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Top 10 Favourites by Nationality (Plus Bonus)

Do you like the same books as writers? The favourite 10 books of 125 writers were tallied. The first part of this challenge lists the overall 10 favourite books of the writers (in descending rank) by nationality.
The bonus is "The Top 10 Authors by Number of Works Selected". Check the item if you have read ANY of that author's works. See the list structure below.
01-10: American
11-20: British/Irish (the source book calls James Joyce British!)
21-30: Russian
31-40: French
41-53: The Top 10 Authors by Number of Works Selected (multiple ties occurred)
This list is derived from the book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick their Favorite Books" edited by J. Peder Zane.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
3
Herman Melville
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
4
William Faulkner
Flannery O'Conner the Complete Stories (Flannery O'Conner)
Flannery O'Conner the Complete Stories
5
Flannery O'Conner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
6
William Faulkner
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
7
Harper Lee
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
8
Ralph Ellison
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
9
Toni Morrison
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
10
Henry James
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
11
William Shakespeare
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
12
George Eliot
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
13
Charles Dickens
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
14
James Joyce
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
15
William Shakespeare
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
16
Jane Austen
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
17
James Joyce
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
18
Virginia Woolf
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
19
Laurence Sterne
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
20
Jane Austen
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
21
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
22
Leo Tolstoy
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
23
Vladimir Nabokov
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
24
Anton Chekhov
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
25
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
27
Vladimir Nabokov
Red Cavalry (Isaac Babel)
Red Cavalry
28
Isaac Babel
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
29
Nikolai Gogol
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
30
Mikhail Bulgakov
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
31
Gustave Flaubert
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
32
Marcel Proust
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
33
Albert Camus
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
34
Voltaire
Germinal (Emile Zola)
Germinal
35
Emile Zola
L'assommoir (Emile Zola)
L'assommoir
36
Emile Zola
Nana (Emile Zola)
Nana
37
Emile Zola
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
38
Honoré De Balzac
Diary of a Country Priest (Georges Bernanos)
Diary of a Country Priest
39
Georges Bernanos
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
40
Albert Camus
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