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Rank
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Book
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1
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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew J. Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli
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2
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Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
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3
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The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck, Robert J. Demott
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4
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
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5
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The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
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6
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Ulysses
by James Joyce
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7
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Beloved
by Toni Morrison
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8
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Lord of the Flies: A Novel
by William Golding
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9
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1984
by George Orwell
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10
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The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
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11
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Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
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12
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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
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13
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Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White, Garth Williams, Edith Goodkind Rosenwald, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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14
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
by James Joyce, Seamus Deane, Seamus Deane (Editor)
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15
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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller, Random House
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16
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Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
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17
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Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
by George Orwell
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18
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The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
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19
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As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text
by William Faulkner
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20
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A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
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21
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Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
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22
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Winnie the Pooh/the House at Pooh Corner: 75th Anniversary
by A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator), Ernest Shepard (Illustrator)
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23
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
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24
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Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
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25
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Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
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26
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Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
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27
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Native Son
by Wright
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28
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
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29
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Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance With Death
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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30
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
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31
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On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
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32
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The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
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33
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The Call Of The Wild
by Jack London
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34
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To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
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35
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The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James, Geoffrey Moore
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36
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
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37
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The World According to Garp
by John Irving
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38
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All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren
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39
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A Room With a View
by E. M. Forster
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40
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Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/the Two Towers/the Fellowship of the Ring
by
J. R. R. Tolkien
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40
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Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/the Two Towers/the Fellowship of the Ring
by J. R. R. Tolkien
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41
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Schindler's List
by Thomas Keneally
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42
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The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
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43
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The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
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44
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Finnegans Wake
by James Joyce
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45
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The Jungle
by Upton Beall Sinclair, Morris Dickstein (Introduction by)
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46
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Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
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47
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow (Illustrator), William Stout (Illustrator)
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49
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A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
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50
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The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
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51
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My Antonia
by Willa Cather, Kathleen Norris
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52
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Howards End
by E. M. Forster, David Lodge (Introduction by), David A. A. Lodge, David A. A. Lodge (Introduction by)
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53
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In Cold Blood: A True Account of Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
by Truman Capote
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54
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Franny and Zooey
by J. D. Salinger
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55
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The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie, Salman Rudhdie
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56
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Jazz
by Toni Morrison
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57
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Sophie's Choice
by William Styron
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58
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Absalom, Absalom!: The Corrected Text
by William Faulkner
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59
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A Passage to India
by E. M. Forster
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60
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Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton, Anita Shreve (Foreword by)
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61
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find
by Flannery O'Connor, Laura M. Zaidman
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62
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Tender Is The Night, 1934
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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63
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Orlando: A Biography
by Virginia Woolf
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64
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Sons and Lovers
by D. H. Lawrence
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65
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Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
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66
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Cats Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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67
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A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
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68
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Light in August: The Corrected Text
by William Faulkner
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69
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The Wings of the Dove
by Henry James, Grey Gowrie (Introduction by)
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70
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
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71
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Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
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72
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
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73
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Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs
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74
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Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh, Frank Kermode, Frank Kermode (Contributor)
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75
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Women in Love
by D. H. Lawrence
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76
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Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life
by Thomas Wolfe
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77
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In Our Time
by Ernest Hemingway
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78
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
by Gertrude Stein
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79
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The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
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80
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The Naked and the Dead
by Norman Mailer
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81
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Wide Sargasso Sea: Backgrounds, Criticism
by Jean Rhys, Charlotte Bronte
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82
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White Noise
by Don Delillo
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83
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O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
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84
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Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller
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85
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The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
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86
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Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad, Linda Dryden, Linda Dryden (Introduction by)
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87
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The Bostonians
by Henry James
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88
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An American Tragedy
by Theodore Dreiser
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89
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
by Willa Cather
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90
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The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame, Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator)
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91
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This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L. W. West (Editor)
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92
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Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
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93
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
by John Fowles
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94
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Babbitt
by Sinclair Lewis
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95
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Kim / Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
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96
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The Beautiful and Damned
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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97
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Rabbit Run
by John Updike
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98
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
by E. M. Forster
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99
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Main Street
by Sinclair Lewis
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100
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Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
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