Joyce Carol Oates' 10 Favorite Books

Joyce Carol Oates was kind enough to provide her 10 favorite books to the authors of The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Crime_and_Punishment');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0553211757'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Crime_and_Punishment');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0553211757'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Amazon readers say: "A living nightmare." "The folly of a scholar and a youth..." "Serious psychological tragedy." "A classic inner landscape description." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Crime_and_Punishment');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Crime_and_Punishment');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0553211757'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 576 pages \|$6.99 \|463 reviews This book also appears on: Places I've Been Through Books I've Read The Favorite Books of Laura Shea


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Ulysses');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679722769'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Ulysses');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679722769'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Ulysses by James Joyce Amazon readers say: "Baffling at first, then slowly, certainly wonderful." "The century's most triumphant literary masterpiece." "Perspective and patience." "Perhaps the most challenging novel ever written." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Ulysses');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Ulysses');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679722769'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 783 page paperback \|$12.21 \|392 reviews This book also appears on The Modern Library's 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Sound_and_the_Fury');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679732241'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Sound_and_the_Fury');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679732241'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner Amazon readers say: "Magnificient masterpiece." "Even modernist Southern writers know how to spin a yarn." "Stream of consciousness that tells a tale." "The great American novel." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Sound_and_the_Fury');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Sound_and_the_Fury');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0679732241'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 336 page paperback \|$9.56 \|188 reviews This book also appears on The Modern Library's 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Complete_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316184136'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Complete_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316184136'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson Amazon readers say: "Your thoughts don't have words every day..." "The definitive Emily Dickinson poetry collection." "Restores what should never have been tampered with at all." "The best American poet of all time." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Complete_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Complete_Poems_of_Emily_Dickinson');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316184136'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 784 page paperback \|$14.95 \|49 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Complete_Stories_of_Franz_Kafka');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0805210555'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Complete_Stories_of_Franz_Kafka');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0805210555'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka Amazon readers say: "Kafka's genious shines through, despite translation troubles." "Kafka: an author who captures the epic tale of tragedy." "The supreme art of the master." "More estranged than any stranger." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Complete_Stories_of_Franz_Kafka');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Complete_Stories_of_Franz_Kafka');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0805210555'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 512 page paperback \|$10.20 \|41 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Red_and_the_Black');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0140447644'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Red_and_the_Black');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0140447644'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Red and the Black by Stendhal Amazon readers say: "A portrait of mediocrity." "Enjoy it as a comedy or suffer with it as a drama." "Stendhal -- subverting tradition from within." "Dostoevsky must've liked this one." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Red_and_the_Black');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Red_and_the_Black');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0140447644'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 607 page paperback \|$8.00 \|53 reviews This book also appears on Penguin Classics: The 100 Most Popular Titles


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Rainbow');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375759654'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Rainbow');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375759654'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence Amazon readers say: "A vivid tale of visceral reality." "Emotional and character-driven, vivid and poignant..." "A poetic novel that touches the soul." "A classic on the struggles of the human spirit." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Rainbow');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Rainbow');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375759654'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 528 page paperback \|$9.95 \|31 reviews This book also appears on The Modern Library's 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Women_in_Love');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0486424588'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Women_in_Love');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0486424588'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence Amazon readers say: "Excellent, but not for everyone." "Still shocking as a work of literature." "Classic study of relationships." "Emotionally intense." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Women_in_Love');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/Women_in_Love');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0486424588'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 592 page paperback \|$3.50 \|49 reviews This book also appears on The Modern Library's 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/MobyDick_or_The_Whale');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0142437247'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/MobyDick_or_The_Whale');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0142437247'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville Amazon readers say: "The greatest American novel." "The greatest American novel, but not for everyone." "One of the greatest American novels." "Most deliciously and entirely excellent, none better." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/MobyDick_or_The_Whale');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/MobyDick_or_The_Whale');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0142437247'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 720 page paperback \|$10.40 \|318 reviews This book also appears on: John Irving's 10 Favorite Books Michael Chabon's 10 Favorite Books Penguin Classics: The 100 Most Popular Titles What Barack Obama Reads and Recommends


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0553210793'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0553210793'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Amazon readers say: "A defining novel of America." "A controversial masterpiece." "An American classic that must be read by all (and never banned)." "Sweet madness woven around a river of beauty and imagination." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Joyce_Carol_Oates_10_Favorite_Books/The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0553210793'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 320 page paperback \|$5.95 \|357 reviews This book also appears on: Great Books Set on River Journeys Stephen King's 10 Favorite Books The 10 Most "Banned" Books of 2007

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