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The Top Shelf: Schlocko's 5-Star "Goodreads" Reviews (Updated)

Recently, I became aware that there were actual sentient adult beings following my book reviews, and this realization terrified me, because if I influenced a person to read something (s)he hated as much as I loathe, say, "Anna Karenina," I would never be forgiven. But then I figured that's about as first-world a problem as it is possible to have. So here's a list of my faves, and if you don't revere John le Carre as much as I do, well, tough you-know-whatty.
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1919
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The 42nd Parallel
The 42nd Parallel
2
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
3
Theodore Dreiser
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
4
William Faulkner
All Involved (Ryan Gattis)
All Involved
5
Ryan Gattis
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
6
Anthony Doerr
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
7
Cormac McCarthy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
8
William Faulkner
At Swim, Two Boys
At Swim, Two Boys
9
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
10
Ian McEwan
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
11
W.G. Sebald
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
12
Gertrude Stein
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
13
Sinclair Lewis
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
14
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
15
Toni Morrison
The Big Money by John Dos Passos
The Big Money by John Dos Passos
16
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
17
Raymond Chandler
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
18
Ben Fountain
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
19
Cormac McCarthy
The Book of Aron (Jim Shepard)
The Book of Aron
20
Jim Shepard
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
21
Junot Diaz
The Broom of the System
The Broom of the System
22
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
23
Franz Kafka
Clockers
Clockers
24
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
25
Anthony Burgess
Company K
Company K
26
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
27
Thomas Pynchon
Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine
28
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
29
Nathanael West
Defending Jacob (William Landay)
Defending Jacob
30
William Landay
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
31
Dodgers (Bill Beverly)
Dodgers
32
Bill Beverly
Earthly Powers
Earthly Powers
33
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
34
John Steinbeck
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
35
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
36
Richard Russo
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
37
Ray Bradbury
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
38
Sarah Waters
Fortune Smiles (Adam Johnson)
Fortune Smiles
39
Adam Johnson
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
40
Peter Straub
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