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chowmeyow's "My Favorite Books"

I love excellent fiction, beautiful memoirs (humor is also a big plus), and the greatest classics.
1. The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
by Diane Setterfield
  
2.
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 Life of Pi : A Novel
by Yann Martel
  
3. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
by Bill Bryson
  
4. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson
  
5. A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
by Bill Bryson
  
6. The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  
7. Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
  
8. On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
by Jack Kerouac
  
9. Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
  
10. The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
  
11. Dry: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
  
12. Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
  
13. Magical Thinking: True Stories
by Augusten Burroughs
  
14. Possible Side Effects
by Augusten Burroughs
  
15. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
by Betty Smith
  
16. Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
  
17. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris
  
18. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
  
19. This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  
20. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana (Today Show Book Club #3)
by Haven Kimmel
  
21. She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana
by Haven Kimmel
  
22. Walden: (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)
by Henry David Thoreau
  
23. Time and Again
by Jack Finney
  
24. Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics)
by Jane Austen
  
25. The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
  
26. Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-6)
by J.K. Rowling
  
27. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
by Jonathan Safran Foer
  
28. Everything Is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
  
29. My Life in France
by Julia Child
  
30. Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
  
31. Criss Cross (Newbery Medal Book)
by Lynne Rae Perkins
  
32. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
  
33. The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
  
34. The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
  
35. Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories (Modern Library)
by Truman Capote
  
36. Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare
  
37. Bell Jar (P.S.)
by Sylvia Plath
  
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Created by chowmeyow on Oct 12, 2006.