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The Top Shelf: Books I've Given 5-Star Ratings on Goodreads - Page 2

I'm hardly a literary lion. In fact, I'm not even a literary tomcat. But I like to discuss literature and I like to rate things, so I'm indulging two hobbies here. I consider this list to be a canny mix of fiction and non-fiction, kind of like a good first date.
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
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William Golding
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
42
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
43
Thomas Pynchon
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
44
William Faulkner
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
45
Sinclair Lewis
Tipping the Velvet (Sarah Waters)
Tipping the Velvet
46
Sarah Waters
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
47
William Styron
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
48
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
49
Virginia Woolf
Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood
50
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
51
Theodore Dreiser
Earthly Powers
Earthly Powers
52
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
53
Ray Bradbury
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
54
Virginia Woolf
Company K
Company K
55
Three Lives
Three Lives
56
Armenian Golgotha
Armenian Golgotha
57
Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen
Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen
58
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
59
Richard Yates
Armed and Dangerous: Memoirs of a Chicago Policewoman
Armed and Dangerous: Memoirs of a Chicago Policewoman
60
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
61
Anne Frank
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
62
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
63
Dennis Lehane
Rubyfruit Jungle (Rita Mae Brown)
Rubyfruit Jungle
64
Rita Mae Brown
Specimen Days
Specimen Days
65
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
66
Virginia Woolf
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
67
William Faulkner
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
68
David Foster Wallace
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
69
Thomas Pynchon
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
70
Jacqueline Susann
Girl With Curious Hair
Girl With Curious Hair
71
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
72
Thomas Hardy
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
73
Albert Camus
The Broom of the System
The Broom of the System
74
1919
1919
75
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
76
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
My Grandmother: A Memoir
My Grandmother: A Memoir
77
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
78
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
79
Cormac McCarthy
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
80
James Joyce
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