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Shay's 99 Favorite Books, Ranked - Page 2

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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Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy)
Autobiography of a Face
41
Lucy Grealy
Dolores Claiborne (Stephen King)
Dolores Claiborne
42
Stephen King
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
43
Truman Capote
Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt (Richard Brautigan)
Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt
44
Richard Brautigan
Night Road (Kristin Hannah)
Night Road
45
Kristin Hannah
Second Heaven (Judith Guest)
Second Heaven
46
Judith Guest
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
47
Enemy Women (Paulette Jiles)
Enemy Women
48
Paulette Jiles
Gasoline (Gregory Corso)
Gasoline
49
Gregory Corso
22/11/63 (Stephen King)
22/11/63
50
Stephen King
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
51
Vincent Bugliosi
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
52
Joseph Conrad
American Eve (Paula Uruburu)
American Eve
53
Paula Uruburu
Ten Degrees of Reckoning (Hester Rumberg)
Ten Degrees of Reckoning
54
Hester Rumberg
Still Summer (Jacquelyn Mitchard)
Still Summer
55
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society That Shocked Depression-Er (Tom Stanton)
Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society That Shocked Depression-Er
56
Tom Stanton
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
We Were the Mulvaneys
57
Joyce Carol Oates
Winter Garden (Kristin Hannah)
Winter Garden
58
Kristin Hannah
The Love Letter (Cathleen Schine)
The Love Letter
59
Cathleen Schine
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
60
Thomas Hardy
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
61
Willa Cather
Bittersweet
Bittersweet
62
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (Gail Parent)
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
63
Gail Parent
In a Child's Name: The Legacy of a Mother's Murder (Peter Maas)
In a Child's Name: The Legacy of a Mother's Murder
64
Peter Maas
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
65
Leo Tolstoy
A Dog's Purpose (W. Bruce Cameron)
A Dog's Purpose
66
W. Bruce Cameron
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
67
Ernest Hemingway
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
68
Kurt Vonnegut
A Patchwork Planet (Anne Tyler)
A Patchwork Planet
69
Anne Tyler
The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
The Price of Salt
70
Patricia Highsmith
Year of the Tiger (Jerry Green)
Year of the Tiger
71
Jerry Green
The Sea Beast Takes a Lover (Michael Andreassen)
The Sea Beast Takes a Lover
72
Michael Andreassen
Our Man in Havana (Penguin Classics)
Our Man in Havana
73
Penguin Classics
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
74
Carson McCullers
Backseat Saints (Joshilyn Jackson)
Backseat Saints
75
Joshilyn Jackson
The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls
76
Emma Cline
The Space Between Worlds (Micaiah Johnson)
The Space Between Worlds
77
Micaiah Johnson
The Amityville Horror (Jay Anson)
The Amityville Horror
78
Jay Anson
Inspector Pancakes Helps the President of France (Solve the White Orchid Murders) (Karla Pacheco)
Inspector Pancakes Helps the President of France (Solve the White Orchid Murders)
79
Karla Pacheco
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
80
Margery Williams
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