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From the Book The Top Ten

Here are all the top ten lists from the original publication "The Top Ten":

Top ten for Lee K. Abbott

Top ten for Sherman Alexie

Top ten for Kate Atkinson

Top ten for Paul Auster

Top ten for Melissa Bank

Top ten for Russell Bnks

Top ten for John Banville

Top ten for Julian Barnes

Top ten for Andrea Barrett

Top ten for Madison Smartt Bell

Top ten for Chris Bohjalian

Top ten for T.C. Boyle

Top ten for Judy Budnitz

Top ten for James Lee Burke

Top ten for Peter Cameron

Top ten for Bebe Moore Campbell

Top ten for Ethan Canin

Top ten for Philip Caputo

Top ten for Peter Carey

Top ten for Michael Chabon

Top ten for Fred Chappell

Top ten for Sandra Cisneros

Top ten for Pearl Cleage

Top ten for Michael Connelly

Top ten for Douglas Coupland

Top ten for Jim Crace

Top ten for Stanley Crawford

Top ten for Michael Cunningham

Top ten for Edwidge Danticat

Top ten for Chitra Divakaruni

Top ten for Emma Donoghue

Top ten for Margaret Drabble

Top ten for David Anthony Durham

Top ten for Clyde Edgerton

Top ten for Percival Everett

Top ten for Karen Joy Fowler

Top ten for Jonathan Franzen

Top ten for Paula Fox

Top ten for Alan Furst

Top ten for Mary Gaitskill

Top ten for G.D. Gearino

Top ten for Denise Gess

Top ten for Gail Godwin

Top ten for Arthur Golden

Top ten for Mary Gordon

Top ten for Michael Griffith

Top ten for Allan Gurganus

Top ten for Barry Hannah

Top ten for Donald Harington

Top ten for Jim Harrison

Top ten for Kathryn Harrison

Top ten for Kent Haruf

Top ten for Adam Haslett

Top ten for Elizabeth Hay

Top ten for Carl Hiaasen

Top ten for Alice Hoffman

Top ten for A.M. Homes

Top ten for Andrew Hudgins

Top ten for John Irving

Top ten for Ha Jin

Top ten for Heidi Julavits

Top ten for Ken Kalfus

Top ten for Thomas Keneally

Top ten for A.L. Kennedy

Top ten for Sue Monk Kidd

Top ten for Haven Kimmel

Top ten for Stephen King

Top ten for Walter Kirn

Top ten for Wally Lamb

Top ten for David Leavitt

Top ten for Jonathan Lethem

Top ten for Margot Livesey

Top ten for David Lodge

Top ten for Norman Mailer

Top ten for Thomas Mallon

Top ten for Ben Marcus

Top ten for Valerie Martin

Top ten for Bobbie Ann Mason

Top ten for Dennis McFarland

Top ten for Patrick McGrath

Top ten for Erin McGraw

Top ten for David Means

Top ten for Claire Messud

Top ten for Lydia Millet

Top ten for Susan Minot

Top ten for David Mitchell

Top ten for Lorrie Moore

Top ten for Joyce Carol Oates

Top ten for Stewart O'Nan

Top ten for Robert B. Parker

Top ten for Ann Patchett

Top ten for Iain Pears

Top ten for George Pelacanos

Top ten for Tom Perrotta

Top ten for Arthur Philips

Top ten for Robert Pinsky

Top ten for Reynolds Price

Top ten for Francine Prose

Top ten for Annie Proulx

Top ten for Jonathan Raban

Top ten for Ian Rankin

Top ten for Roxana Robinson

Top ten for Louis D. Rubin Jr.

Top ten for James Salter

Top ten for George Saunders

Top ten for Cathleen Schine

Top ten for Jim Shepard

Top ten for Anita Shreve

Top ten for Alexander McCall Smith

Top ten for Lee Smith

Top ten for Elizabeth Spencer

Top ten for Scott Spencer

Top ten for Adriana Trigiani

Top ten for Scott Turow

Top ten for Barry Unsworth

Top ten for Vendela Vida

Top ten for Susan Vreeland

Top ten for David Foster Wallace

Top ten for Anthony Walton

Top ten for Jennifer Weiner

Top ten for Robert Wilson

Top ten for Tom Wolfe

Top ten for Meg Wolitzer

Top ten for Richard Powers

Top ten for Richard Powers

Top ten for Jodi Picoult

Top ten for Tom Bissell

Top ten for Top Ten Mysteries & Thrillers

Top ten for Top Ten Works of All-Time

Top ten for Top Ten Works of 20th Century

Top ten for Top Ten Works of 19th Century

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Top ten for Top Ten Works of 16th and 17th Centuries

Top ten for Top Ten Works of 15th Century and Earlier

Top ten for Top Ten Comic Works

Top ten for Top ten Works of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Top ten for Top Ten Works by American Authors

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Top ten for Top Ten Works by Living Writers