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Schlocko's Subjective but Infallible 100 Favorite Books

Ask me tomorrow and I'll probably have a different answer . . . or I would, if I had time to make another list, which I probably won't, so this one will have at least some staying power.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
2
William Faulkner
All Involved (Ryan Gattis)
All Involved
3
Ryan Gattis
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
4
Tayari Jones
The American Political Tradition (Richard Hofstadter)
The American Political Tradition
5
Richard Hofstadter
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
6
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
7
Toni Morrison
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
8
Ben Fountain
Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
Bird Box
9
Josh Malerman
Black Cloud Rising (David Wright Faladé)
Black Cloud Rising
10
David Wright Faladé
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
11
Cormac McCarthy
The Broom of the System (David Foster Wallace)
The Broom of the System
12
David Foster Wallace
The Cabin at the End of the World (Paul Tremblay)
The Cabin at the End of the World
13
Paul Tremblay
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
14
Jack London
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
15
Isabel Wilkerson
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
16
Franz Kafka
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
17
Cormac McCarthy
Clockers (Richard Price)
Clockers
18
Richard Price
Company K (William March)
Company K
19
William March
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
20
Thomas Pynchon
Dandelion Wine (Ray Bradbury)
Dandelion Wine
21
Ray Bradbury
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
22
Arthur Koestler
Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
Deacon King Kong
23
James McBride
Destiny of the Republic (Candice Millard)
Destiny of the Republic
24
Candice Millard
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Diary of a Young Girl
25
Anne Frank
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (John R. Powers)
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
26
John R. Powers
Dodgers (Bill Beverly)
Dodgers
27
Bill Beverly
Earthly Powers (Anthony Burgess)
Earthly Powers
28
Anthony Burgess
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
29
John Steinbeck
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
30
Sinclair Lewis
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
31
Ray Bradbury
Flesh and Blood (Michael Cunningham)
Flesh and Blood
32
Michael Cunningham
Fortune Smiles (Adam Johnson)
Fortune Smiles
33
Adam Johnson
Ghana Must Go (Taiye Selasi)
Ghana Must Go
34
Taiye Selasi
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
35
Peter Straub
Girl With Curious Hair (David Foster Wallace)
Girl With Curious Hair
36
David Foster Wallace
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
37
James Baldwin
A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain (Robert Olen Butler)
A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain
38
Robert Olen Butler
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
39
John Steinbeck
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
40
Thomas Pynchon
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