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russianchickita's "5-star Books"

This is an ongoing list of my absolute favorite books that I have read or reread since 2000, books that I have awarded 5 stars.

1. 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
by Jane Smiley
 
2. American Gods: A Novel
by Neil Gaiman
 
3. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
 
4. Blue Angel: A Novel (P.S.)
by Francine Prose
 
5. Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
 
6. The Debt to Pleasure: A Novel
by John Lanchester
 
7. Dune
by Frank Herbert
 
8. Earth
by David Brin
 
9. East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club)
by John Steinbeck
 
10. The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
12. The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics)
by Shirley Jackson
 
13. The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K.Le Guin
 
14. Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
 
15. Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane
 
16. Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
 
17. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan
 
18. Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
 
19. Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler
 
20. Road
by Cormac McCarthy
 
21. Specimen Days : A Novel
by Michael Cunningham
 
22. To Kill a Mockingbird (slipcased edition)
by Harper Lee
 
23. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Shirley Jackson
 
24. The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson
 
25. The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
by Michael Chabon
 
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Created by russianchickita on Feb 23, 2008.