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The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books (Part 1)

The favourite 10 books of 125 writers were tallied (544 individual books were mentioned). This list shows the Top 100 in descending rank (and is the 1st of 3 challenges). All the books in the list were chosen by at least 2 authors. All books in the top 20 were chosen by at least 9 writers.
NOTE: Click on the link to go to the 2nd part.
This list is derived from the book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books" edited by J. Peder Zane. The book is described as "the ultimate guide to the world's greatest books. As writers such as Norman Mailer, Annie Proulx, Stephen King, Jonathan Franzen, Margaret Drabble, Michael Chabon and Peter Carey name the ten books that have meant the most to them, you'll be reminded of books you have always loved and introduced to works awaiting your discovery."
BTW, "The Top 10" list at "thegreatestbooks.org", supposedly derived from this book, differs fairly markedly, particularly in the rankings!
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
1
Leo Tolstoy
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
2
Gustave Flaubert
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
3
Leo Tolstoy
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
4
Vladimir Nabokov
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5
Mark Twain
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
6
William Shakespeare
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
7
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
8
Marcel Proust
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
9
Anton Chekhov
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
10
George Eliot
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
11
Miguel De Cervantes
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
12
Herman Melville
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
13
Charles Dickens
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
14
James Joyce
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
15
Homer
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
16
James Joyce
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
17
Fyodor Dostoevsky
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
18
William Shakespeare
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
19
Jane Austen
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
20
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
21
William Faulkner
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
22
Virginia Woolf
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
23
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Divine Comedy (Dante)
The Divine Comedy
24
Dante
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner (Flannery O'Conner)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner
25
Flannery O'Conner
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
26
Laurence Sterne
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
27
Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
28
Emily Bronte
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
29
Anonymous
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
30
Vladimir Nabokov
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
31
William Faulkner
Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
Portrait of a Lady
32
Henry James
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
33
Harper Lee
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
34
Geoffrey Chaucer
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
35
Joseph Conrad
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
36
Virginia Woolf
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
37
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
38
Charles Dickens
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
39
Franz Kafka
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
40
Toni Morrison
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