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Modern Libary's Readers Top 100 Books (this century)
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Book
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Author
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Year
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1
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Atlas Shrugged
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Ayn Rand
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1957
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2
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The Fountainhead
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Ayn Rand
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1943
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3
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Battlefield Earth
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L. Ron Hubbard
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1982
| X
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4
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The Lord Of The Rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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1954
| X
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5
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To Kill A Mockingbird
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Harper Lee
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1960
| X
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6
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1984
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George Orwell
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1949
| X
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7
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Anthem
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Ayn Rand
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1938
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8
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We The Living
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Ayn Rand
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1936
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9
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Mission Earth
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L. Ron Hubbard
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1984
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10
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Fear
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L. Ron Hubbard
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1991
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11
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Ulysses
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James Joyce
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1922
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12
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Catch-22
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Joseph Heller
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1961
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13
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The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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1925
| X
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14
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Dune
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Frank Herbert
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1965
| X
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15
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The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
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Robert Heinlein
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1966
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16
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Stranger In A Strange Land
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Robert Heinlein
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1961
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17
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A Town Like Alice
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Nevil Shute
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1976
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18
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Brave New World
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Aldous Huxley
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1932
| X
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19
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The Catcher In The Rye
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J.D. Salinger
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1951
| X
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20
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Animal Farm
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George Orwell
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1945
| X
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21
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Gravity's Rainbow
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Thomas Pynchon
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1973
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22
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The Grapes Of Wrath
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John Steinbeck
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1939
| X
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23
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Slaughterhouse Five
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Kurt Vonnegut
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1969
| X
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24
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Gone With The Wind
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Margaret Mitchell
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1936
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25
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Lord Of The Flies
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William Golding
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1954
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26
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Shane
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Jack Schaefer
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1949
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27
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Trustee From The Toolroom
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Nevil Shute
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1960
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28
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A Prayer For Owen Meany
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John Irving
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1989
| X
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29
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The Stand
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Stephen King
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1978
| X
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30
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
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John Fowles
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1969
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31
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Beloved
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Toni Morrison
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1987
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32
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The Worm Ouroboros
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E.R. Eddison
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1922
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33
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The Sound And The Fury
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William Faulkner
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1924
| X
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34
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Lolita
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Vladimir Nabokov
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1955
| X
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35
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Moonheart
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Charles de Lint
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1984
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36
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Absalom Absalom!
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William Faulkner
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1936
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37
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Of Human Bondage
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W. Somerset Maugham
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1915
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38
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Wise Blood
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Flannery O'Connor
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1952
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39
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Under The Volcano
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Malcolm Lowry
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1947
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40
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Fifth Business
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Robertson Davies
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1970
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41
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Someplace To Be Flying
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Charles de Lint
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1998
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42
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On The Road
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Jack Kerouac
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1957
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43
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Heart Of Darkness
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Joseph Conrad
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1902
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44
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Yarrow
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Charles de Lint
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1986
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45
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At The Mountains Of Madness
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H.P. Lovecraft
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1931
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46
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One Lonely Night
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Mickey Spillane
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1951
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47
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Memory And Dream
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Charles de Lint
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1994
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48
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To The Lighthouse
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Virginia Woolf
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1927
| X
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49
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The Moviegoer
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Walker Percy
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1961
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50
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Trader
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Charles de Lint
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1996
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51
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
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Douglas Adams
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1979
| X
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52
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The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
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Carson McCullers
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1940
| X
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53
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The Handmaid's Tale
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Margaret Atwood
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1985
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54
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Blood Meridian
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Cormac McCarthy
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1985
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55
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A Clockwork Orange
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Anthony Burgess
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1962
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56
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On The Beach
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Nevil Shute
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1957
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57
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A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
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James Joyce
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1916
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58
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Greenmantle
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Charles de Lint
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1988
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59
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Ender's Game
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Orson Scott Card
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1977
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60
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The Little Country
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Charles de Lint
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1991
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61
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The Recognitions
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William Gaddis
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1954
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62
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Starship Troopers
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Robert Heinlein
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1959
| X
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63
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The Sun Also Rises
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Ernest Hemingway
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1926
| X
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64
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The World According To Garp
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John Irving
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1978
| X
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65
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Ray Bradbury
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1962
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66
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The Haunting Of Hill House
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Shirley Jackson
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1959
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67
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As I Lay Dying
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William Faulkner
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1940
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68
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Tropic Of Cancer
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Henry Miller
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1934
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69
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Invisible Man
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Ralph Ellison
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1952
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70
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The Wood Wife
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Terri Windling
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1996
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71
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The Magus
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John Fowles
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1965
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72
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The Door Into Summer
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Robert Heinlein
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1957
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73
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Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Robert Pirsig
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1979
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74
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I Claudius
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Robert Graves
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1934
| X
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75
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The Call Of The Wild
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Jack London
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1903
| X
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76
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At Swim-Two-Birds
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Flann O'Brien
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1976
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77
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Farenheit 451
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Ray Bradbury
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1953
| X
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78
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Arrowsmith
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Sinclair Lewis
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1925
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79
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Watership Down
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Richard Adams
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1972
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80
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Naked Lunch
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William S. Burroughs
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1962
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81
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The Hunt For Red October
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Tom Clancy
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1984
| X
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82
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Guilty Pleasures
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Laurell K. Hamilton
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1993
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83
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The Puppet Masters
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Robert Heinlein
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1951
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84
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It
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Stephen King
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1986
| X
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85
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V.
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Thomas Pynchon
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1963
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86
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Double Star
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Robert Heinlein
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1956
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87
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Citizen Of The Galaxy
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Robert Heinlein
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1957
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88
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Brideshead Revisited
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Evelyn Waugh
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1945
| X
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89
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Light In August
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William Faulkner
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1932
| X
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90
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
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Ken Kesey
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1962
| X
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91
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A Farewell To Arms
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Ernest Hemingway
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1929
| X
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92
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The Sheltering Sky
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Paul Bowles
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1948
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93
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Sometimes A Great Notion
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Ken Kesey
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1964
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94
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My Antonia
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Willa Cather
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1918
| X
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95
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Mulengro
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Charles de Lint
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1985
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96
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Suttree
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Cormac McCarthy
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1979
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97
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Mythago Wood
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Robert Holdstock
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1984
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98
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Illusions
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Richard Bach
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1977
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99
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The Cunning Man
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Robertson Davies
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1995
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100
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The Satanic Verses
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Salman Rushdie
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1988
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