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Eric D. Lehman’s Ten Favorite Books

Top Ten List Contributor

Lord of the Rings

1. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

2. The Magus by John Fowles

3. On the Road by Jack Kerouac

4. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

5. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

6. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

7. The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen

8. Long Ago and Far Away by W.H. Hudson

9. Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway

10. The Dharma Bums Bums by Jack Kerouac

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Author: Top Ten List Contributor Tags: iu, top ten Category: On Literature, Your Top Ten Books May 8, 2013

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