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40 Books

(or thereabouts)

40 - A Brief History of Time

by Stephen Hawking (1988)

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39 - Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

by Hunter S. Thompson (1973)

 

38 - The Master Butcher's Singing Club

by Louise Erdrich (2003)

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37 - Coming of Age in Mississippi

by Anne Moody (1968)

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36 - The Stand

by Stephen King (1978)

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35 - War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy (1869)

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34 - The Price of Glory

by Alistair Horne (1962)

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33 - The Thirteen Clocks

by James Thurber (1950)

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32 - The Giving Tree

by Shel Silverstein (1964)

 

31 - The Orphan Master's Son

by Adam Johnson (2012)

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30 - In The Woods

by Tana French (2007)

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29- The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway (1952)

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28 - The Shattered Sea

by Joe Abercrombie (2014 - 2015)

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27 - The Southern Reach

by Jeff VanderMeer (2014)

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26 - The Broken Earth

by N.K. Jemison (2015 - 2017)

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25 - Infinite Jest

by David Foster Wallace (1996)

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24 - A Wrinkle In Time

by Madeleine L'Engle (1963)

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23 - The Tiger's Wife

by Téa Obreht (2010)

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22 - From Here to Eternity

by James Jones (1951)

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21 - Lexicon

by Max Barry (2013)

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20 - The Yiddish Policeman's Union

by Michael Chabon (2007)

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19 - Animal Farm

by George Orwell (1945)

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18 - A Song of Fire and Ice

by George R.R. Martin (1996 -)

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17 - Homage to Catalonia

by George Orwell (1938)

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16 - White Teeth

by Zadie Smith (2000)

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15 - Dune

by Frank Herbert (1965)

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14 - Harry Potter

by J.K. Rowling (1997 - 2007)

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13 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain (1884)

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12 - The Mars Trilogy

by Kim Stanley Robinson (1992 - 1996)

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11 - Shantaram

by Gregory David Roberts (2004)

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10 - Geek Love

by Katherine Dunn (1989)

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9 - The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood (2000)

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8 - Consider the Lobster

by David Foster Wallace (2005)

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7 - A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

by David Foster Wallace (1997)

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6 - Millenium (The  Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

by Stieg Larsson (2005 - 2007) 

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5 - The Lord of the Rings

by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954 - 1955)

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4 - City of Thieves

by David Benioff (2008)

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3 - The Dark Tower

by Stephen King (1982 - 2004)

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2 - His Dark Materials 

by Philip Pullman (1995 - 2000)

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1 - The First Law

by Joe Abercrombie (2006 - 2020)

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