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As an avid fan of the late Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s work, I've taken the liberty to rank his top ten books. So it goes.
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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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Player Piano

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Welcome to the Monkey House

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Deadeye Dick

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A Man Without a Country

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17 books · 79 voters · list created January 18th, 2013 by Vagabondhoosier (votes) .
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message 1: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)
Aug 19, 2017 07:07AM

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) "Top Ten Vonnegut Books
As an avid fan of the late Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s work, I've taken the liberty to rank his top ten books. So it goes."

... and yet there are now 17 ...


message 2: by Sam (new)
Jan 09, 2018 10:30AM

Sam Booklovinglady wrote: ""Top Ten Vonnegut Books
As an avid fan of the late Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s work, I've taken the liberty to rank his top ten books. So it goes."

... and yet there are now 17 ..."

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