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The Ideal Library - Page 3

100 prominent cultural figures, mostly writers, were polled for their choice of an "ideal library". The following list is a tally of the books that were chosen the most often.
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Hollywood Babylon
Hollywood Babylon
81
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
82
John Updike
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
83
Richard Yates
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
84
Walker Percy
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
85
Shirley Jackson
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
86
Anthony Burgess
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
87
Ernest Hemingway
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker
88
Dorothy Parker
Mr Bridge (Evan S Connell)
Mr Bridge
89
Evan S Connell
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
90
John Updike
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
91
Kurt Vonnegut
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
92
William Goldman
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
93
Edgar Allen Poe
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
94
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Emperor
The Emperor
95
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
96
John Updike
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
97
Milan Kundera
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
98
Gabriel García Márquez
Philip Larkin: Collected Poems
Philip Larkin: Collected Poems
99
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
100
Ernest Hemingway
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
101
John Updike
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
102
Philip Roth
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
103
Michael Chabon
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
104
Zadie Smith
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
105
Stephen King
The Smartest Kid on Earth (Jimmy Corrigan)
The Smartest Kid on Earth
106
Jimmy Corrigan
A Day at El Bulli
A Day at El Bulli
107
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
108
Jeffrey Eugenides
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
109
David Mitchell
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
110
Roberto Bolaño
Larousse Gastronomique
Larousse Gastronomique
111
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
112
Jonathan Franzen
Derek Walcott Collected Poems
Derek Walcott Collected Poems
113
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
114
Hunter S. Thompson
Essential Cuisine (Michael Bras)
Essential Cuisine
115
Michael Bras
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
116
Norton Juster
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