Do you like the same books as writers? This list is derived from the book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick their Favorite Books" edited by J. Peder Zane.
The first 50 items are the 10 favourite books (in descending rank) of each of the 5 writers below. I have also appended a better known example of their works to the end of the challenge (i.e. those books listed here beside their name).
01-10: Arthur Golden (Memoirs of a Geisha)
11-20: Jim Crace (Being Dead)
21-30: Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer)
31-40: Sandra Cisneros (The House on Mango Street)
41-50: Margaret Drabble (The Dark Flood Rises)
