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Top 10 by Genre (Plus Stephen King's & John Irving's Favourites)

Do you like the same books as writers? The favourite 10 books of 125 writers were tallied (544 individual books were mentioned).
This challenge lists the overall 10 favourite books of ALL the writers (in descending rank) by genre. This is followed by the individual Top 10 favourites of Stephen King and John Irving. See the list structure below.
01-10: Comic Works
11-20: Fantasy & Science Fiction
21-30: Mysteries & Thrillers
31-40: Stephen King's Top 10
41-50: John Irving's Top 10
This list is derived from the book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick their Favorite Books" edited by J. Peder Zane.
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
1
Miguel De Cervantes
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
2
Laurence Sterne
Joseph Andrews (Henry Fielding)
Joseph Andrews
3
Henry Fielding
Norwood (Charles Portis)
Norwood
4
Charles Portis
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
5
Oscar Wilde
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
6
John Kennedy Toole
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
7
William Shakespeare
The Ponder Heart (Eudora Welty)
The Ponder Heart
8
Eudora Welty
Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward)
Blithe Spirit
9
Noel Coward
Right Ho, Jeeves
Right Ho, Jeeves
10
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
11
Lewis Carroll
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
12
Stephen King
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
13
Jonathan Swift
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
14
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
15
C.S. Lewis
Fiskadoro (Denis Johnson)
Fiskadoro
16
Denis Johnson
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
17
J.R.R. Tolkien
War With the Newts (Karel Čapek)
War With the Newts
18
Karel Čapek
His Dark Materials Series (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Series
19
Phillip Pullman
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
20
Frank Herbert
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
21
Raymond Chandler
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
22
Jim Thompson
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
23
Thomas Harris
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
24
Raymond Chandler
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
25
John Le Carré
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
26
James M. Cain
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
27
Dashiell Hammett
Mildred Pierce (James M. Cain)
Mildred Pierce
28
James M. Cain
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
29
Thomas Harris
Everybody Pays (Andrew Vachss)
Everybody Pays
30
Andrew Vachss
The Golden Argosy (Van H. Cartmell, Charles Grayson Eds)
The Golden Argosy
31
Van H. Cartmell, Charles Grayson Eds
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
32
Mark Twain
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
33
Salman Rushdie
McTeague (Frank Norris)
McTeague
34
Frank Norris
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
35
William Golding
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
36
Charles Dickens
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
37
George Orwell
The Raj Quartet (Paul Scott)
The Raj Quartet
38
Paul Scott
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
39
William Faulkner
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
40
Cormac McCarthy
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