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Reading for Pleasure

Classics are great and should be read but sometimes you just want to sink into a good story well told. Here is my list of 500 that I have read at different times in my life when I indulged my passion for reading for pleasure.
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The 19th Wife (Utah)
The 19th Wife (Utah)
1
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
2
Across Five Aprils
Across Five Aprils
3
After Life (Rhian Ellis)
After Life
4
Rhian Ellis
After the Wreck (Joyce Carol Oates)
After the Wreck
5
Joyce Carol Oates
After You (Jojo Moyes)
After You
6
Jojo Moyes
Alias Grace (Atwood)
Alias Grace
7
Atwood
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
8
Cormac McCarthy
All the Winters After (Sere Prince Halverson)
All the Winters After
9
Sere Prince Halverson
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion (Fanny Flagg)
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
10
Fanny Flagg
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (Jane Smiley)
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
11
Jane Smiley
The Almost Moon (Alice Sebold)
The Almost Moon
12
Alice Sebold
The Amateur Marriage (Anne Tyler)
The Amateur Marriage
13
Anne Tyler
America's First Daughter a Novel (Stephanie Dray)
America's First Daughter a Novel
14
Stephanie Dray
An Irish Country Doctor (Patrick Taylor)
An Irish Country Doctor
15
Patrick Taylor
An Irish Country Village (Patrick Taylor)
An Irish Country Village
16
Patrick Taylor
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
17
Khaled Hosseini
Angel Harp (Michael Phillips)
Angel Harp
18
Michael Phillips
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
19
Frank McCourt
The Angels of Morgan Hill (Donna Van Liere)
The Angels of Morgan Hill
20
Donna Van Liere
Animal Dreams (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal Dreams
21
Barbara Kingsolver
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
22
L.M. Montgomery
Ape House
Ape House
23
The Appeal
The Appeal
24
The Arrangement (Elia Kazan)
The Arrangement
25
Elia Kazan
The Arsonist (Sue Miller)
The Arsonist
26
Sue Miller
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
The Art of Racing in the Rain
27
Garth Stein
At the Water's Edge (Sara Gruen)
At the Water's Edge
28
Sara Gruen
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
29
Ian McEwan
The Atonement Child
The Atonement Child
30
The Aviator's Wife
The Aviator's Wife
31
Away (Amy Bloom)
Away
32
Amy Bloom
Back to Blood (Tom Wolfe)
Back to Blood
33
Tom Wolfe
The Beach Club (Elin Hildebrand)
The Beach Club
34
Elin Hildebrand
The Beach House
The Beach House
35
Beach Music (Pat Conroy)
Beach Music
36
Pat Conroy
The Beach Trees (Karen White)
The Beach Trees
37
Karen White
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
38
Barbara Kingsolver
Beguiled (Deanne Gist)
Beguiled
39
Deanne Gist
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
40
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