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22 Famous Writers Told Us About The Book They're Most Thankful For

Celebrate Thanksgiving with the books Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Franzen, R.L. Stine, James Patterson, Rainbow Rowell, Michael Chabon, Lemony Snicket, Chuck Palahniuk, and more of your favorite authors are grateful for.

1. James Patterson: the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

2. Celeste Ng: Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón

4. Jonathan Franzen: The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis

5. Joyce Carol Oates: Ulysses by James Joyce

6. R.L. Stine: Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen

7. Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket): Dear Martin by Nic Stone

9. Michael Chabon: the Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle

10. Chuck Palahniuk: Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson

12. Tom Perrotta: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

13. Sloane Crosley: Transit by Rachel Cusk

14. Porochista Khakpour: Hunger by Roxane Gay

15. Colum McCann: Rice by Nikky Finney

16. Chang-rae Lee: The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies

17. Lauren Groff: Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick

18. Alexander Chee: The End by Anders Nilsen

20. Alexandra Kleeman: The Second Body by Daisy Hildyard

21. Jessica Knoll: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

22. T.C. Boyle: Essays After Eighty by Donald Hall