My Favorite Books This Year... So Far

A Listmania! list by Mark Hattersley "BLS mark" (Behind you...)
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The Grapes of Wrath
1.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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  "A close winner being 550 pages of sheer poetry"
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
2.  One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "...And a close second, being the most enthralling and ambitious read"
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The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
3.  The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
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  "The genesis of writing"
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics)
4.  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics) by Ken Kesey
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  "Incredibly human. Changed my outlook"
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Catch-22
5.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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  "Unreal in its incredible use of satire. An addictive read"
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Lord of the Flies
6.  Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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  "Powerful and haunting"
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The Secret Agent: With an Introduction by Giles Foden (Vintage Classics)
7.  The Secret Agent: With an Introduction by Giles Foden (Vintage Classics) by Joseph Conrad
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  "My introduction to Conrad's writing. Beautifully written"
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American Psycho
8.  American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
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  "A sickening satire. Relentless!"
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A Farewell To Arms
9.  A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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  "An simple and efficiently written novel"
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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
10.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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  "An important book which, like all of Orwell's works, I appreciate for the concept rather than his unfulfilling narrative"
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