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The Real "So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading"

These are books succinctly and humorously discussed by Sara Nelson in the reference section of her "So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading" (2004). Something we can all relate to, "The Must-Read Pile", is made up of items 1-6 in Nelson's case.
Sara Nelson is an American publishing industry figure who is an editor, book reviewer, consultant, and columnist. She is notable for having been editor in chief at the book industry's chief trade publication "Publishers Weekly" from 2005–2009.
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Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand)
Seabiscuit
1
Laura Hillenbrand
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
2
John Irving
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
3
Anthony Trollope
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
4
John Steinbeck
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift (Elinor Lipman)
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
5
Elinor Lipman
From Beirut to Jerusalem (Thomas L. Friedman)
From Beirut to Jerusalem
6
Thomas L. Friedman
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
7
Malcolm X
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
8
Robert Pirsig
Cakes and Ale (W. Somerset Maugham)
Cakes and Ale
9
W. Somerset Maugham
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
10
W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
11
W. Somerset Maugham
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
12
Edith Wharton
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
13
Charles Dickens
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
14
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
15
Gustave Flaubert
Père Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Père Goriot
16
Honoré De Balzac
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
17
Truman Capote
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
18
Richard Russo
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
19
Thomas Pynchon
Sabbath's Theater (Philip Roth)
Sabbath's Theater
20
Philip Roth
John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams
21
David McCullough
Restoration (Rose Tremain)
Restoration
22
Rose Tremain
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
23
David Foster Wallace
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
24
John Le Carré
Snowblind (Ragnar Jonasson)
Snowblind
25
Ragnar Jonasson
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
26
Henry Roth
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
27
Toni Morrison
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
28
Walt Whitman
Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
29
Alice Munro
Praying for Sheetrock (Melissa Fay Greene)
Praying for Sheetrock
30
Melissa Fay Greene
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
31
William Styron
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
32
William Styron
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst (David Nasaw)
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
33
David Nasaw
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
34
Irvine Welsh
The Danish Girl (David Ebershoff)
The Danish Girl
35
David Ebershoff
She's Not There (Jennifer Finney Boylan)
She's Not There
36
Jennifer Finney Boylan
The Anatomy Lesson (Philip Roth)
The Anatomy Lesson
37
Philip Roth
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
38
Barbara Ehrenreich
Loaded: A Misadventure on the Marijuana Trail (Robert Sabbag)
Loaded: A Misadventure on the Marijuana Trail
39
Robert Sabbag
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx (Adrian Nicole Leblanc)
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
40
Adrian Nicole Leblanc
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