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Top Ten Books

The winning titles of the 1969 Book Club poll. See the full list...

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Portnoy's Complaint

Philip Roth

So many Jews, so little time.

9

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

Forced to pick a single sci-fi novel I’ll go with this because, in ways even beyond most sci-fi, it is so far ahead of its time. You’re left believing entirely in the worlds she’s imagined, including a better version of this one.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

It was hard to choose which Maya Angelou work I wanted to include in this list, but I ultimately decided I wanted the one that her most definitive. This is the book that made her a voice to be heard. I was also tempted to include her book of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, for which she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
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Ahilan Arulanantham
$230.64
A Bend in the River

V.S. Naipaul
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Alan Cumming
$173.75
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie

Jean Rhys
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Alan Hollinghurst
$171.79
The Blue Flower

by Penelope Fitzgerald
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Alexis Taylor
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Are We Still Rolling?

Phill Brown
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Alice Waters
$238.80
Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, and Fair

Carlo Petrini
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Alison Bechdel
$184.83
Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh
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Amanda Palmer
$223.85
Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin

Mel Gordon
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Amber Tamblyn
$162.83
Autobiography of Red

Anne Carson
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Amy Tan
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Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez