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Top 10 by Genre (Plus Stephen King's & John Irving's Favourites) - Page 2

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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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
41
Charles Dickens
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
42
Thomas Hardy
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
43
Herman Melville
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
44
Nathaniel Hawthorne
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
45
Charles Dickens
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
46
Thomas Hardy
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
47
Gunter Grass
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
48
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
Fifth Business
49
Robertson Davies
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
50
Gustave Flaubert
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