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The Celebrity Reading List

The Gardiner Public Library, from 1988 to 2007, polled various famous figures from all around the world (writers, artists, filmmakers, politicians, actors, etc.) to ask for their book recommendations. This list is based on the books that received at least two mentions.
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The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
1
Anonymous
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
First Folio
First Folio
4
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
Hawaii (James. A. Michener)
Hawaii
6
James. A. Michener
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
7
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
8
J.R.R.Tolkien
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
9
Cormac McCarthy
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
10
Herman Melville
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
11
Louisa May Alcott
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
12
Leo Tolstoy
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
13
Kahlil Gibran
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
14
Margaret Mitchell
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
15
Ayn Rand
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
16
Harper Lee
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
17
Joseph Heller
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
18
Emily Bronte
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
19
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
20
Charles Dickens
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
21
Mark Twain
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
22
Anna Sewell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
23
Leo Tolstoy
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
24
Robert Louis Stevenson
Selected Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Selected Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
25
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
26
Rudyard Kipling
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
27
Beatrix Potter
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
28
Jack London
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
29
Kenneth Grahame
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
30
Marcel Proust
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
31
A. A. Milne
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
32
Thomas Wolfe
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
33
John Steinbeck
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
34
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
35
Ernest Hemingway
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
36
Vladimir Nabokov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
37
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
38
Michael Shaara
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
39
John Irving
Truman (David McCullough)
Truman
40
David McCullough
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