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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasRead about another book on the list.
Dumas’s masterpiece has everything: adventure, intrigue, romance, suspense, pathos, redemption. I read it when I was 9 years old. Wondering what it took to create something so wonderful set me on the path to becoming a writer.
The Count of Monte Cristo is on John Mullan's list of ten of the best valets in literature.
Also see Kellerman's top 10 LA noir novels.
--Marshal Zeringue