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Shay's 99 Favorite Books, Ranked

Once again, I am stealing another person's idea and listing my favorite 99 books in order best to 99th. (I came up one short of 100. Oopsy.) It isn't saying too much to say that the top row changed my life significantly.
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I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live (Grover Lewis)
I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live
1
Grover Lewis
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
2
John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
3
J.D. Salinger
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
4
D. H. Lawrence
Madeleine's Ghost (Robert Girardi)
Madeleine's Ghost
5
Robert Girardi
Olivia (Dorothy Strachey)
Olivia
6
Dorothy Strachey
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
7
Allen Ginsberg
First Love (Ivan Turgenev)
First Love
8
Ivan Turgenev
Losing Julia (Jonathan Hull)
Losing Julia
9
Jonathan Hull
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
10
Judith Guest
Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (Donald Barthelme)
Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts
11
Donald Barthelme
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why
12
Jay Asher
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
13
William Peter Blatty
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
14
The Myth of You and Me (Leah Stewart)
The Myth of You and Me
15
Leah Stewart
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
16
Stephen King
Pages for You (Sylvia Brownrigg)
Pages for You
17
Sylvia Brownrigg
The Short Stories: The First Forty-Nine Stories With a Brief Preface by the Author (Ernest Hemingway)
The Short Stories: The First Forty-Nine Stories With a Brief Preface by the Author
18
Ernest Hemingway
Selected Verse of Federico Garcia Lorca (Federico Garcia Lorca)
Selected Verse of Federico Garcia Lorca
19
Federico Garcia Lorca
Light, Coming Back (Ann Wadsworth)
Light, Coming Back
20
Ann Wadsworth
Keeping You a Secret
Keeping You a Secret
21
The Duel (Anton Chekhov)
The Duel
22
Anton Chekhov
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
23
Jeffrey Eugenides
Spill Simmer Falter Wither (Sara Baume)
Spill Simmer Falter Wither
24
Sara Baume
Help a Bear Is Eating Me
Help a Bear Is Eating Me
25
God Bless You Mr. Rosewatet (Kurt Vonnegut)
God Bless You Mr. Rosewatet
26
Kurt Vonnegut
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
27
Thomas Hardy
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
28
Jack Kerouac
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
29
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
30
Audrey Niffenegger
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
31
Booth Tarkington
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
32
E. L. Doctorow
Maya's First Rose (Martin Scot Kosins)
Maya's First Rose
33
Martin Scot Kosins
Curious Wine
Curious Wine
34
A Coney Island of the Mind (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
A Coney Island of the Mind
35
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
36
Dalton Trumbo
13 Rue Therese (Elena Mauli Shapiro)
13 Rue Therese
37
Elena Mauli Shapiro
Dog Boy (Eva Hornung)
Dog Boy
38
Eva Hornung
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (James Kirkwood)
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
39
James Kirkwood
A Season in Hell (Arthur Rimbaud)
A Season in Hell
40
Arthur Rimbaud
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