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Sharky's Highly-Rated Books: Prose for Grown-Ups - Page 2

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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But Enough About Me (Jancee Dunn)
But Enough About Me
41
Jancee Dunn
Butchers Hill (Laura Lippman)
Butchers Hill
42
Laura Lippman
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
43
Henry Roth
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
44
Jack London
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
45
Voltaire
A Cannibal in Manhattan (Tama Janowitz)
A Cannibal in Manhattan
46
Tama Janowitz
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
47
J.D. Salinger
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
48
Raymond Carver
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
49
Charles Dickens
Chuck Klosterman IV (Chuck Klosterman)
Chuck Klosterman IV
50
Chuck Klosterman
Circle of Friends (Maeve Binchy)
Circle of Friends
51
Maeve Binchy
City of Glass (Cassandra Clare)
City of Glass
52
Cassandra Clare
Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
53
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel (Isaac Babel)
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
54
Isaac Babel
Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
55
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje
56
Comfort Me With Apples (Ruth Reichel)
Comfort Me With Apples
57
Ruth Reichel
A Complicated Kindness
A Complicated Kindness
58
Consider the Lobster
Consider the Lobster
59
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
60
Jonathan Franzen
The Crimson Petal and the White (Michael Faber)
The Crimson Petal and the White
61
Michael Faber
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
62
Arthur Miller
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
63
Mark Haddon
Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Brendan Halpin)
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
64
Brendan Halpin
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
65
Thomas Mann
Death of a Rebel (Marc Eliot)
Death of a Rebel
66
Marc Eliot
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
67
Arthur Miller
December Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop (Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop)
December Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
68
Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
Devil in the Details (Jennifer Traig)
Devil in the Details
69
Jennifer Traig
Devotion: A Rat Story (Maile Meloy)
Devotion: A Rat Story
70
Maile Meloy
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons
71
Stephen King
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
72
Thomas Mann
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
73
Henrik Ibsen
The Door Into Summer
The Door Into Summer
74
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (David Sedaris)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
75
David Sedaris
Drown, Junot Diaz
Drown, Junot Diaz
76
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
77
James Joyce
Eating the Dinosaur
Eating the Dinosaur
78
Edie: American Girl
Edie: American Girl
79
Electricity (Ray Robinson)
Electricity
80
Ray Robinson
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