim Harrison
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
53
Victor Hugo
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
54
Mark Twain
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
55
William Golding
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
56
Shirley Jackson
Marcus Aurelius Meditations
Marcus Aurelius Meditations
57
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony (Roberto Calasso)
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
58
Roberto Calasso
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
59
Ovid
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
60
William Shakespeare
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
61
Herman Melville
Monseñor Quijote (Graham Greene)
Monseñor Quijote
62
Graham Greene
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
63
Walker Percy
My Book House (Olive Beaupré Miller)
My Book House
64
Olive Beaupré Miller
My Name Is Aram (William Saroyan)
My Name Is Aram
65
William Saroyan
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
66
Richard Wright
The Negro Caravan (Sterling A. Brown Ed.)
The Negro Caravan
67
Sterling A. Brown Ed.
Of a Fire on the Moon (Norman Mailer)
Of a Fire on the Moon
68
Norman Mailer
Of Time and the River (Thomas Wolfe)
Of Time and the River
69
Thomas Wolfe
Open Secrets (Alice Munro)
Open Secrets
70
Alice Munro
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
71
Isak Dinesen
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Roddy Doyle)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
72
Roddy Doyle
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
73
John Milton
The Poorhouse Fair
The Poorhouse Fair
74
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
75
James Joyce
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
76
Henry James
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
77
Jane Austen
The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain)
The Prince and the Pauper
78
Mark Twain
The Richard Trilogy (Paul Horgan)
The Richard Trilogy
79
Paul Horgan
A Season in Hell (Arthur Rimbaud)
A Season in Hell
80
Arthur Rimbaud
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