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So you might think about it Stephen King – The man who wrote such a horror classic carry and stand – I’ve been rattling out his top 10 favorite books, so I’ll be featuring works by Edgar Allan Poe, HP Lovecraft, or maybe JRR Tolkien. But you’re probably wrong. Author J. Pederzane asked many writers about his favorite novels from the 2007 book Top 10: Authors choose their favorite books. Below is the listing submitted in the reply: If possible, we have added a link to text that can be read for free online.
1. Golden Argosy, the most famous short story in English – Edited by Van Cartmell and Charles Grayson
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
3. Devil’s Poem – Salman Rush Dee
4. McTeague – Frank Norris
5. Lord of the Fae – William Golding
6. Dark house – Charles Dickens
7. 1984 – George Orwell
8. Raj Quartet – Paul Scott
9. August Light – William Faulkner
10. Blood Meridian – Cormac McCarthy
King appears to like books that explore the fundamental flaws of human personality in the creepy stories of fantasy. In other words, he is actually interested in a horrifying story. The portrait of Orwell, a man who was broken under the pressure of totalism, and William Golding’s parable about a group of boys who entrust him to the beast, is totally awkward. Frank Norris’ Saga about Menday McTeague is no consolation either. And McCarthy’s harsh and epic violent masterpiece Blood Meridian Craw into the fetal position, and may cry for humanity. (That was my reaction anyway.)
However, what’s most impressive about this list is how evenly high brow it is. All books are perfect for the syllabus of university courses in the upper English language. Meanwhile, David Foster Wallace filled his list with such mass market crowds when asked for his top ten. The Lamb’s Silence Thomas Harris, All fear sum Tom Clancy and number 2, King stand.
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