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Sharky's Highly-Rated Books: Prose for Grown-Ups

These are books I've read and given a 5/5-star rating. These are novels, plays, short story collections, biographies, and true crime, with perhaps a bit of other non-fiction mixed in. An eclectic collection. I was a English major but I also like some low-brow stuff. Enjoy!
PS I am going to make separate lists for kidlit/YA, Cookbooks, Poetry, and art-related books, so those aren't represented here.
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
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Stephen King
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
The 19th Wife (Utah)
The 19th Wife (Utah)
3
6 Plays (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
6 Plays
4
Rodgers and Hammerstein
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
5
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
6
Affluenza (Graaf, Wann, & Naylor)
Affluenza
7
Graaf, Wann, & Naylor
Alex: The Life of a Child (Frank Deford)
Alex: The Life of a Child
8
Frank Deford
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing (Timothy Steele)
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing
9
Timothy Steele
All in the Timing (David Ives)
All in the Timing
10
David Ives
Alphabet Juice (Roy Blount Jr.)
Alphabet Juice
11
Roy Blount Jr.
Anagrams
Anagrams
12
AND WHEN SHE WAS GOOD (LAURA LIPPMAN)
AND WHEN SHE WAS GOOD
13
LAURA LIPPMAN
Anne Frank:  the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
14
Anne Frank
Anthropology of an American Girl (Hilary Thayer Hamann)
Anthropology of an American Girl
15
Hilary Thayer Hamann
Anywhere but Here (Mona Simpson)
Anywhere but Here
16
Mona Simpson
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
17
Tom Stoppard
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
18
Bernard Malamud
At Large and at Small: Familiar Essays (Anne Fadiman)
At Large and at Small: Familiar Essays
19
Anne Fadiman
The Atlas of Literature (Malcolm Bradbury)
The Atlas of Literature
20
Malcolm Bradbury
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
21
Ian McEwan
Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy)
Autobiography of a Face
22
Lucy Grealy
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
23
Herman Melville
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
24
Dorothy Allison
The Bedwetter (Sarah Silverman)
The Bedwetter
25
Sarah Silverman
The Best of Abbie Hoffman (Abbie Hoffman)
The Best of Abbie Hoffman
26
Abbie Hoffman
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
27
Lorrie Moore
Black Postcards (Dean Wareham)
Black Postcards
28
Dean Wareham
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
29
Rudolfo Anaya
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You (Amy Bloom)
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You
30
Amy Bloom
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
31
Toni Morrison
The Body: An Essay by Jenny Boully
The Body: An Essay by Jenny Boully
32
The Book of Beginnings and Endings (Jenny Boully)
The Book of Beginnings and Endings
33
Jenny Boully
A Book of Surrealist Games (Alastair Brotchie)
A Book of Surrealist Games
34
Alastair Brotchie
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
35
Tina Fey
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
36
A Boy of Good Breeding (Miriam Toews)
A Boy of Good Breeding
37
Miriam Toews
The Boys of My Youth (Jo Ann Beard)
The Boys of My Youth
38
Jo Ann Beard
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
39
Anne Tyler
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories (Angela Carter)
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories
40
Angela Carter
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